Process Design & Technical Leadership

• Lead and manage process design activities for water, wastewater, reuse, and environmental treatment projects.
• Oversee process-related activities throughout concept design, FEED, detailed design, procurement support, construction support, testing, commissioning, and performance validation.
• Review and validate process calculations, design criteria, hydraulic calculations, process flow diagrams, P&IDs, mass balances, equipment sizing, and technical submissions.
• Ensure process designs comply with safety, quality, budget, schedule, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Challenge process solutions to ensure practical constructability, operability, maintainability, and long-term performance.

Operational Excellence & Lifecycle Performance

• Ensure process designs consider long-term operational reliability, maintainability, lifecycle performance, and total cost of ownership.
• Evaluate process solutions based on CAPEX, OPEX, operational risk, energy efficiency, and manpower requirements.
• Support the development of resilient process systems capable of maintaining performance under changing operating conditions.
• Promote design approaches that simplify operation while maintaining treatment efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to asset reliability strategies, redundancy philosophy, operational risk mitigation, and plant optimization initiatives.
• Incorporate lessons learned from commissioning and operational feedback into future project designs.

Commissioning, Troubleshooting & Performance Optimization

• Support testing, commissioning, startup, process stabilization, and performance guarantee activities.
• Lead process troubleshooting efforts related to treatment performance, hydraulic issues, process instability, and operational bottlenecks.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective action development during commissioning and operational phases.
• Collaborate with project and operational teams to optimize process performance and improve plant efficiency.
• Participate in process performance assessments, operational reviews, and plant improvement initiatives.

Coordination & Technical Integration

• Coordinate with external designers, consultants, technology providers, suppliers, and specialist subcontractors.
• Provide process-related input to civil, architectural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, controls, and commissioning teams.
• Act as the key process interface between project teams, clients, consultants, suppliers, technology licensors, authorities, and operators.
• Support coordinated project delivery through effective multidisciplinary collaboration.

Technical Reviews & Project Support

• Lead technical reviews, risk assessments, value engineering activities, and process-related problem solving.
• Support procurement teams with technical evaluation of process equipment, technology packages, suppliers, and specialist subcontractors.
• Review technical proposals and ensure alignment with project objectives and operational requirements.
• Ensure compliance with local standards, environmental regulations, permitting requirements, and industry best practices.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in water, wastewater, reuse, desalination, environmental, or related treatment projects.
• Previous experience in a Process Manager, Lead Process Engineer, Principal Process Engineer, or similar technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience across design, commissioning, startup, troubleshooting, and operational support activities.
• Experience within GCC or international EPC project environments is highly preferred.
• Exposure to operational, maintenance, or asset management environments is considered a strong advantage.

Technical Expertise

• Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment technologies, process equipment, process control philosophy, commissioning requirements, and performance testing.
• Experience reviewing process calculations, hydraulic models, process guarantees, and treatment performance requirements.
• Solid understanding of operational challenges, maintainability considerations, reliability engineering principles, and lifecycle performance optimization.
• Ability to evaluate process solutions based on CAPEX, OPEX, operational risk, energy efficiency, and long-term operational performance.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary interfaces and managing consultants, suppliers, technology providers, and specialist subcontractors.
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting requirements, industry standards, and best practices.

Leadership & Working Style

• Strong leadership and technical decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and multidisciplinary coordination skills.
• Ability to challenge designs constructively and identify technical risks early.
• Analytical, solution-oriented, and commercially aware approach.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with clients, project teams, operators, and commissioning teams.

You will join a multidisciplinary engineering and construction environment focused on delivering complex water, wastewater, and environmental infrastructure projects.

The role offers the opportunity to lead process engineering activities across the full asset lifecycle, from concept development and design through commissioning, performance validation, operational optimization, and long-term process performance improvement.

In addition to a competitive salary package, you will collaborate with highly experienced multidisciplinary teams while contributing to technically demanding and strategically important infrastructure projects across the region.