Process Engineer - Waste Water / Asset Optimisation

About Costain and your project. This is a unique opportunity to join an agile technical team of process engineers working on the front line with operational teams to develop innovative practical and digital process solutions. . This is a home based opportunity with the requirement to travel to multiple sites on a weekly basis. Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Due to recent project awards and an exciting pipeline of further work being tendered, we are looking to grow our Asset Optimisation Team which provides wastewater process engineering consultancy to support our clients across the UK to get the very best from their assets and programmes. This is a unique opportunity to join an agile technical team of process engineers working on the front line with operational teams to develop innovative practical and digital process solutions. Our team delivers optimisation studies at feasibility, concept, optioneering and preliminary design stages to mitigate risk, return sites to compliance, or enable low or no build solutions to be provided for new permit drivers. Initial roles will be for South England but we are also interested in hearing from candidates to support future work in North England. For more information visit www.costain.com What will I be doing? A Process Engineer will normally be a reasonably experienced engineer and may have specific specialisms within their discipline. Typical activities and deliveravles will include: * Process engineering including process modelling, mass balance, data analysis and design calculations * Site commissioning support across capital construction planning and delivery * Developing detailed solutions for asset improvement and/or operational improvements on individual sites on a cost effective (potentially cost saving) basis * Applying systems thinking - understanding how the whole system integrates, not just the process elements * Site visits for data acquisition, on site reviews and meeting site operators * Contribution to technical review including presenting your own work for review * Developing material for stakeholder workshops to develop solutions and designs * Technical liaison with supply chain * Production of presentations, briefing notes and control philosophies * Participating in regular team meetings and reviews and helping develop our capability * Presentation of findings to internal and external stakeholders * Developing site specific process compliance plans to ensure quality is met during upgrades to processes * Root cause failure analysis, FMECA, other risk analysis and mitigation proposals Duties * Problem analysis and developing solutions when and as required by the senior process engineer * Supporting principal or senior process engineers in undertaking outline or detailed process engineering design, calculations and proposals * Data analysis and reports * Site visits to acquire data and insight and feedback proposals * Contribute to technical reviews and undertake assigned technical checks * Attend and contribute to team meetings and wider initiatives. * Development of site commissioning and compliance planning * Supporting site based commissioning support About you Your Qualifications & Experience * A degree qualification in a process related discipline is essential * Working towards Chartered Engineer status and member of a relevant engineering institution e.g. CIWEM, IChemE etc. * The candidate should have a minimum of 3 years' experience in process engineering with knowledge and experience in the design, operation and optimization of wastewater treatment, water treatment and biosolids recycling plants. * A background in an engineering consultancy or contracting design environment * Some operational experience in the water sector would be beneficial * A sound appreciation of regulation and compliance principles in wastewater treatment would be beneficial Role Requirements * A good knowledge and ability in using process tools and software (including Excel) * An ability to communicate technical prop