Industrial Water/Wastewater Process Engineer

Job description / Role

Why CH2M HILL

For decades, CH2M HILL has been a global leader in engineering, consulting, design, program management, construction and operations, working on the most challenging and impactful projects around the world. Through these challenging projects, we develop our people - who transform complex and creative ideas into reality, every day. Join us and together we can work to build a sustainable world. We support you to reach your greatest career goals through continued professional development, a positive work life balance and undeniably cool engineering projects. Join employee-owned CH2M HILL and discover why our diverse team has been consistently ranked as one of the leading employers and repeatedly recognized as a best place to work in the U.S.

About the Business

Description and Desired Qualifications

Industrial Water/Wastewater Process Engineer - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Job Purpose:

The challenge? Help develop and provide high quality, leading edge sustainable engineering solutions to our clients for water/wastewater treatment applications in the oil & gas, power, petrochemical, and petroleum refining industries. Our Process Engineer careers provide you the opportunity to manage multiple small to mid-sized conceptual design projects, while contributing to client development activities.

Each day you will be an important team leader as you participate in the design, coordination, execution, procurement support, construction support and execution of multiple process engineering projects. You should be a self-motivated, detailed oriented, quality driven, team-focused Process Engineering professional with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical, Environmental, or Civil Engineering or related field, 10 or more years of experience in engineering and design of water and wastewater treatment facilities and a desire to grow personally as well as professionally with each project.

Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

Our Process Engineers:

Perform process engineer on industrial water/wastewater projects

Participate in or lead meetings with the clients and project team to establish project objectives and to coordinate and/or resolve design problems

Supervise, train, and mentor less experienced process engineers and designers

Develop process and hydraulic simulation models and optimize designs

Coordinates vendor package equipment, design, fabrication and delivery to meet project schedule and specifications including fabrication facility inspections and package expediting

Participate in construction support activities including responses to requests for information (RFIs), submittal reviews, construction site visits, and design revisions/ management of change, startup and commissioning, and trouble-shooting

Write specifications and purchase requisitions for processing plants and equipment

Evaluate quotations, select vendors

Perform conceptual, preliminary and detail process design of units and unit operations for water and wastewater treatment

Develop design basis, mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams and P&IDs

Size process equipment and prepare data sheets

Perform heat and material balance, hydraulic and relief protection calculations

Coordinates details and miscellaneous design criteria with other disciplines

Checks and assists designers and drafters in their assignments related to mechanical construction

Prepares and /or supervises engineering reports, studies, calculations and checks drawings

Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, HAZOPs and vendor bid evaluations.

Participate in the generation of proposals, scopes, schedules and budgets on mechanical engineering work

Prepares design milestones and schedules, staffing schedules and man-hour estimates

Requirements

Job Requirements/Qualifications/Experience:

Basic Qualifications:

Experience winning and delivering projects for oil and gas clients in the MENA region

BS Chemical, Civil, or Environmental

Engineering or related technical discipline

Minimum 10 years experience in process engineering for water/wastewater treatment

General experience with the treatment of industrial wastewater and produced water using physical chemical treatment, oil/water separation, softening, demineralization, hydrogen sulfide treatment and water reuse.

Proven competency in delivering design projects involving industrial water, stormwater and wastewater treatment

Sound understanding of business principles of consulting projects and related project delivery tools and metrics

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to convey complex technical information in user friendly terms to a diverse audience

Proficient in using Microsoft Suite including MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications
In addition to the basic qualifications, we also desire the following:

Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing in Arabic

Experience working as a lead process engineer.

Construction engineering experience

Comprehensive knowledge of applicable API, ASME and piping design standards and codes.

Demonstrated knowledge of safety requirements for design and operation of equipment and facilities in oil and gas, energy or petrochemical facilities.

Professional engineering registration or ability to attain in 12 months

MS Chemical, Civil, or Environmental Engineering or related technical discipline

15 years experience in design of water and wastewater treatment systems involving softening, RO, demineralization, oil/water separation, hydrogen sulfide treatments (sour water stripping, chemical oxidation), biological including MBR, and water reuse technologies as applied to oil & gas, power, petroleum refining, and petrochemical industries

Technical expertise to solve client challenges

Expertise in industrial wastewater regulations and compliance strategies

Education:

Required: BS degree may include chemical, civil, or environmental engineering or other applicable degree.

Preferred: MS Chemical, Civil, or Environmental Engineering

Professional registration (chartered or equivalent) preferred

About the Company

We deliver impactful global solutions to create a more connected, sustainable world - from intelligence to infrastructure, cybersecurity to space exploration. Our 52,000 employees across 50 countries work every day, challenging the expectations of today to reinvent the way we’ll all live tomorrow.