Principal Process Engineer

Country: United Kingdom

Position Location: Cardiff, UK, / Bristol, UK / Reading, UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Sector: Water

Discipline: Water

Job Ref: 4327

Recruiter Contact: David Mc Fall

• Degree in Chemical Engineering or related engineering field.
• Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution.
• A good understanding of conventional and innovative water and/or wastewater treatment technologies.
• Track record of process engineering technical leadership, being client facing and driving innovation and low carbon solutions.
• Significant experience in development and delivery of outline, feasibility and detailed process engineering design solutions within the UK water sector using appropriate calculation tools.
• Track record in conducting water and/or wastewater treatment plant and process root-cause analysis reviews.
• Ability to support process elements of bids, fee proposals or offers of service.
• Excellent technical report writing skills using concise English.
• Ability to check and review technical deliverables, calculations and reports.
• Strong communication skills with experience in effective collaboration across internal multi-disciplinary teams as well as Client teams
• Desire to take a leading role with client engagement on process engineering needs in the West of the UK.
• Ability to travel to sites in various locations across the West of England and Wales.

• Track record in building teams and capability of junior staff
• Track record of using wastewater modelling tools such as Bio Win.
• Understanding of key water sector treatment and sustainability needs
• Understanding of drivers for wastewater treatment investment in England and Wales

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.