Principal Process Engineer
Location: Manchester (Hybrid)Type of Role: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 - £80,000 (dependent on experience & working arrangements)
Sector: Water | Wastewater | Process Design
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of efficient and practical process design solutions for water and wastewater projects.
- Review and approve design deliverables, reports, specifications, and DRAs.
- Check and approve mass balances, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, and PFDs.
- Review control philosophies and commissioning strategies.
- Provide technical guidance across projects and support tender submissions.
- Direct and mentor engineers and graduates.
- Ensure designs meet technical standards, professional guidance, and water company requirements.
- Lead HAZOP, ALM, KM, and other technical review meetings.
- Estimate design hours and support project planning.
- Drive continuous improvement in process engineering standards and practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years' process design experience within the regulated water industry.
- Extensive knowledge of wastewater treatment processes and plant design.
- Proven delivery of process design on water and/or wastewater projects.
- Chartered Engineer status (or near Chartered).
- Degree, HND, or significant practical experience progressing from technician level.
- Strong IT and digital capability.
- Experience across both clean water and wastewater beneficial.
- HAZOP experience (ideally as Chair) and tender support beneficial.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle preferred.