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Senior Process Engineer
Supercritical
London
Hybrid
GBP 50,000 - 70,000
Full time
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Job summary
A dynamic company focused on renewable energy is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to enhance its product development. The role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in a hybrid environment, making a significant impact in the transition towards net-zero solutions. With competitive compensation and a flexible working model, the role promises both challenge and growth.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience with high pressure/high-temperature systems.
- Demonstrable professional experience throughout project development lifecycle.
- Electrochemical experience: electrolysis or fuel cells.
Responsibilities
- Lead process engineering design activities effectively.
- Collaboration with subcontractors for project goals.
- Develop flowsheets, conduct detailed calculations, and own mass and energy balance.
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Learn more about Supercritical at www.supercritical.solutions.
Location - We’re operating a hybrid work model where the role permits. Our labs and offices are in West London, for this role we are offering the flexibility of 3 to 4 days a week working from home.
Type - Permanent
Equity - We want our team to be invested in the business, rewarded through the creation of value. All new full time employees are invited to join our tax efficient share scheme.
Holiday - 25 days + public holidays
We are committed to finding the best candidates, so if you’re excited by the prospect of joining Supercritical then we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all of the requirements. Your unique skills and experiences may be exactly what we're looking for.
Whether you’re motivated by technical challenges, opportunities for growth, or being part of a mission-driven organisation, you’ll find a welcoming environment at Supercritical. We value trust and transparency.
Supercritical is proud to foster an inclusive environment. We believe diversity drives innovation and we ensure that every team member feels welcomed, valued, and empowered to succeed. We encourage applicants of all genders, ethnicities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply and help shape the future of clean energy.
Other Benefits
Flexibility and Supportive of Balance
- Flexible start and finish times
- Flexible on home working
- Flexible on working abroad
Parental Leave Policy - 3 months full pay for mothers and fathers
Growth Opportunities - wide range of exposure and development
Support for Training and Accreditation - professional fee coverage
Monthly Team Days & Lunch Outings
Option to buy 5 extra holidays
Birthdays off!
Team Milestone Celebrations
Pension - 3% employee contribution + 5% employer contribution
The Opportunity:
Supercritical is looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Process Engineer to join our product development team, who will focus on bringing our proprietary reactor design and associated balance of plant through increasing scales, from demonstrator to pilot to commercial size. You will also support our Technology team which focuses on electrolytic testing at larger and larger scales within our test environments and partner sites. By working within our technical team and with our respected partners and subcontractors, the process engineer will pioneer the equipment configuration for safe electrolysis under supercritical water conditions.
We’re really excited about expanding and diversifying our team. Coming from a diverse background ourselves, we do not discriminate regardless of disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including ethnic or national origins, colour and nationality), religion or belief (including lack of belief), sex, sexual orientation or any other characteristic. We can’t wait to have you on board!
What you’ll do:
- Execute and lead process engineering design activities in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Collaborate with our subcontractors and vendors to enable our goals of reaching a TRL6 at our demonstrator scale plant by 2026, and a pilot by 2027.
- Flowsheet development (PFDs), detailed calculations and mass and energy balance ownership.
- Process control and system design (P&IDs).
- Calculation development for design and sizing of equipment and instrumentation.
- Creating equipment and instrument specifications, and supporting the procurement process.
- Hazard identification and risk management.
- Own the technical delivery of engineering projects, reviewing engineering contractor design deliverables and responding to technical queries.
- To work with Supercritical’s technology team, to support our lab-scale testing and scale-up, working to minimise hazard and risk.
- Contribute to writing bids: both grant application and customer proposals.
- Customer-facing project development and negotiations for product integration.
- Partner and vendor liaison and negotiation.
About you:
Ideally, you will:
- Be passionate about a net-zero environment, excited by innovation and proactive in its pursuit.
- Have a master's degree or above in Chemical / Process Engineering.
- Hold a senior or equivalent status as a process engineer in a relevant industry.
- Have demonstrated significant experience of working with high pressure/high-temperature systems and flammable gases.
- Be adept in process engineering design from first principles.
- Have demonstrable professional experience throughout the project development lifecycle, from feasibility and conceptual work, through FEED and EPC to delivery and operations.
- Be a proficient user of process modelling software such as Aspen, HYSYS, PRO II or Unisim.
- Worth within our team to collectively ask “How can we do this safely?”, and contribute to an empowering culture around safety in our team.
- Thrive in a startup environment as a self-starter and proactively identify problems and pursue solutions.
- Have strong communication and organisational skills, attention to detail and enjoy working in a team environment. Be committed to inherent safe design and to the minimisation of risk.
- Electrochemical experience: electrolysis or fuel cells.
- Design experience in hydrogen and oxygen.
- Design experience in supercritical water.
- Experience in scaling up designs.
- Chartered engineer status.
- Seniority levelNot Applicable
- Employment typeFull-time
- Job functionManagement and Manufacturing
- IndustriesRenewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing
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