About the role
Senior Process Engineer - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)
Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of the Anglian Water’s one Alliance, a collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry-leading partners to deliver around 40% of the company’s capital investment programme. Entering AMP 8, we are tackling nature‑based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes, setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and offering exceptional career growth.
This role is for an experienced Senior Process Engineer who will provide technical leadership, drive innovation and support the delivery of high‑quality, compliant and sustainable water projects.
What you’ll be doing
* Lead quality and assurance across the process design lifecycle, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to required standards.
* Review and approve process design deliverables including mass balances, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, P&IDs and process flow diagrams.
* Respond to construction site design queries and change requests, maintaining design intent and integrity.
* Support Project Design Managers with design planning, reviews and stakeholder engagement.
* Provide technical input to supplier contracts and review supplier deliverables.
* Champion health, safety and welfare, ensuring compliance with process standards and hazardous area regulations (DSEAR).
* Mentor and develop junior engineers, promoting best practice and professional growth.
* Drive innovation and the use of digital tools to improve efficiency and reduce carbon impact.
* Contribute to wider Anglian Water initiatives including HAZOPs, technical forums and emergency response activities.
Who we’re looking for
* Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Process Engineering) or equivalent experience.
* Chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
* Extensive experience within the UK water sector, particularly process design and capital delivery.
* Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and environmental requirements.
* Proven experience mentoring and developing junior engineers.
* Experience in a Design & Build environment is advantageous but not essential.
* Strong leadership, communication and decision‑making skills with a collaborative approach.
* A genuine commitment to sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of engineering solutions.
This is a great opportunity to develop your career while delivering meaningful, environmentally focused projects.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects, building and maintaining vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Key benefits
* Smart working with staggered start and finish times, up to 40% remote working for eligible roles.
* 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
* Family‑friendly policies: 28 weeks full‑pay maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full‑pay paternity/partner leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in‑house experts support customers in some of the UK’s most ambitious projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. We are members of WISE, ENEI, the Business Disability Forum, and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). We support an inclusive culture and offer applicants with disabilities an interview if they meet the minimum requirements.
We continuously strive to improve our recruitment process to be fair and inclusive. If you have feedback, please share with us at candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.
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