Overview

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As the demand for our expertise continues to grow, an opportunity has arisen for an experienced Associate Waste Water Process Engineer to join our Water Engineering teams located in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Newcastle or Glasgow.

Responsibilities

• Produce Process Design deliverables such as optioneering studies; process calculations, mass balance, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation drawings, sketches, basis of design reports, etc., to achieve the optimum solution for the project.


• Undertaking outline or detailed process engineering design.


• Attending site visits for data acquisition and meeting site operators.


• Provide technical input to the procurement process.


• Support Project Managers in technical discussions with clients.


• Discuss and liaise with technology providers and vendors.


• HAZOP, HAZID, ENVID, SWIFT attendance.


• Provide technical guidance, coaching and supervision of junior staff.


• Work collaboratively with other disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects to deliver design requirements on time, budget and quality.


• Provide input to proposals, work scope, work schedule and budgets.


• Liaise with the client (internal or external) to ensure their needs are met.

Qualifications

• A Chemical or Environmental Engineering degree or MSc (or equivalent).


• Professional registration as CEng (or working towards Chartership within 12 months).

Skills And Experience

• Significant experience delivering process engineering design aspects of infrastructure projects, including taking the lead process engineering role on a project or significant task.


• Experience in the municipal water industry.


• The ability to work mainly unsupervised in the preparation and/or review of process design package deliverables such as technical specifications, calculations, reports, datasheets, schedules, process control philosophies, P&IDs, mass balances and procurement documentation.


• Experience delivering studies, feasibility, concept designs, FEED and detail design in waste water treatment solutions in the municipal sector or industrial sector such as primary treatments, secondary treatments, tertiary treatments (filtration, clarification, chemical dosing, P removal, ASP, MBBR, MBR, and other advanced biological treatments).


• Understanding of circular economy, Zero Liquid Discharge, emerging tertiary treatments both in municipal and industrial sector.


• Experience in a consultancy environment or engineering company or other relevant industry acting as Process Engineer.


• Proven ability to prepare high quality written technical reports and deliver verbal presentations to a high level of quality assurance for a variety of audiences.


• Confident, articulate communicator with ability to engage in active, professional verbal communications and presentations to colleagues (including senior colleagues), clients and sub-contractors.


• Experience leading multi-disciplinary meetings and acting as the organisation's technical representative with external clients.


• Be able to travel and visit operational works and construction sites as required, to act in a safe manner, and to assess existing and new process performance.

What’s in it for you

Work-life balance, hybrid working, inclusivity & belonging, health & wellbeing, flexible time, and development opportunities including training, mentoring and Chartership.

Our benefits include hybrid working, Thrive health program, Virtual GP, Gymflex, menopause support, WSP My Hour, part-time and flexible working, leave purchase, and other flexible benefits.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Newcastle or Glasgow (UK)