Senior Process Engineer Alliance

MOTT MACDONALD-4; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Cambridgeshire is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to provide technical direction for water treatment projects. You will ensure designs comply with standards, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with project teams to promote sustainability. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits, including pension matching and health insurance.

Benefits

Pension matched by employer up to 7%

Life assurance and private medical insurance

Gym membership discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Interest-free season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification required.
• Chartered or actively pursuing chartered status preferred.
• Experience in water-sector assets and capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers.
• Review designs and ensure compliance with legislation and standards.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Conduct site visits when appropriate.

Skills

Technical direction

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Process design review

Sustainability

Education

Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Senior Process Engineer to join the Anglian Alliance. As part of Anglian Water's Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Process Engineer

Working as a Senior Process Engineer, you will provide engineering technical direction to the discipline engineers in water treatment and supply projects. You will support the design of several water treatment and supply schemes, ensuring all designs comply with current legislation and standards.

The Senior Process Engineer will collaborate with key stakeholders and assist the multi‑disciplinary project teams to deliver solutions that are fit for purpose, completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality.

You will be responsible for checking and reviewing process design deliverables produced by other process engineers in the Alliance, ensuring the processes and procedures are followed, and coaching and mentoring junior engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Principal Engineer, Portfolio Design Manager, and Project Design Managers to review upcoming projects and design review dates.
• Coach and mentor less experienced members of the process team.
• Drive sustainability and low‑carbon designs.
• Ensure designs comply with process standards, regulations, and Anglian Water standards.
• Check Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and 3D models to ensure quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Check mass balance, process sizing and hydraulic calculations and ensure they have been completed correctly and to an appropriate level of detail by the project teams.
• Check process documentation such as basis of design, process flow diagrams, control philosophies and commissioning strategies.
• Develop design alerts where lessons are to be learned.
• Provide technical knowledge and experience to the letting frameworks.
• Undertake site visits when appropriate.
• Present lessons learned and technical developments to the engineers and wider Alliance.
• Embrace new digital technologies to achieve the goal of fully attributed 3D models.
• Support the team to reduce carbon and increase natural capital within design.
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate to all process engineers.

A little bit about your skills, experience, and behaviours

To be eligible for this dynamic role within the Alliance, you should possess a Degree in Engineering or an equivalent qualification, or be able to demonstrate degree‑level knowledge through relevant experience. Ideally, you will be chartered or actively pursuing chartered status, coupled with experience in water‑sector assets and capital projects or design and build environments.

What we can offer

At Mott MacDonald Bentley you will be offered a competitive salary commensurate with your experience. Our core benefits include:

• Pension matched by employer up to 7 %
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance, private medical insurance, critical illness insurance and health screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ shared parental leave
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest‑free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available

Other information

This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald.

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture between JN Bentley and Mott MacDonald, established in 1999. The role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint‑venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

A Mott MacDonald Bentley welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect.

Even if you do not meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to diversity, equity & inclusion here. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier‑free and inclusive. Please call or email to discuss any adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here.

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