Principal Process Engineer

Job description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business

About the Opportunity

As a result of an increasing portfolio of projects, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Process Engineer to join our in either, Stockton, Birchwood, Westlakes or Winnersh.

You will be responsible for leading the Process design development for our projects and will report to our Process Engineering Discipline Manager who will provide you with support and guidance in the role. You will work within a multi-discipline team to deliver the process design and be responsible for a process engineering team for projects that you lead. This will include managing the process design delivery and being responsible for the delivery of key process engineering activities, process safety assessments, and taking a leading role in HAZOPs and design reviews. You will be responsible for ensuring our quality assurance processes are followed, that our process design meet the project requirements and our client's expectations and assuring the technical integrity of our designs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading functional input to own projects, including where relevant leading the input of other (possibly multidisciplinary) engineers and subcontractors, to ensure engineering delivery meets scope, time, cost and quality
• Support the discipline engineering manager in non-project-based activities such as writing procedures, resource planning, establishing policy, budgeting, recruitment etc, to support the drive to continuously improve and optimise the operation of the department
• Provide functional support and guidance to more junior staff to develop them as individuals and the capability of the team as a whole
• Proactively generate value adding options within projects to offer to clients to improve both the chance of winning work and satisfaction with completed and ongoing work
• Carry out engineering calculations and check the work of more junior staff to deliver a quality functional input to projects

Here's What You'll Need:

• Chartered Engineer status with a recognised professional body (e.g. IChemE)
• Degree qualified in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
• At least 10 years of experience in relevant project design work
• Proven track record of leading process delivery on projects to meet deadlines and high-quality standards

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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