Senior Process Engineer (Municipal Water)

SAUR; Wallsend; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in water treatment is seeking a Senior Process Engineer to design municipal water projects and ensure alignment with customer expectations. This full-time role offers flexibility in work location and requires a strong background in chemical or environmental engineering alongside extensive project experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years' experience in water treatment systems design.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams on complex projects.
• Ability to deliver projects independently within scope and budget.

Responsibilities

• Design multi-disciplinary municipal water projects and review engineering calculations.
• Prepare conceptual process engineering design deliverables for tenders.
• Conduct planning studies and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Hydraulic Calculations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Master’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Process Engineer (Municipal Water)

Place of Work/Group Company: Nijhuis Saur Industries, Office based, or remote working option available.

Summary:

Nijhuis Saur Industries is actively seeking a Senior Process Engineer (Water and/or Wastewater) for full-time employment within its UK & Ireland division, reporting into our Head of Process. The individual will work closely with other engineering and technical departments to ensure that treatment processes meet business and customer expectations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include:

• Design of multi-disciplinary municipal water projects including reviewing engineering design calculations in support of design packages.
• Preparation of conceptual process engineering design deliverables for tenders and studies.
• Process engineering design development based on Nijhuis Saur Industries design guidelines, providing cost-effective solutions, ensuring technical compliance with client requirements.
• Participating in HAZOP studies, and design reviews.
• Interdepartmental liaison with mechanical/piping, draughting, civil/structural, electrical and control systems engineering to assist with bid/tenders.
• Prepare detailed contract specifications including equipment selection and liaison with equipment suppliers and vendors.
• The ability to work independently on projects ensuring delivery to scope, time, budget, and quality requirement.
• Conduct planning studies, model, and hydraulic / treatment calculations.
• Provide technical leadership to contractors to ensure clients quality requirements are met by demonstrating creativity, foresight, and engineering expertise.
• Ability to work successfully with experts in multiple disciplines with a range of approaches.
• Consistently deliver on each project to achieve industry benchmarks for quality and overall project delivery.
• Effectively maintain and develop healthy client relationship throughout the project execution and close-out.
• Comfortable managing and prioritising multiple projects and deadlines.
• Ensure Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) policy is adequately implemented.
  
  

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering, or equivalent, is essential.
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience within water treatment systems design.
• Experience as technical/design/project lead with multi-discipline design teams on moderate to complex treatment projects.
• The ability to work independently on projects ensuring delivery to scope, time, budget and quality requirement.
• Proven track record in delivering outputs to tight time frames and within fixed budgets.
  
  

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.