Senior or Principal Clean Water Process Engineer - National

Job Description

Overview

Develop Your Career and Shape the Future of Water Infrastructure.

At AtkinsRéalis, our Design & Advanced Technology practice brings together some of the UK's most diverse engineering and design expertise to tackle the most complex challenges facing our clients, communities, and the environment.

We are seeking a Senior or Principal Process Engineer with expertise in clean water and municipal drinking water treatment to join our growing Water team.  You will help to lead the delivery of innovative, sustainable, and technically excellent solutions across a diverse portfolio of clean water and municipal drinking water treatment projects, water resource, resilience, and infrastructure programmes for major UK water sector clients.

Join us at a pivotal moment for the UK water industry. AMP8 represents a step change in investment, creating opportunities to work on some of the most significant infrastructure programmes in a generation, including strategic reservoir developments, water resource schemes, treatment works upgrades, and major resilience projects that will help secure water supplies for decades to come.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Chartered Engineer looking to apply their expertise across one of the UK's largest and most diverse portfolios of water infrastructure projects.   Whether your ambition is to strengthen your technical leadership, lead the delivery of major programmes, grow client relationships, or progress towards people leadership, AtkinsRéalis offers the scale, support, and opportunities to help you achieve your goals.

When you join us, you'll become part of a collaborative community of experts who challenge conventional thinking and push the boundaries of engineering excellence.

You'll benefit from:

- Secure workload through major long-term frameworks.
- Opportunities to influence nationally significant projects and helping to shape the future of water infrastructure across the UK.
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across the UK and internationally.
- Opportunities to influence project outcomes from concept through to delivery.
- A culture that encourages innovation, technical excellence and professional growth.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements that support work-life balance.
- Clear career progression pathways and professional development opportunities

We offer hybrid working which involves 3 days per week being office/site based. This position can be based from any of our major offices of London Nova, Epsom, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, or Glasgow.

Your role

The role offers broad project exposure, technical development, and clear opportunities for progression within a collaborative and growing team.

You will:

- Lead the delivery of process engineering solutions for water and environmental projects through all stages of the project lifecycle.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple disciplines to develop integrated and sustainable outcomes.
- Act as a technical lead, providing guidance, assurance, and mentoring to engineers and technicians.
- Develop and review technical reports, calculations, specifications, drawings, and design packages.
- Build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and project partners.
- Contribute to innovation, continuous improvement and the adoption of new technologies.
- Help identify opportunities that create additional value for clients and communities.

About you

We're interested in people who are technically strong, commercially aware and genuinely enjoy collaborative working.  You will bring a willingness to learn, a proactive approach to problem solving, and the ability to work collaboratively within diverse project teams.

You’ll ideally bring:

- A degree in Chemical or Process Engineering or equivalent.
- Chartered or Incorporated status with IChemE or an equivalent institution OR extensive experience and the ability to become chartered within 12 months.
- Proven experience working within multidisciplinary project environments and leading Process technical delivery within the UK Water sector.
- Knowledge in drinking water treatment process and principles in conventional and advanced treatment technologies.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a collaborative approach to problem solving.
- A commitment to innovation, sustainability and technical excellence.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.