Senior Process Engineering Consultant: Lead Design in UK's Critical Energy Transition

Location: Bristol or Manchester (Hybrid / Highly Flexible) Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 + Company Bonus & Premium Benefits Package

The Opportunity

A market-leading, independent consultancy requires a Senior Process Engineering Consultant to define, lead, and deliver complex fluid systems and thermal design across the UK's most critical sectors. This is a rare chance to move beyond a singular project focus and become a pivotal Consultant and Technical Leader in areas central to national strategy: Low Carbon Energy (Hydrogen, CCUS, SMRs) and the Nuclear Industry.

If your current role lacks technical variety or the direct consultative influence you seek, this position is designed to offer maximum impact and career acceleration.

Your Impact & Mandate

• Own the Design: Lead the process engineering design of highly complex fluid systems, often working at the novel pilot plant or test rig scale.
• Consultative Leadership: Act as a key client interface, meeting directly with stakeholders to understand complex needs and personally leading the production of high-value proposals for new business.
• Safety Assurance: Support critical safety assessments, guiding the design of clean energy systems with expertise in the Functional Safety Lifecycle, HAZOP, and LOPA.
• P&ID & Simulation: Take technical ownership of process simulations and the development of P&IDs from concept through to detailed design within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Mentor Future Leaders: Actively mentor and develop junior engineers, contributing to the firm's professional engineering community and guiding colleagues towards Chartered Engineer status.

The Essentials

We are looking for a highly credible Process Engineer who is either Chartered with the IChemE or possesses equivalent demonstrable experience and technical authority.

• Extensive experience leading design and managing the technical interfaces of process systems across multiple industries.
• A robust, theoretical underpinning of fluid flow and heat transfer and the ability to apply this to unusual fluids and operating conditions.
• Proven experience presenting complex designs at HAZOPs and design reviews.
• The ability to effectively plan work, agree budgets, and manage packages of work to tight time, quality, and cost metrics.
• Impeccable communication skills for engaging senior stakeholders and producing crisp, focused technical writing.

A Note on Vetting: Due to the nature of the clients and projects, all candidates must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK National Security Vetting.

Ready to define the process engineering landscape for the next generation of UK energy? Apply now for a confidential discussion with Electus Recruitment