Principal Process Engineer

Principal Process Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company

Cumbria, United Kingdom

About the role:

As a Principal Process Engineer you will be responsible for leading the delivery of all Process Engineering requirements across either a single large/complex project or multiple medium sized/complexity projects.

Delivering project requirements individually or as a leader of a team. Actively participates in the development of more junior engineers.

You will report to the Project Engineering Manager and be located at Westlakes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the project's single point of authority and accountability for the process engineering discipline;
• Dependent on project scope, lead a multi-disciplined engineering team reporting to the Project Manager and working closely with the clients responsible engineering team;
• Responsible for the development key design deliverables such as Process drawings: Process Flow Diagrams and Process & Instrumentation Diagrams/Engineering Flow Diagrams;
• Checking and Approval of calculations including mass, energy and flow balances, pipe and equipment sizing;
• Ensure that design deliverables are of a high standard and compliant with relevant standards, regulations and customer specific standards;
• Ensuring that design consultants and sub-contractors deploy suitably qualified and experienced personnel;
• Production of documentation that is technically accurate, grammatically correct, correctly formatted and professionally presented;
• Preparing and reviewing quality plans for multi or single discipline work packages;
• Ensure work delivered is within the defined scope and completed to time and budget;
• Manage resolutions to technical issues and ensure necessary change control is implemented and address commercial impacts.

Qualifications:

• At least 8+ years' experience in industry at least 3 years at Senior Engineer levelIdeally 5+ years in the nuclear industry or other highly regulated sector;
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or associated discipline;
• Chartered Member of the IChemE;
• Detailed knowledge of standards, regulations, codes and directives and how they should be applied including (but not limited to) Pressure Equipment Regulations, COMAH, COSHH, DSEAR etc.;
• Proven knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and techniques of process design;
• Ability to undertake technical tasks and also disclose their technical limitations;
• Willingness to mentor more junior engineers and designers;
• Ability to work well with all levels of management, executive leadership and support staff.