Job Description

An international practice, corporately they have a well deserved reputation for excellence. As a whole the practice is recognised as one of the country’s top 50 employers and operates from over 30 offices and employs over 2500 people. Since its opening five years ago, the Leeds office has become a hub for the organisation in the North, acting as a centre for excellence in a number of sectors.

The ‘Process’ Team in Leeds (Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Instrumentation) has only recently been established in this office in order to develop business opportunities in the north of England. This area of the business has been identified as a key growth area so now is the perfect time to join and develop a career where you will be encouraged to develop as far as possible with the full support of a major organisation.

Teams in other offices already have a busy workload and they are confident that the team in Leeds can establish itself and become a key team within the group. Work is from a range of sectors and is mainly focused on treatment of waste water, primarily for water authorities but also for industrial and chemical engineering clients.

As a leading organisation they are able to compliment their excellent working environment with a flexible benefits package that allows employees to trade the value of their package and exchange it for a wide variety of benefits including:

- 25 days rising to 28 (option to buy and sell plus you get your birthday off)
- Travel Insurance
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Long term disability cover
- Company car at Senior Grades
- Bicycle loans
- Private healthcare
- Bonus scheme

Unique opportunity to join a newly formed team in Leeds and act as the main focal point for water process engineering.

Your client base will be diverse but will primarily be UK water authorities and you will have complete project management responsibility to deliver a multi-project portfolio whilst also working in support of business development initiatives.

Qualifications/Skills Required

Candidates for this role must be able to demonstrate extensive experience working in the regulated UK water industry. You will need to hold a relevant academic qualification in a civil or chemical engineering related discipline and ideally you will have achieved Chartered engineer status.

Technically strong and capable of taking on the challenge of this role you will be comfortable managing a busy workload. It is important that you have good communication skills and are prepared to take a client facing role. You will need to be able to produce accurate, high quality technical documentation and have a positive and pro-active attitude towards contributing to the further development of our clients business in this field.