Closing Date
25/07/2025
Job Title
Water Process Engineer
Job Overview
Southern Water is seeking a talented and motivated Process Engineer to join our Water Team. As a key member of our dynamic, multidisciplinary engineering team, you will play a crucial role in delivering technical expertise across a range of Water treatment projects. Your responsibilities will include producing design deliverables such as mass balances, process sizing calculations, flow and quality data analysis, control philosophies, process flow diagrams, performance specifications, and compliance reports. Additionally, you will contribute to the development of commissioning plans and process solutions that drive TOTEX efficiencies. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working on innovative and high-profile engineering projects.
You will assist Senior/Principal Engineers in preparing designs and managing strategy work within Process Team. You will have experience in delivering Water treatment processes design, Ideally you will have experience in operations, optimisation and commissioning activities. You will have proven skills in analysing data to evaluate the performance of existing assets and develop process solutions.
Location & hours
Hybrid working, with site visits to our head office in Brighton
Full time Monday to Friday 37 hours a week; however Southern Water offer a flexible working policy
Package
1. Salary: up to £52,865 depending on skills and experience
2. Company and performance-related bonus
3. Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
4. 25 days annual leave
5. Health Cash Plan
6. Life assurance equal to 4x salary
7. Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
8. Fully funded eye tests
9. Two paid volunteering days a year
10. Occupational health service
11. Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
12. Digital GP service
13. Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
14. Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
15. Cycle to work scheme
16. Free parking
17. Located close to a vibrant city and live & work in a region that includes more than 800km of pristine coastline
18. Office located close to local amenities (gym, train station, good rail connections, etc)
About You
You will have an MEng/BEng/BSc in Chemical Engineering or equivalent. Ideally, you will be a member of a relevant professional institution and working towards Chartership. This role will provide you with an excellent opportunity to further develop your career in a highly supportive and collaborative environment. You will need to have proven and demonstrable experience in delivering Waste projects for UK Water Companies. We are looking for candidates ideally with access to their vehicles, as you will be occasionally required to travel to various offices or sites across the region.
Skills: Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive innovation and manage complex engineering challenges.
Privacy Statement
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.
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