Chemical Engineering Specialist

In Cork; Stockport, Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Stockport is looking for an experienced Senior Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering, relevant practical experience in the oil and gas sectors, and a Chartered Engineer status. This role includes project travel across the UK and occasionally overseas, and offers a competitive salary, holiday package, and opportunities for significant professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary and holiday package

Discretionary bonus scheme

Company car leasing scheme

Private medical & life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Team and company social events

Milestone scheme for years of service

Qualifications

• Practical experience in oil/gas refining and construction roles.
• Ability to prepare process plant documentation like heat & mass balances.
• Good understanding of process plant layout and pipework routing.

Responsibilities

• Design and provide engineering services for energy projects in the UK.
• Travel within the UK, Ireland, and occasionally overseas.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Process plant design knowledge

Quality control systems

Process safety principles

Project travel willingness

Education

Postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd is a leading technical consultancy with a reputation built on over 34 years of successful projects in the UK and Ireland. Our purpose is to facilitate the investment and delivery of energy infrastructure projects that positively influence the energy transition. Our success comes from our unique combination of skills and experience that continuously evolves. Our Engineers and Consultants support some of the most innovative energy projects across the UK and Ireland; providing design, intellectual, and engineering services to developers, investors, and owner-operators.

We have over 180 employees that we are proud to have represent us, operating from our offices in Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. As the business grows from strength to strength, we are now looking to further extend our team by recruiting an experienced Senior Engineer to be based from our Stockport office with some project travel in the UK, Ireland, and wider EU.

We are looking for:

• a postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent field);
• a Chartered Engineer;
• practical experience gained from operations, commissioning or a construction role in one or more of the following industries: oil or gas refining industrial gas production technical consultancy;
• detailed working knowledge of applicable standards and best industry practice for industrial process components, in particular: pressurised vessels pumps, compressors and heat exchangers;
• 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;
• good understanding of the principles of process plant layout with a working knowledge of pipework routing and arrangement;
• working knowledge of quality control systems applicable to process plant design, manufacturing, and construction;
• good understanding of process safety principles;
• have full right to work in the UK;
• and the ability and willingness to travel both in the UK and occasionally overseas.

We offer in return:

• A competitive salary and holiday package, with discretionary bonus scheme of up to 20% of salary;
• Significant training, development, and career growth opportunities;
• 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!