Senior Process Engineer

Balfour Beatty plc; Peterborough; Ibrido; GBP 70.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave (pro‑rata)

Family friendly policies

Pension and other benefits

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Balfour Beatty plc is recruiting a Senior Process Engineer to join the one Alliance with Anglian Water. Location is Norwich or Peterborough with hybrid working and site visits as required.

You will lead process design, review technical documents, mentor junior engineers and contribute to safety, sustainability and innovation in water infrastructure projects.

Competenze

• Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Process Engineering or equivalent.
• Chartered status or working towards chartership is desired.
• Extensive experience in the water sector, especially process design and capital delivery.
• Strong leadership, communication and decision-making abilities with a collaborative approach.

Mansioni

• Lead and manage quality through the process design workflow to deliver projects on time, within cost, and to quality standards.
• Review mass balances, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, P&IDs, process flow diagrams, and other design docs for accuracy and compliance.
• Check construction site design queries and change requests to provide prompt responses and maintain design integrity.
• Support Project Design Managers with design planning and stakeholder engagement for process design acceptance.
• Provide technical input for supplier contracts and deliverables review.
• Champion health, safety and welfare, ensuring designs comply with process standards and DSEAR regulations.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, promoting best practice.
• Embrace innovation and digital technologies to drive continuous improvement and reduce carbon impact.
• Participate in wider Anglian Water initiatives such as HAZOPs and emergency response.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Mentoring

Collaboration

Formazione

Engineering degree

Chartered status

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About the role

Senior Process Engineer

Location: Norwich or Peterborough (Hybrid working with site visits as required)

Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the (6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we progress through AMP8 – our most ambitious asset management period to date – we’re delivering nature-based and sustainable infrastructure, from wetlands to urban drainage schemes, setting new benchmarks for environmental performance.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer to join our growing Engineering team within the @one Alliance.

As a Senior Process Engineer within one of Anglian Waters four business units, you will provide technical leadership and direction to process engineers, ensuring that process design deliverables are thoroughly checked, fit for purpose, and meet all required standards and project outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on some of the UK's most significant water infrastructure projects while developing your career within a collaborative and forward-thinking alliance environment.

What you’ll be doing

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead and manage quality through the process design workflow to deliver projects on time, within cost, and to quality standards.
• Review mass balances, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, P&IDs, process flow diagrams, and other design documentation to ensure technical accuracy and compliance.
• Check construction site design queries and change requests to provide prompt, accurate responses and maintain design integrity.
• Support Project Design Managers with design planning and stakeholder engagement for process design acceptance.
• Provide technical input for supplier contracts and deliverables review.
• Champion health, safety, and welfare, ensuring all designs comply with process standards and hazardous area regulations (DSEAR).
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering professional growth and promoting best practice.
• Embrace innovation and digital technologies to drive continuous improvement and reduce carbon impact in design.
• Participate in wider Anglian Water initiatives such as HAZOPs, technical standards forums, and emergency response activities.

Who we're looking for

About You

We’re seeking a proactive and experienced Senior Process Engineer with strong leadership and technical skills. Ideally, you will have:

• An engineering degree (Chemical, Mechanical, Process Engineering) or equivalent experience.
• Chartered status or working towards chartership.
• Extensive experience within the water sector, particularly process design and capital delivery projects.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant regulations, standards, and environmental requirements.
• A proven track record of mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• Experience in a Design & Build environment is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making abilities with a collaborative approach.
• A genuine commitment to sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of engineering solutions.

Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, you could be aligned to one of Anglian Waters four business units:

Place Based Thinking

The Place Based Thinking team delivers some of the largest and most complex projects across the @one Alliance. Made up of six Senior Project Manager teams, we oversee 19 catchments, covering key sites such as Whitlingham, Flag Fen, Great Billing, Cotton Valley, Bedford, Colchester, and Ipswich Cliff Quays. These projects involve managing all parts of the network from rising and gravity mains, pumping stations, high spilling overflows, and water recycling centres.

Water

The Water Business Unit provides strategic support across the clean water network, covering both system performance and infrastructure planning. We assess the future hydraulic state of the network in response to population growth and increased demand, support the design and delivery of capital and infrastructure schemes to ensure hydraulic resilience, and work with optimisation teams to enhance overall network efficiency.

Water Recycling (East and West)

The Water Recycling Business Unit, split into East and West regions, is responsible for the collection, conveyance, and treatment of wastewater across an extensive network. We operate over 76,000 km of sewerage infrastructure and 1,163 treatment centres, ensuring safe and sustainable discharge to the environment while driving innovation and environmental performance.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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