Principal Process Engineer, Water. Are you a Process engineer from a Water utility or a waste water firm, who would like to join a fast developing technology business that provides innovative effluent water solutions and be rewarded with profit share? If so read on.....
You will act as the technical lead between water customers, partners, and internal engineering teams, supporting the adoption and successful deployment of proprietary industrial filtration technologies.
You will be a key person in the business, report to the Directors ensuring technologies consistently deliver against specification and expectation.
The role is ideal for a practically minded engineer who understands dynamic flow systems, industrial and/or municipal effluent environments, and who can confidently translate technical capability into customer value and commercial success.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the lead technical point of contact for prospective and existing customers across industrial, municipal, and process-driven markets.
* Translate complex engineering concepts into clear, persuasive value propositions tailored to customer operational and commercial drivers.
* Influence client decision-making through evidence-based technical arguments and demonstrated performance outcomes.
* Monthly reporting on performance and progress of client installations.
* Coordinate engineering resources to support installation and commissioning of systems.
* Work closely with senior technical leadership to ensure systems are delivered to specification, on cost and to agreed quality standards.
* Track influent and effluent performance, dynamic flow behaviour, and operational parameters to evidence successful outcomes.
* Provide structured written feedback from site experience to inform continuous improvement of product, process, and documentation.
* Full UK driving licence.
Desirable Experience & Qualifications
* Exposure to municipal water, industrial effluent, metals processing, or filtration systems.
* Experience supporting bids, proposals, or commercial opportunities from a technical standpoint.
* Familiarity with regulatory or compliance-driven operational environments.
* Ability to produce or contribute to technical reports, validation documents, and process schematics.
* Chartered status or formal engineering/chemical qualifications are advantageous but not essential.
Ideal Candidate Profile
* A well-rounded, hands-on engineer who enjoys being close to both the technology and the customer. You are comfortable in industrial environments, confident discussing performance data, and capable of influencing stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
* You do not need to be a specialist chemist – practical experience with dynamic flow systems, industrial processes and treatment operations is far more important.
Why Join Us?
This is a high-impact, visible role within a growing, technology-driven business where engineering credibility directly influences commercial success. You will have the opportunity to:
* Be at the forefront of innovation in effluent
* Shape how solutions are positioned, delivered, and optimised in the market
* Advance your own technical and leadership career
* Good salary, bonus, Car, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday off, Private health insurance, 7.5% employer pension contributions, Paid professional membership fees. Professional development and training support