Role: Senior Process Engineer
Location: Devonport- Mainly Remote (on site once every 6-8 weeks)
Duration: 6 months
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About our client:
Our client in Devonport is a leading engineering and maritime organisation specialising in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of naval vessels. The site operates with a skilled workforce across mechanical, electrical, and technical disciplines, delivering high-quality and complex engineering projects. It offers a structured and collaborative working environment with opportunities for hands-on experience and professional development.
Job Requirements:
Support the development of a new process system within nuclear industry
Delivery of typical process engineering deliverables with oversight from the projects principal process engineer
Understanding of nuclear safety case processes
Essential:
3-6+ years' experience of designing process systems.
Experience of working in a highly regulated industry, strong preference to nuclear.
Ability to conduct typical process calculations such as pressure drops, mass balances, equipment sizing, relief calculations
Good understanding of P&IDs, associated symbols and drafting (overseeing drafting of) them to industry standards
Ability to write Process Descriptions and Cause & Effect Matrices to a detailed design level
Understanding of process control, instruments, alarms, interlocks etc
Understanding of interactions with mechanical and EC&I disciplines for a typical design project
Understanding of hazard identification and analysis associated with process systems (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP etc)
Understanding of nuclear safety cases including SFRs, SSCs and change requests.
BEng/BSc in chemical/process engineering or similar degree.
Experience checking design documentation desirable.
Ability to write concise, but comprehensive reports
Ability to review legacy documentation and draw conclusions/summaries
Hands on experience and understanding of how plant works
Commissioning experience and ability to write clear commissioning instructions
Desirable:
SC cleared
Masters' education
CEng or working towards
Understanding of IEC 61508/61511