Senior Process Engineer

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We’re Sweco – Europe’s leading design, engineering, environment and regulatory consultancy. We’re now recruiting a Senior Process Engineer to join our team delivering outline design and detailed specifications primarily for water and wastewater schemes.

This role is based in our Birmingham office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

• Undertaking process design; process calculations, mass balance, process flow diagrams, piping & instrumentation drawings, sketches, reports, etc, to achieve the optimum solution for the project.
• Providing day‑to‑day technical input as part of a team of Process Safety and Water/Wastewater Engineers.
• Working closely with colleagues from other disciplines to deliver project requirements and added value to the client.
• Working closely with project managers to deliver to time, quality and cost.
• Providing process safety expertise in the form of DSEAR, COSHH and HAZOP assessments.
• HAZOP scribe/facilitation experience.
• Providing quality assurance for all client deliverables. Supporting junior staff to improve their technical capabilities.

• A degree in a relevant Process Engineering subject (or equivalent) and working towards chartered status with a relevant professional institution.
• Knowledge and experience of process design for the water industry.
• A growth mindset, focused on continual professional development.
• Enjoys a variety of tasks and a healthy natural inquisitiveness for knowledge.
• The ability to work with engineers from all disciplines and other industry professionals to optimise and develop bespoke and innovative designs.
• The ability to be flexible and pick up new skills when working with a portfolio of a wide variety of projects.
• A healthy appreciation for how to support project management.
• Experience in the delivery of water and wastewater designs and specifications on projects for Water Companies, Contractors and industry.
• An appreciation of the implications of works on the environment and knowledge of sustainable solutions, water and wastewater processes and health and safety legislation.
• A keen eye for detail and someone who takes pride in the work they produce.

What’s in it for you?

It’s an exciting time to join Sweco and if you want to be part of a company who is small in all the best ways but large enough to provide a diverse and exciting workload, this job is for you.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

We strive to create a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution of all people. We promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer and a Disability Confident Committed employer. We interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 who opt into the guaranteed interview scheme.

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