Senior Process Engineer

Victrex Manufacturing Limited; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Senior Process Engineer, where you will lead capital projects and continuous improvement initiatives in production plants. This role offers the opportunity to mentor a small team while ensuring operational efficiency and compliance. With competitive salary and benefits, you will make a significant impact in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and excellence.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits including private healthcare

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering major capital projects on COMAH regulated production plants.
• Extensive knowledge of Process Safety and hazard studies.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Process Engineering design for capital projects.
• Oversee the commissioning of new equipment.
• Deliver plant optimisation projects to reduce operating costs.

Skills

Process Safety

Continuous Improvement

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Communication

Education

Degree in Chemical Engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Six Sigma Green Belt

Job description

Join Our Team as a Senior Process Engineer!

Are you an experienced Process Engineer with a passion for innovation and excellence? We’re looking for a dynamic individual to join our team and lead the way in optimising our production plants and driving impactful capital and continuous improvement projects.

Role Purpose:

As a Senior Process Engineer, you will provide expertise and driveProcess Engineering forward inour production plants. You’ll lead the design and execution ofcapital projects and continuous improvement initiatives,ensuring operational efficiency, safety, and compliance. Additionally, you will lead a small team of 1 to 3 Process Engineers, fostering their development and ensuring effective collaboration with internal teams and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the subject matter expert in Process Engineering, offering technical input for plant improvements and capital projects.
• Project Design: Lead the Process Engineering design for capital projects, including optioneering, equipment specification, and detailed design.
• Documentation: Create, check, and approve process engineering deliverables and vendor documents such as PFDs, mass and energy balances, P&IDs, and more.
• Safety and Compliance: Lead hazard studies, relief and blowdown studies, area classification reviews, and LOPA reviews.
• Commissioning: Oversee the commissioning of new equipment, ensuring smooth integration and beneficial operation.
• Optimisation: Deliver plant optimisation projects to reduce operating costs and increase production output.
• Support and Troubleshooting: Provide technical expertise to the Operations team for troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
• Mentorship: Coach and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Standards and Systems: Support the implementation and maintenance of engineering standards and systems.
• Project Management: Ensure capital projects meet SHE, quality, schedule, and cost targets.
• Team Leadership:Lead a small Process Engineering team (1 to 3 engineers), providing guidance, mentoring, and support in day-to-day activities and long-term development.

What We Offer:

• Impactful Work: Lead projects with values up to £20 million, supporting all UK production assets.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities to coach and mentor, and to work on significant plant improvement projects.
• Collaborative Environment: Work with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior management.

Experience and Skills:

• Proven experience delivering major capital projects on COMAH regulated production plants.
• Extensive knowledge of Process Safety, including hazard studies, functional safety, DSEAR, and pressure relief.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Practical application of continuous improvement methods (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) and project management methods.

Qualifications:

• Essential: Degree in Chemical Engineering, Chartered Engineer status.
• Desirable: Six Sigma Green Belt.

If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role where you can make a real difference, apply now to join our team as a Senior Process Engineer!

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders

Vision and culture

At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.

This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.

Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.

Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.

Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:

The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.

We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth.

Why Join Us?

At Invibio, we are more than a team; we are a community of innovators dedicated to making a difference in healthcare. Our culture is defined by our core values—passion, innovation, and performance. We offer:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including private healthcare and pension contributions.
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects that impact the medical industry globally.
• A commitment to professional development and career growth in a supportive environment.

Application Process

Victrex prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to consider joining our team. We also welcome discussions on flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.

We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat......whatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution, that’s right for you, right from the start!

If you share our vision and are ready to chart a meaningful career path, we invite you to apply. For any inquiries or to discuss reasonable adjustments during your application process, please reach out to: [e-mail]

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all
sections of the community.

Please talk to us about flexible working.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

We are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.