Water Treatment Principal Process Engineer

Veolia Environnement SA•Trevose, PA

3h•$135 - $147

About The Position

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management. Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia’s Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future. The Principal Process Engineer (PPE) will demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals, technical programs, and process best practice for Veolia fixed facilities. Aligned with business objectives this individual will strategize using their experience and expertise to solve complex production, service, and process challenges. By developing and executing programs they will affect short-term and long-term business goals. The role will require balancing process improvement initiatives, escalated issue resolution, advising on technical matters and capital project support at the facilities. Where needed they may also be asked to help coordinate the installation, set-up, training and overall readiness of new projects or key personnel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or other applicable degree qualification
15+ years of technical or manufacturing or industrial engineering work experience
5+ years people leadership work experience
The role requires the ability to travel domestically up to 30% of the time. On occasion, role will require work outside of NorAm and may include international travel on an infrequent basis

Nice To Haves

Ideally Professional Engineering (PE) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certified
Ability to utilize lean-manufacturing principles to lead high impact process and quality improvement projects yielding significant reduction in defects and increased productivity in the plants
Experience with water treatment technologies and specifically Ion Exchange systems
The role requires the ability to travel domestically up to 30% of the time with occasional need to travel outside of NorAm
Electrical design ability
Master’s Degree in relevant fields (Engineering, Water, etc.) is helpful
Excellent ability to communicate complex ideas and integration of systems.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and coaching for plants ensuring positive and effective cooperation with cross-functional team members to ensure business objectives around safety, quality, efficiency, and new product developments at plants are met
Experience in the planning and execution of projects: including project approach and resource needs, options analysis, process and equipment design, engineering document development, and system ownership through the project delivery phases of plan, design, procure, construct, and commissioning
Responsible for successful delivery of technical process campaigns to improve operations through technical design, process guidance, operating rate improvement, scrap reduction, ergonomic improvements, tooling and other related plant enhancements
Work effectively with engineering capital project teams, as well as other project related cross functional teams with representatives from divisions throughout the organization
Understand business operations, recommend process changes, and develop executable engineered deliverables while coordinating with project and regional teams
Ability to design/scope, manage and execute plant + equipment capital expenditure projects within budget. Develop detailed technical specifications for RFQ/RFP related to equipment, facility, and conveying purchases and installations
Drive project planning and controls by developing detailed schedules, cost forecasts, and resource plans
Captures & maintains all technical specifications/information (including technical & costing models) to produce a Mobile Water Center of Excellence (CoE) ‘knowledge atlas’ helping ensure future business continuity
Resolves challenges using methodical data driven solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or concepts
Analyzes production trends, human resource needs, and customer demand to plan plant enhancement activities
Confers with management, production, commercial operations and sales staff to determine technical & process engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and production capability for new and existing products and plants
Understands regulations and able to work with state authorities to develop permit strategies.
Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies which may improve operations, and develops recommendations accordingly
Provides direction and application of company policies and procedures for process & engineering activities
Support the quality function through all plant integration of ISO / QC documentation
Uses six sigma methods (DMAIC) and lean manufacturing principles to reduce variation and eliminate waste in the product and associated processes