Lead Process Engineer

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with a reputation built on over 30 years of successful projects in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is to facilitate the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that positively influence the road to net zero.

Our success comes from the unique combination of skills and experience that continuously evolves. Our Engineers and Consultants support some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland; providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.

We have over 175 employees that we are proud to have represent us, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As the business grows from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our engineering team by recruiting a very experienced Senior or Lead Consultant who has extensive industrial project experience to be based from our Stockport office with some UK and EU travel.

We are looking for:

• significant industrial project experience working in an operational, commissioning or construction role;
• a good degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering;
• a Chartered Engineer;
• having a full right to work in the UK; and
• the ability and willingness to travel both in the UK and occasionally overseas.

With sector experience in one or more of the following areas:

• oil or gas refining;
• engineering consultancy;
• industrial gas production; or
• fine chemical production.

• detailed working knowledge of applicable standards and best industry practice for industrial process components, in particular:
• distillation columns;
• compressors;
• pumps;
• heat exchangers;
• ability to prepare and review typical process plant documentation, i.e., heat & mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, basis of design documents, process calculations, functional descriptions, data sheets and cause/effect charts;
• good understanding of the principles of process plant layout with a working knowledge of pipework routing and arrangement;
• working knowledge of quality control systems applicable to process plant design, manufacturing, and construction; and
• good understanding of process safety principles.

What you can expect from us:

• A competitive salary with leading bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary
• Company electrical vehicle leasing scheme
• Share purchase option after 12 month's service
• Private medical & life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Team and company social events
• Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team