Technical Principal Process

At Mott MacDonald, we are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance.

We employ brilliant people, and we trust them to do brilliant things. We’re a collection of leading experts who combine our different expertise to stay ahead of the curve and move the industry forward, contributing towards career-defining projects that create essential social outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of 20 process engineers and designer, and CAD Designers to ensure successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in design, bid estimation, contractor reviews, and quality plans control across process discipline.
• Drive operational excellence and productivity improvements, including design optimization, value engineering, innovation and digital technologies.
• Oversee the review process to ensure high-quality standards and a Safe by Design approach.
• Monitor team performance, foster career development, promote a culture of accountability and ensure effective recruitment and talent management
• Promote technical excellence through innovation, standardization, and continuous knowledge sharing.
• Support business development by providing technical expertise and contributing to proposals.
• Collaborate with project teams to identify and mitigate technical and commercial risks.
• Lead technical practices in Process discipline.
• Manage inter-discipline conflicts and technical issues, ensuring timely project milestones and engineering estimations.
• Oversee change control processes, review design reports, and support efficiency improvements, debottlenecking and expansion studies etc.
• Guide team development through training and technical clinics.
• Champion standardization, design guidelines, and ensure quality through design model reviews.
• Should participate in MOC studies and recommendations.
• Responsible for overseeing and managing the department's budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources, monitoring expenditures, and implementing cost-control measures to achieve financial objectives.
• Promote professional excellence through industry participation and drive customer satisfaction by addressing feedback and service improvement.
• Review Design Basis documents, BEP, and FEED, Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), Hydraulic Calculations.
• Guide and review Heat & Mass Balance calculations.
• Design process equipment such as heat exchangers, columns, reactors, size pressure Safety Valves (PSV) and Emergency Relief Valves (ERV).
• Develop Process Control Philosophy and Control Narratives and review Process Data Sheets (PDS) and Instrument Process Data Sheets (IPDS).

Candidate Specification:

• Bachelor's/Master's in Chemical Engineering with Experience in concept/FEED, detailed design, and process engineering. Proficient in unit operations and calculations, including heat exchangers, distillation, fluid flow, and reactions. Experience with industrial projects in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, FMCG, petrochemicals, oil & gas, and fertilizers.
• The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of technical leadership, strong commercial acumen, managerial and administrative skills, decision-making, problem-solving skills, conflict management, innovative mind set, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in HYSYS and HTRI software.
• Experienced in designing process equipment and engineering concepts.
• Actively participates in HAZID, HAZOP, SOP, and Process Safety development.
• Skilled in preparing and reviewing PFDs, P&IDs, Heat and Mass Balance calculations, and equipment sizing.
• Experienced in risk studies and analysis.
• Proficient in preparing and reviewing datasheets for distillation columns, separators, reactors, and heat exchangers.

With so many opportunities to learn, grow and excel, the possibilities are as varied as every individual to shape the career that’s right for you. Whether you want to pursue excellence in a specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’re connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best.

As a proudly employee-owned business, we’re here to benefit our clients, our communities and each other. Our shared success enables us to invest in creating a platform for everyone to feel safe and valued, empowered with the right tools and right support, in a place where fairness and integrity run deep. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where everyone has the opportunity to be brilliant.

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance