Senior Process Engineer
hace 1 día
Sheffield
Aqua Consultants is looking for an experienced Senior or Principal Process Engineer to strengthen our growing Water Engineering team. You’ll play a pivotal role delivering water and wastewater schemes for UK water companies, while also supporting wider utilities and infrastructure projects. You will act as a trusted process engineering authority, leading the development of compliant, innovative and sustainable treatment solutions across the project lifecycle. Key responsibilities: • Provide expert process input into water and wastewater design and delivery, • Act as a process subject matter expert and technical leader within Aqua, • Carry out capacity assessments for treatment works and develop process options, • Undertake process calculations, gap analysis and consent compliance assessments, • Develop mass balances, P&IDs, control philosophies and commissioning strategies, • Lead and participate in HAZOP, HAZID and HAZCOM studies, • Assess potable water treatment, raw water deterioration and network risks, • Develop process solutions through outline and detailed design, • Produce high‑quality technical reports and design documentation, • Collaborate closely with costing and commercial teams to develop viable options, • Manage client liaison, progress reporting and technical coordination, • Support project delivery through troubleshooting, commissioning and optimisation, • Promote best practice in process design, safety, operability and environmental performance, • Mentor and develop graduate, consultant and senior engineers, • Attend stakeholder meetings, workshops and site visits across the UK About You: • Accredited degree in Chemical, Environmental or Process Engineering, • Chartered member of a relevant professional institution (essential), • Strong experience within water and/or wastewater treatment, • Confident developing mass balances, optioneering studies and optimisation plans, • Experience working in multi‑disciplinary consultancy teams, • Excellent stakeholder, client and communication skills, • Able to lead technical workstreams and support project delivery, • Practical site experience (sampling/jar testing desirable), • Able to consider carbon, sustainability and environmental impacts, • Comfortable working independently and providing technical leadership, • Full UK driving licence and right to work in the UK What We Offer: • Competitive salary + discretionary bonus, • Company pension & salary sacrifice scheme, • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy more, • Company laptop and mobile phone, • Professional membership fees paid, • Ongoing training and clear career progression, • Life assurance (4x salary), • Employee Assistance Programme (GP, physio & mental health support), • Medicash healthcare cash plan, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, • Refer‑a‑friend incentive