Principal Process Engineer

Location: Preston or Risley, Cheshire

As part of our multi-discipline Engineering team, you’ll not only be able to get involved with a huge variety of projects across multiple sites, but you’ll also have lots of opportunity to drive them through from start to finish - allowing you to see the impact your work has in a real-world environment. You’ll be part of a team that delivers work to benefit society by advancing cleaner energy, protecting the environment, and keeping everyone safe. We're looking for a versatile and experienced Principal Process Engineer who can take projects from initial specification through to delivery of an operational asset, managing multi-discipline teams to achieve successful outcomes. We’re looking for someone who is self-motivated and a team player looking to push their career to the next level and keen to work and grow as part of an integrated team. There will be a requirement/opportunity to travel between UKNNL sites and customer locations, as required by the projects.

Main Responsibilities for Principal Process Engineer:

• Leading a team of multi-discipline engineers to develop a detailed engineering design for process plants.
• Checking and approval of calculations, engineering drawings, technical reports and design memos to support / underpin the design.
• Close working relationship with Project Managers to develop project estimates and schedules and ensuring work is delivered to meet the time, cost, quality and safety requirements.
• Working alongside the procurement team to define procurement requirements for engineering projects and working with suppliers to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Undertaking the intelligent customer role on sub-contracted design work.
• Taking a lead role in plant commissioning. Developing commissioning documents and actively leading commissioning activities.
• Ensuring designs are compliant with the required regulations, including DSEAR, PSSR and Functional Safety.
• Supporting the active plant areas with troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Be the key interface with the safety disciplines to deliver the HAZOP process and the required engineering substantiation reports.
• Mentoring junior engineers and guiding their design activities.
• Working with the Process Engineering Discipline Lead and Engineering Manager to identify and develop business improvements.
• Engaging in the employee development program to support your technical and behavioural growth.

Essential Criteria for Principal Process Engineer:

• Chartered Engineer.
• Degree in Chemical Engineering or closely related subject and a high level of experience in mechanical engineering.
• Experience in leading design projects in a highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality and environmental requirements relating to engineering development projects.
• Experience of specifying and supporting the procurement of equipment.
• Experience of leading teams through Multi-disciplinary Design reviews and HAZOP reviews.
• Experience of producing design substantiation reports.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, such that difficult concepts can be conveyed clearly and concisely to customers, regulators and key stakeholders.
• Experience of commissioning hazardous processes.
• Evidence of problem solving and seeking solutions.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Principal Process Engineer:

• Significant experience in the nuclear sector.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Self-motivated, high energy contributor.
• Questioning attitude.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Experience of undertaking of hazardous area classification, pressure relief system design and functional safety.