Process Engineer - Anaerobic Digestion

SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Healthcare

Travel insurance

Life insurance

Career progression

Hybrid work

25 days leave

Job summary

SLR Environmental Consulting (Ireland) Ltd is seeking an experienced Process Engineer to lead technical input on anaerobic digestion projects across Ireland and abroad. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver innovative AD solutions, EPC support, and client engagement.

You will manage project delivery, review third-party designs, and develop models for energy, emissions and financial metrics, while traveling to client sites as required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or similar subject.
• Experience in process engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy environment.
• Project Management experience.
• Numerate and confident with data; basic modelling.
• IT literacy with Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Well organised and logical thinker; good communication skills.
• Full, current driving licence valid in Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of technical input and support on anaerobic digestion projects across the life of a project.
• Lead the review of third-party designs, technical proposals and operational models and writing technical due diligence reports for funders.
• Preparing technical and procurement documentation and schematics/drawings.
• Leading the preparation of models to determine plant energy and mass balances, emission rates and financial/operational models including thermodynamic calculations and basic financial metrics.
• Manage staff who will undertake on-site inspection, witnessing, verification and supervision of construction, commissioning, and testing projects and troubleshooting of operational plant including waste and recycling operations and other renewable energy projects.
• Assisting other teams within SLR with technical and process engineering aspects of diverse projects.

Skills

Engineering degree

Project management

Data analysis

Numeracy

Communication skills

Independent working

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

SLR's mission is to make sustainability happen. Supporting industry with energy transition and decarbonisation projects will make this a reality. SLR's Process Engineering team are growing and looking to recruit an experienced engineer to focus on the delivery of anaerobic digestion projects. The successful applicant will join an established team that continue to excel in the sector and will provide input and support on a wide range of interesting and challenging projects including new and innovative technologies. The successful applicant will work independently and within a team to deliver projects. You will lead the delivery of projects predominately in Ireland and have the opportunity to lead projects in the UK, Europe, Africa and other global regions reporting to the internal Project Director. Opportunities will be provided to allow you to act as a project manager, write proposals and manage clients and the interface with clients and contractors. SLR has a real in-depth understanding of anaerobic digestion / biogas / biomethane projects, and the challenges our client’s face, delivering real change in an expanding and sustainable industrial sector. We are logical thinkers with the capability to look at problems from various angles and come up with innovative, practical, cost-effective solutions. You will form a key part of the team and help build data and information into knowledge and understanding. Our Engineering service line has expertise across a range of engineering sectors including process, civil, geotechnical, transport, chemical, materials, and mechanical engineering, with particular expertise in renewable energy, solid waste management/treatment and industrial wastewater and technologies. We work with many other disciplines across SLR and on different projects in terms of their length and complexity. We provide clients with expertise at all stages of a project from concept designs to commissioning and testing and on to performance improvement and optimisation. The Process Engineering team provides clients with expertise at all project stages, including:

• Feasibility studies
• Technical Due Diligence
• Front End Engineering and Concept Design Studies
• Process Design Review and Optimisation
• Lifecycle carbon assessment
• Project development support
• Owners Engineer / Lenders Technical Advisor
• Commissioning and Performance Testing

The role

The role will be primarily focused on providing our clients with support on anaerobic digestion projects. Projects will involve a wide range of AD technologies including wet and dry AD, biogas upgrading to biomethane, and carbon capture. Our projects involve us leading and supporting other specialists on a range of projects both in the UK and overseas. You will work with others in the process engineering team and other disciplines across the business including the Advisory, Environmental Management and Compliance, Land and Water and Environmental Specialist Services Groups on a wide variety of different projects. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the provision of technical input and support on anaerobic digestion projects across the life of a project
• Lead the review of third-party designs, technical proposals and operational models and writing technical due diligence reports for funders
• Preparing technical and procurement documentation and schematics/drawings
• Leading the preparation of models to determine plant energy and mass balances, emission rates and financial/operational models including thermodynamic calculations and basic financial metrics
• Manage staff who will undertake on-site inspection, witnessing, verification and supervision of construction, commissioning, and testing projects and troubleshooting of operational plant including waste and recycling operations (thermal, mechanical, biological) and other renewable energy and sustainability-based projects
• Assisting other teams within SLR with technical and process engineering aspects of diverse projects

The role will involve travel to client sites as required.

About us

SLR are global leaders in Sustainability Solutions, helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with 4000+ employees across 6 regions in over 125 countries. Our 'one team' culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development.

Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression.

Alongside 25 days annual leave, with additional flexible bank holidays, we offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, with family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and home life.

About you

If you think this could be your next career move, we would love to hear from you. You will have a degree in engineering and experience of decarbonisation projects. You will be able to work as part of a team and fit into SLR's One Team culture. You will have excellent communication skills and be confident and friendly. In order to succeed, we would envisage that you would be able to bring/demonstrate:

• Degree in Engineering or similar subject
• Experience in process engineering projects, preferably in a consultancy environment
• Project Management experience
• Numerate and confident with data, basic modelling with excellent report writing skills and IT literate, particularly with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Must be able to work independently and within a team
• Well organised and logical thinker, friendly and outgoing with good communication skills
• Full, current driving licence valid in Ireland

• Masters degree
• Chartered Engineer (or working towards a professional qualification or membership of a professional body)

Culture & Inclusion at SLR

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent. Should you require any special adjustments throughout the recruitment process with us, please let us know. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.

We're Making Sustainability Happen. We don't have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it. We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.