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Senior Process Engineer
Location: UK Wide (Location Agnostic)
Working Pattern: Hybrid / Flexible Working Available
Contract Type: Contract
Duration: 12 Months+
Security Clearance: BPSS to start
Overview
Our client has an urgent requirement for an experienced Senior Process Engineer with proven knowledge and practical experience of the SIMUL8 (TRAM) package to support the delivery of a major UK nuclear programme.
This position is location agnostic, offering flexibility for candidates based anywhere across the UK. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary engineering team and provide process engineering expertise throughout the project lifecycle, supporting process modelling, concept development, engineering analysis, design assurance and operational optimisation activities within a highly regulated nuclear environment.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to strategically important nuclear infrastructure projects while applying simulation and modelling expertise to support complex engineering decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply SIMUL8 (TRAM) to support process modelling, throughput analysis and operational simulation activities.
- Develop, maintain and review process simulation models to assess plant performance and support engineering decision-making.
- Identify process bottlenecks, resource constraints and optimisation opportunities.
- Produce and review:
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
- Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
- Mass and Energy Balances
- Process Design Calculations
- Engineering Reports and Technical Documentation
- Support concept, FEED and detailed design activities.
- Participate in and support HAZID, HAZOP and multidisciplinary design reviews.
- Work collaboratively with Mechanical, EC&I, Civil, Safety Case and Operations teams.
- Provide process engineering input to support nuclear safety and regulatory requirements.
- Analyse simulation outputs and present technical recommendations to project stakeholders.
- Support process performance assessments, capacity planning and operational readiness activities.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers where required.
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Essential Requirements
- Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- Significant process engineering experience gained within the nuclear sector.
- Demonstrable experience using SIMUL8 (TRAM) for discrete event simulation, throughput modelling and process optimisation.
- Strong understanding of complex process systems and engineering analysis.
- Experience developing and reviewing process engineering deliverables.
- Knowledge of nuclear safety, engineering governance and regulatory compliance.
- Experience participating in HAZOPs, HAZIDs and engineering design reviews.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain SC Clearance.
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Desirable Experience
- Experience working on projects for organisations such as Sellafield, AWE, NNL, Urenco, EDF, Magnox or Nuclear Waste Services.
- Chartered Engineer status (CEng) or working towards.
Key Skills
- SIMUL8 (TRAM)
- Process Engineering
- Throughput Modelling
- Discrete Event Simulation
- Process Design
- Capacity Planning
- Resource Analysis
- Process Optimisation
- Nuclear Safety
- Technical Assurance
- Stakeholder Management
- Engineering Leadership
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To find out more about Progressive please visit www.progressiverecruitment.com
Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales
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