Principal Process Engineer - Manchester, United Kingdom - COSTAIN GROUP PLC

Description

Summary of Role
Costain provides Engineering and Design services to the Energy, Water, Defence and Transport Sectors.

Our Process Engineering and Front End Solutions teams have exciting opportunities available to join our growing team working on Energy Transition projects as well as more traditional Oil & Gas projects.

We are seeking to recruit Principal Process Engineers to lead process teams working on projects and studies across the project lifecycle including Feasibility, Concept, FEED and Detailed Design who have extensive knowledge and experience in the design of Natural Gas Processing, Storage and Transport Facilities and/or in Process Technologies relevant to Energy Transition to help solve our customer's challenges in energy production, energy transition and environmental management.

A Lead/Principal Process Engineer will normally be the most senior engineer of their discipline on a project with full authority to act as the Lead Process Engineer or Study Manager.

The role will report to the Discipline Lead for Process Engineering.

Costain's Process Engineering team delivers process engineering design services for major projects at the FEED and Detailed Design project phases with current projects including major modifications to onshore gas terminals to extend field life, hydrogen projects related to energy transition and Industrial Cluster projects.

We also support the Front End Solutions team which delivers optimised process solutions to customers in the energy production, energy transition and related industries, including oil & gas production, energy storage, carbon capture, hydrogen fuel switching, emissions reduction, and potentially also in power and nuclear process.

The team is focused on finding the best solutions in the earliest phases of projects and, where necessary, to develop technologies required for delivery of these solutions.

Responsibilities

To lead a team of process engineers on major project proposals, FEEDS and detailed design, to execute the process engineering scope of work according to contract requirements, following company and client standards and procedures.

Responsibility for discipline quality, programme and cost targets.

• Lead teams on engineering studies at feasibility and concept select stages, with full accountability for quality, budget and schedule
• Perform own design work and check work by others in accordance with company procedures
• Approve project deliverables when authorised by the Process Engineering Technical Authority
• Represent Process Engineering in discussions and meetings with client, vendors and third parties
• Develop discipline programme activities/deliverables and interdependencies, plan for adequate resources, to monitor and report design progress and manhour usage to the project management team
• Work in a collaborative multidisciplinary project delivery team, through proactive liaison with other disciplines and to ensure integration of Process Engineering design requirements into the overall engineering design
• Work collaboratively with business development, work winning and marketing functions to develop and tender new opportunities for both front end studies and major projects needing process technology input
• Support the Discipline Lead
• Process Engineering in the technical development of the function
• Offer advice and support to colleagues and subordinates on development needs taking into account work activities, learning ability and circumstances
• Communicate to team members the project objectives and execution strategies and provide guidance as required on company workflow, methods and business systems
• Ensure personal compliance with current company policy, relevant legislation and company and client's requirements for Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental matters and work in such a manner not to cause personal harm or injury to fellow workers, client and subcontractor employees or the environment
• Support the Discipline Lead
• Process Engineering in delivering the company performance management process

The role is based in the Costain Manchester Office and may require travel to company, supplier or customer offices or sites for business purposes.

The company operates a dynamic working policy which offers the opportunity to work by agreement with the individual considering the needs of the project, client and business.

Specific Competencies Required

• UK regulatory environment, and relevant energy industry codes and standards
• Wide and indepth knowledge of processes and technologies employed in the processing and transportation of natural gas
• Process Technology Selection
• Robust option evaluation and flowsheet development
• Steady state process simulation and process optimisation
• FEED & detailed design process design deliverables including development of Heat and Material Balances, Process Flow Diagrams, Process Design Philosophies, P&ID's, Cause & Effect's Process specification of Major & Utility Equipment, Piping and Instrumentation, Relief and Blowdown calculations
• Technical safety & environmental including HAZID, ENVID, HAZOP and SIL assessment
• Project cost estimating, interfacing with estimating function
• Commercial awareness, including overall project execution strategies
• Proactive, selfmotivated and solutions biased
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective communicator
• Strong technical writing skills
• Technical Risk Management
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective communicator
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel

Qualifications & Experience

• First degree in Chemical Engineering
• Chartered Engineer preferred (MIChemE/FIChemE)
• Deep knowledge and experience of a range of gas processing, hydrogen and carbon capture technologies, ideally including gas sweetening, mercury removal, gas dehydration, NGL recovery, nitrogen removal, dewpointing, NGL fractionation, liquids treatment, produced water treatment, hydrate inhibition, phase separation, compression and pumping. Knowledge and experience of other relevant technologies and sectors is beneficial
• Experience across full project lifecycle feasibility, concept, FEED and EPC
• Significant previous experience in a Lead Process Engineer delivery role managing small to medium sized process teams

About Costain

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.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you.

For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance).

To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
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