Senior Process Engineer- Water

Arup; Ledston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Sharing

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Job summary

Arup seeks a senior process engineer for water/industrial projects across the North of England with international collaboration. You will lead multidisciplinary teams through concept to detailed design, guiding process engineers to deliver within timelines and budget, and directing teams in a regulated environment.

You’ll develop mass/energy balances, data sheets, control philosophies and commissioning plans, while mentoring junior engineers and engaging in feasibility studies and fee proposals.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in chemical engineering or similar.
• Experience leading process engineering teams to deliver within budget and timelines across the water sector.
• Proficient in Biowin and GPS-X modelling software.
• Experience as process designer in HazOp teams.
• Experience developing fee proposals, PID layouts, plant GA drawings, and energy/mass balances.
• Experience in feasibility studies and capital cost forecasting.
• Line manager responsibilities supporting engineers and early careers.
• Experience using digital approaches and current design software.

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role in multidisciplinary teams, coordinating work and liaising with engineers from different disciplines.
• Develop mass and energy balances, process data sheets, control philosophies and commissioning plans.
• Contribute to report writing, feasibility studies and fee proposals.
• Mentor junior engineers and help shape future process engineering capabilities.
• Apply regulatory and design gate processes in project delivery.
• Develop plant layouts, PID diagrams and energy/mass balance models.

Skills

Process engineering leadership

Mass and energy balances

Discipline coordination

Commissioning knowledge

Report writing

Digital design tools

HazOp participation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Biowin

GPS-X

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

Our services include the design and optimisation of process treatment systems for the potable water, wastewater and biosolids operations.With our depth and breadth of skills, our team is currently involved in many exciting projects across the Energy, Water and Resources sectors. Whilst the team is based across the North of England, much of our work involves supporting projects internationally, integrating with teams in our offices across the globe.

The Opportunity

We are looking for candidates with a background in Process engineering design on multi-disciplinary projects within the municipal and industrial water sectors. With our depth and breadth of skills, our team is currently involved in many exciting projects across the Energy, Water and Resources sectors. Whilst the team is based across the North of England, much of our work involves supporting projects internationally, integrating with teams in our offices across the globe.

As a senior engineer you are likely to have ability to work across the project life cycle from developing concept designs to outline and detailed designs, and skills working in or directing process engineering teams to ensure production of deliverables to established timelines and within budget.

What you’ll do

Taking a leading role in multidisciplinary teams, you'll coordinate the work of others and liaise with engineers from different disciplines, sharing expertise and best practice. The position involves working within highly regulated sectors and gated design and delivery processes, with responsibility for developing mass and energy balances, process data sheets, control philosophies, and commissioning plans.

You will also be involved in report writing and the development of fee proposals and feasibility studies of plant operating and capital costs. We would expect you to have a practical comprehension of how your designs will be implemented, and of digital approaches to solve our problems, including the relevant current analysis and design software.

We operate an enviable graduate training scheme, which is accredited by the IChemE, and as a senior engineer you will be expected to join the mentoring programme and help to shape our future pipeline of process engineers. We are looking for candidates with experience of a variety of technologies needed for the treatment of potable water, wastewater and biosolids processing.

The successful candidates are likely to have design experience of the following: fixed and suspended growth systems, anaerobic treatment of biosolids and high-strength effluent, biogas handling and upgrading, membrane separation, solids filtration, disinfection, oxygenation, thermal hydrolysis, nutrient removal processes, chemical storage and dosing systems, along with some experience of HazOp, DSEAR, COMAH, SIL determination, flammable gas handling and compression.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree qualified in chemical engineering or similar


• Experience of working in or leading process engineering teams to ensure production of deliverables to agreed timelines, within budget across the water sector


• Use of Biowin/GPS-X modelling software.


• Experience acting as the process designer in the HAZOP teams.


• Chairing HazOp studies Resolution of technical matters and ideally experience of working in highly regulated sectors.


• Development of fee proposals, creation of PID’s, plant layouts, GA and creation of energy and mass balances.


• Development of feasibility studies and plant operating and capital costs


• Line manager responsibilities providing support to engineers and early careers


• Experience of digital approaches to solve our problems including the relevant current analysis and design software

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What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.