Credentials that matter
Skills and tools
- Process Engineering
- P&id Design
- NRC Regulations
Required qualifications
- At least 8+ years' experience in industry, with at least 3 years at Senior Engineer level
- 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 including Pressure Equipment Regulations, COMAH, COSHH, DSEAR
- Proven knowledge of theories, principles, practices and techniques of process design
- Ability to undertake technical tasks and disclose technical limitations
- Ability to work well with all levels of management, executive leadership and support staff
About this role
Lead process engineering for large complex or multiple medium-sized nuclear projects at Westinghouse. This Principal Process Engineer role requires expertise in process design, regulatory compliance, and team leadership to shape next-generation nuclear solutions. Serve as the project's single point of authority and accountability for the process engineering discipline, leading multi-disciplined teams and developing key design deliverables including Process Flow Diagrams and P&IDs.
Responsibilities
- Act as the project's single point of authority and accountability for the process engineering discipline
- Lead a multi-disciplined engineering team reporting to the Project Manager and working closely with the client's responsible engineering team
- Develop key design deliverables including Process Flow Diagrams and Process & Instrumentation Diagrams/Engineering Flow Diagrams
- Check and approve calculations including mass, energy and flow balances, pipe and equipment sizing
- Ensure design deliverables meet high standards and comply with relevant standards, regulations and customer-specific requirements
- Verify that design consultants and sub-contractors deploy suitably qualified and experienced personnel
- Produce technically accurate, grammatically correct, properly formatted and professionally presented documentation
- Prepare and review quality plans for multi or single discipline work packages
- Ensure work is delivered within defined scope and completed to time and budget
- Manage resolutions to technical issues and implement necessary change control while addressing commercial impacts
- Actively participate in the development of more junior engineers
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years in the nuclear industry or other highly regulated sector
- Willingness to mentor more junior engineers and designers
Location, schedule, and travel
Based at Westlakes, hybrid working arrangement
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