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Principal / Associate Wastewater Process Engineer
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Principal / Associate Wastewater Process Engineer
Experienced Associate Waste Water Process Engineer – Water Engineering Teams
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About the Role
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Associate Waste Water Process Engineer to join our Water Engineering teams in the following locations:
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Manchester
- Liverpool
- London
- Newcastle
- Glasgow
As demand for our expertise grows, you’ll play a key role in delivering process engineering design across a range of water projects, including wastewater and water reuse initiatives across the UK and internationally. You will contribute from feasibility and optioneering to detailed design outputs, supplier proposal reviews, and client stakeholder engagements.
Within multidisciplinary project design teams, you’ll leverage your expertise in process engineering to optimise project solutions while supporting senior colleagues in delivering high-value services to clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver Process Design Artifacts: Produce optioneering studies, process calculations, mass balances, process flow diagrams, P&ID sketches, basis of design reports, and other deliverables to achieve optimal project solutions.
- Lead Process Engineering Design: Develop detailed and outline designs, including studies, feasibility reports, concept designs, front-end engineering and design (FEED), and full project designs.
- Fieldwork & Stakeholder Engagement: Attend site visits for data acquisition, stakeholder consultations, and performance assessments, engaging with operators and clients alike.
- Procurement & Technical Guidance: Provide input during **procurement processes, supplier reviews, and technical specifications, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
- Client & Stakeholder Liaison: Support Project Managers in client discussions, leading technical meetings (online/onsite), and representing WSP to external parties.
- Collaborative Design Integration: Work alongside other engineering disciplines, ensuring seamless integration of process requirements into broader project deliverables.
- Project Contributions: Provide input to proposals, work scopes, budgets, and schedules.
- Technical Mentorship: Offer guidance, coaching, and mentorship to junior team members while participating in safety and risk assessments (e.g., HAZOP, HAZID, HAZIP, ENVID, SWIFT).
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Requirements
We’re seeking candidates who can demonstrate:
- Proven Process Engineering Leadership: Significant experience leading process engineering roles in infrastructure projects, including:
- Optioneering, feasibility studies, concept designs, FEED, and detailed design for wastewater treatment (municipal or industrial, including primary, secondary, and tertiary treatments such as filtration, clarification, chemical dosing, nitrogen (N) & phosphorus (P) removal, ASP, MBBR, MBR).
- Circular Economy & Advanced Treatments: Understandings of Zero Liquid Discharge solutions and emerging tertiary treatments (focused on both municipal or industrial applications).
- Industry & Consultancy Experience: Prior roles in engineering consultancies, water utilities, or related industries, demonstrating adeptness at preparing technical specifications, reports, P&IDs, mass balances, and procurement documentation.
- Technical Communication: Strong ability to deliver high-quality written reports and presentations, accommodating diverse audiences (clients, colleagues, vendors).
- Collaboration & Leadership: Proven success in leading multidisciplinary meetings, engaging professionally with stakeholders, and addressing technical challenges.
- Field engagements: Willingness and ability to travel, attend operational sites, and assess process performance in practice.
For Those Who Don’t Meet Every Requirement
Everyone’s journey is unique. Not all applicants may list everything asked—but where your skills align with WSP’s evolving needs, we encourage you to apply.
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