Specialist Process Engineer

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a well-established technical consultancy and part of the worldwide Fichtner Group. We work with clients in the UK and Ireland across the renewable energy and waste sectors, providing design, intellectual and engineering services to financial institutions, developers, and owner-operators.

In the UK and Ireland Fichtner employ over 160 people and operate from Stockport, Belfast, Glasgow, and Dublin. We are looking to attract a specialist process engineer who can identify with most of the experience/skills as below.

• masters (or PhD) in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent field);


• ideally a Chartered Engineer;


• industry experience gained from a process, manufacturing, or engineering consultancy environment;


• post academia experience of working in the waste industry or oil and gas;


• experience with process plant concept design development, pre-FEED and FEED studies, and detailed process plant system design;


• a good working knowledge of one or more of the following technologies:


• pyrolysis;


• gasification of waste; or


• carbon capture and storage


• prior experience of process simulation using MATLAB, Simulink, HYSYS, Aspen Plus or similar;


• ability to prepare and review typical process plant documentation, i.e., heat & mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, basis of design documents, process calculations, functional descriptions, data sheets and cause/effect charts;


• prior experience with the timely production of high-quality scientific models, reports, and other technical documentation for external and internal use;


• the ability and willingness to travel both in the UK and occasionally overseas.

What you can expect from us:

• A competitive salary and holiday package, with leading bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary


• Company electrical vehicle car leasing scheme


• Private medical & life assurance


• Cycle to work scheme


• Team and company social events


• Milestone scheme celebrating years spent as part of the Fichtner team!