Senior Process Design Engineer

Location: On site / Lisbon, Portugal
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Engineering | Design
Salary: Negotiable salary

Senior Process Design Engineer - (Wastewater Treatment Projects) - Lisbon

About Glanua

Glanua is an industry leader in providing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions to design, build, operate and maintain critical water and wastewater infrastructure across Ireland and the UK. We are a trusted provider to the municipal and industrial sectors where our clients include Ireland and the UK’s largest water utilities, Uisce Éireann (formally Irish Water), Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Affinity Water.

Glanua is passionate about solving today’s environmental challenges and delivering a decarbonized and sustainable world. We know that to build successful creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver new innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential. We champion our core values and uphold the highest standards of Safety and Well-being, Innovation, Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, Agility, Accountability, Diversity and Inclusion in everything we do.

We have a talented team of 600+ people across Ireland and the UK and are rapidly expanding our workforce across several disciplines to meet our ambitious growth plans.

Glanua Engenharia is the Portuguese-based Technical Hub of the Glanua Group, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable engineering solutions across Ireland and the UK. Established to support the design and delivery of critical water and wastewater infrastructure, our Lisbon office brings together expertise in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Process, and Structural Design. At Glanua Engenharia, we are driven by a shared mission to tackle environmental challenges and contribute to a cleaner, decarbonized, and more sustainable world.

The Role:

As Senior Process Design Engineer, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to bring water and wastewater infrastructure projects from concept stage through to Construction, Commissioning and into Operations. In this end-of-end role you will work to develop engineering design solutions to meet the Client’s needs following these through to the process commissioning stage to ensure the successful outcome of the project.

You will work in a one-team culture while actively contributing to your own skills and experience. Your role will be primarily involved in Process Design, however due to the nature of the multi-disciplinary work completed by Glanua you will also be exposed to other engineering disciplines in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation (MEICA) as well as civil engineering and building. This will present a wide multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge base and an opportunity to progress your career. You will work within a team based in Ireland and/or UK offices and will be managed largely remotely requiring you to work on your own initiative.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The main duties and responsibilities of the Senior Process Design Engineer are outlined as follows:

Work as part of a team in the delivery of one or more projects at any one time, embracing the ethos of a “one team” culture.

Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability standards, policies and procedures are developed into the proposed designs.

Work closely and collaboratively with all key stakeholders including clients, client representatives and third-party agencies.

Occasional travel to Irish and UK sites as required by your line manager.

Ensure a positive experience for the client and their representatives instilling an ethos of collaboration and cooperation.

Develop thorough understanding of Client Specifications.

Take design inputs such as project brief and develop design options presenting these to the Design Manager and wider project teams.

Engage with discipline leads and design managers to ensure deliverables are achieved in a timely manner.

Review project briefs and Employers’ Requirements, seek clarification to confirm scope

definition required.

Ensure a thorough understanding of projects, objectives and required outcomes. Ensure these objectives are followed through with the proposed design.

Make computations of process and hydraulic design calculations for a wide range of water and wastewater chemical, physical and biological treatment processes.

Prepare of process systems and equipment specifications and equipment selection, including the development of schedules for equipment’s, structures, valves, pipes or others required for supporting other teams.

Prepare contractor’s design technical proposals and drawings, ensuring all submissions