Senior Python Engineer - Digital Twin for Wastewater

Queen Square Recruitment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen Square Recruitment is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to develop digital twin capabilities for wastewater treatment sites. You will build first-principles models and scalable Python solutions, integrating sensor data and process knowledge to enable forecasting and optimisation.

The role combines engineering, data science and software development, requiring strong Python expertise, numeracy and experience with mechanistic modelling and real-time systems. ASAP start for a 6‑month contract.

Qualifications

• Strong Python engineering experience, 5+ years.
• Mechanistic, physics-based or first-principles modelling.
• Understanding of differential equations and numerical methods.
• Experience in wastewater/utilities or related infrastructure sectors.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop physics and chemistry-based models of wastewater treatment processes.
• Translate mass balances, reaction kinetics and process design equations into robust models.
• Create modular, well-tested Python applications for simulation and optimisation.
• Integrate mechanistic models into real-time digital twin environments.
• Combine sensor data with simulation models for forecasting and optimisation.
• Calibrate and validate models using operational data.
• Collaborate with process engineers, data scientists and stakeholders.
• Explain modelling outcomes to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Python

Mechanistic modelling

First-principles modelling

NumPy

SciPy

Pandas

Pyomo

CasADi

Matplotlib

Plotly

Industrial IoT

ASM models

STOAT

SCADA

10+ years Python engineering

Azure

AWS

Tools

Git

Job description

Queen Square Recruitment is seeking a Senior Python Engineer to develop digital twin capabilities for wastewater treatment sites. You will build first-principles models and scalable Python solutions, integrating sensor data and process knowledge to enable forecasting and optimisation.

The role combines engineering, data science and software development, requiring strong Python expertise, numeracy and experience with mechanistic modelling and real-time systems. ASAP start for a 6‑month contract.