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Role
- Title: Technical Process Design Manager
- Location: UK Wide Role
- Contract: Full Time
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create places where people can thrive and be their best every day. We are looking for a Technical Process Design Manager to join our growing wastewater engineering team, playing a key role in designing and optimising industrial effluent treatment systems across a diverse project portfolio.
Mitie is an accredited Real Living Wage Employer, ensuring all roles are paid at or above the independently calculated Real Living Wage.
Responsibilities
- Design full industrial effluent treatment plants from feasibility through to detailed design.
- Develop and optimise process flow diagrams (PFDs) and P&IDs.
- Specify equipment including pumps, tanks, chemical dosing systems, and filtration technologies.
- Develop and optimise chemical dosing regimes (e.g. pH correction, coagulation, flocculation, nutrient dosing).
- Undertake process calculations, mass balances, and performance modelling.
- Support project teams during installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting phases.
- Liaise with clients to understand wastewater characteristics and treatment requirements.
- Ensure all designs comply with environmental regulations and industry standards.
- Contribute to innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence within the engineering team.
Required Qualifications
- Degree‑qualified in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a similar discipline.
- Proven experience in industrial wastewater or effluent treatment process design.
- Strong understanding of chemical dosing systems and treatment chemistry.
- Experience with treatment technologies such as DAF, MBBR, SAFS, membrane systems, and dewatering screw presses (or similar).
- Ability to produce and interpret PFDs and P&IDs accurately.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and technical decision‑making skills.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary project teams.
- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- A key technical role within a growing wastewater engineering team.
- Access to Mitie’s Choices lifestyle benefits platform, including extra holiday purchase, dental and critical illness cover, and technology schemes.
- Virtual GP access for you and your household.
- Financial wellbeing support through Salary Finance.
- MiDeals high‑street discounts, cycle‑to‑work scheme, and gym offers.
- Life cover up to four times your salary, enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and the Mitie Matching Share Plan.
- Recognition through Mitie Stars, with monthly cash prizes and an annual £10,000 award.
- Strong focus on career development, training, and long‑term progression.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition and need reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Vishakanandhan Sivasellamuthu.
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