Senior Wastewater Process Engineer

Senior Wastewater Process Engineer WSP – Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom Join our Water Engineering teams in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, London, Newcastle or Glasgow. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Waste Water Process Engineer to take a key role in delivering process engineering design content on a range of challenging projects in water engineering, including wastewater and water reuse projects throughout the UK and overseas. Key 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. Conduct discussions and liaison with technology providers and vendors. Attend HAZOP, HAZID, ENVID, SWIFT. Provide technical guidance, coaching and supervision of junior staff. Work collaboratively with other disciplines on multi‑disciplinary projects, delivering work to time, cost and quality expectations and ensuring integration of Process Engineering design requirements into the overall engineering design. Provide input to proposals, work scope, work schedule and budgets. Liaise with the client (internal or external) ensuring that 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 in 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 wastewater treatment solutions in the municipal sector or industrial sector such as primary, secondary and tertiary treatments (filtration, clarification, chemical dosing, P removal, ASP, MBBR, MBR and other advanced biological treatments). Understanding of circular economy, Zero Liquid Discharge and emerging tertiary treatments in both municipal and industrial sectors. 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 subcontractors. Experience leading multi‑disciplinary meetings (online and face‑to‑face) and acting as the organisational 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. Work‑life Balance Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK. EEO Statement Here at WSP we positively 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr