Principal Process Engineer

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Principal Process Engineer to join the Anglian Alliance.

As part of Anglian Water' Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities

As a Principal Process Engineer, you will provide national and sector-leading expertise across Alliance. Acting as the authority for the discipline, you will define standards, champion quality and innovation, and guide the development of value-driven, sustainable solutions. You'll set the strategic direction for process engineering, support complex project needs, mentor senior engineers, and ensure the delivery of consistent, compliant, and future focused designs that help deliver AMP8 outcomes and Anglian Water's long term environmental ambitions.

• Act as the process engineering authority, providing expert independent advice, arbitration, and governance across the cereal
• Lead the development and implementation of engineering procedures, technical standards, and quality frameworks, embedding a right-first-time approach.
• Support supplier and specialist partner selection through competency assessments, performance monitoring, and framework development.
• Identify, develop, and continuously improve standard products to enhance efficiency, consistency, carbon reduction, and natural capital outcomes.
• Undertake independent audits of design outputs to ensure quality, compliance, consistency, and adherence to specifications, addressing gaps through training and procedural improvements.
• Provide direction on complex or escalated design challenges, including sourcing external expertise where needed.
• Champion excellence in health, safety, and welfare, including CDM compliance and process specific safety (HAZOP, DSEAR) reviews and standards.
• Mentor and develop Senior Process Engineers, lead discipline meetings, manage competency matrices, and champion professional pathways and qualifications.
• Support early career development through apprenticeships and graduate programmes, fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high performing environment.
• Drive a culture of innovation, digital adoption, safe experimentation, and continuous improvement, seeking external inspiration and embedding lessons learnt.
• Collaborate across Anglian Water and industry bodies to influence and improve standards, processes, and technical approaches.
• Promote sustainability, climate resilience, and carbon reduction priorities across all process engineering practices.

We're seeking an influential and technically authoritative Principal Process Engineer with strong leadership capability and a passion for sustainable engineering. Ideally, you will bring:

• A degree in Engineering (or equivalent).
• Chartered or Fellow Professional Engineer status.
• Extensive experience within the water sector, particularly process engineering and capital delivery.
• Significant expertise in shaping engineering procedures, managing quality, and driving consistent discipline wide excellence.
• Proven ability to lead senior engineers, mentor teams, and support long term professional development.
• Experience in a Design & Build environment is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong understanding of CDM, HAZOP, DSEAR, and wider health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Excellent communication, emotional intelligence, stakeholder management, and decision making skills.
• A passion for sustainability, innovation, and delivering low carbon, nature positive engineering solutions.

Alliance, you'll be part of a dynamic, forward thinking team that is shaping the future of the UK's water infrastructure. We offer a collaborative and innovative working environment, where your expertise will be valued and your ideas will drive meaningful change.

• At Mott MacDonald Bentley you will be offered a competitive salary which is commensurate based on your experience.
• Our core benefits include:
• Pension matched by employer up to 7%
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ Shared parental leave Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym Membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest free season ticket loans and discounted