Required Skills
MEICA Process Engineer
MEICA
Process Design
Water Treatment
Clean Water
Job Summary
Our Client, a specialist civil engineering contractor, is seeking MEICA Process Engineer to join their team in Hampshire.
Experience
- Proven experience in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation (MEICA) engineering within the water industry.
- Understanding of process engineering principles and their integration with M&E systems.
- Experience developing conceptual and detailed process designs for water treatment processes (e.g., coagulation, flocculation, filtration, disinfection, pH correction).
- Experience optimising treatment processes for efficiency and compliance.
- Working knowledge of UK water industry standards and regulations and safety processes.
- Experience supporting procurement, reviewing technical specifications, and working with subcontractors.
- Confident in interface management, assessing risks across design and delivery.
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, presenting technical solutions clearly.
- Able to provide technical support across all project stages: design, tender, construction, and commissioning.
- Collaborative, commercially aware, and committed to best practice and continuous improvement.
Job Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development of detailed MEICA designs, specifications, drawings, and calculations, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
- Assist the procurement process for MEICA equipment and services, including vendor selection, tender evaluation, and contract negotiation.
- Identify where there are design interfaces and to risk assess these interfaces, understanding commercial, practical and operational impacts.
- Review MEICA design buildability and costs with MEICA Design PM and Delivery Team.
- Support commercial team to prepare enquires and procure subcontract packages.
- Build effective relationships with the supply chain.
- Promote a culture of Collaboration, integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice.
- Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets related to process design and M&E interfaces.
- Review technical specifications, tender documentation, and contract deliverables.
- Lead client and stakeholder meetings, presenting technical solutions and addressing queries.
- Oversee and drive the conceptual and detailed process design for clean water application, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., DWI, EA) and client specifications.
- Develop and optimise treatment strategies, including but not limited to coagulation, flocculation, clarification, filtration (rapid gravity, pressure, membrane), disinfection (chlorination, UV), pH correction, and sludge treatment.
- Undertake optioneering and feasibility studies to evaluate different treatment technologies and process configurations, presenting technically sound and commercially viable solutions.
- Act as the primary technical interface between process design and the mechanical and electrical engineering teams.
- Ensure seamless integration of process requirements with M&E components, including pumps, valves, instrumentation, control systems (SCADA/PLC), and power distribution.
- Provide process input for the selection, sizing, and specification of M&E equipment, reviewing vendor data and technical submissions.
- Participate in HAZOP, ALM, and other safety review processes from a combined process and M&E perspective.
- Provide technical support during tender clarification, Construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
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