Pharma or Food & Beverage Senior Process Engineer, London, United Kingdom

LAPORTE is an engineering group specializing in the design of Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Agro-industrial and Food & Beverage manufacturing facilities. We have 500 employees located in Canada, USA, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Process Engineer to support our growing operations in UK.

We will offer competitive salary and benefits for this position upon the candidate’s experience and demonstrated technical proficiency. This role offers flexible working arrangements, with the option of working from the office or from home, with 50% presence on client’s site or at the office (London Bridge).

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of conceptual, preliminary and detailed designs, drawings, and specifications (PFDs, P&IDs, mass and heat balances, etc...), for process, process integration and utilities
• Projects in the Pharmaceutical and FMCG markets such as :
  • Pharma / Biopharma: Vaccines, biotechnology, cosmetics, API, sterile products, veterinary products, etc…
  • Food & Beverages: Process food, pet food, bakery, dairy, ingredients, beer, spirits, juice, soft drink, etc…
• Develop proposals and project scopes, manage contracts, and clients
• Lead technical reviews, challenge assumptions, and ensure design integrity
• Supporting commissioning, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement projects
• Guide and mentor junior process engineers and graduates
• Work alongside other engineering disciplines including, mechanical, electrical, structural and colleagues in other offices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related field
• Strong leadership, relationship management, organizational planning and project management skills, in addition to technical knowledge
• 5+ years of experience in engineering consulting in the UK Bioindustrial, Food and Beverage manufacturing or Pharmaceutical manufacturing industries, or other relevant sectors
• Comfort working across concept design, detailed engineering, construction supervision, start-up, commissioning and live operational environments

Send us your application today. We look forward to meeting you!

The LAPORTE team