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Are you a graduate Process Engineer? Do you have a passion for science and engineering?

Do you have experience in process design of systems? Can you work on a variety of projects as part of a Technical Team? Do you want to be part of a rapidly growing £25m company?

Do you want to deliver major projects for sustainable water treatment solutions, keeping our rivers and seas clean?

Based at our head office in Cornwall, you will be part of our experienced Technical Team, helping to understand and develop new technologies and applications.

About us

ELIQUO HYDROK are an award-winning established and growing market leader. We provide water treatment solutions that keep seas and rivers clean and drinking water safe.

From flood water management to sewage filtration systems, we provide innovative, environmentally considerate, cost effective and practical solutions to municipal water companies.

We’re passionate about our people, offering a range of benefits to our valued employees, including flexible and hybrid working to give you a better work/life balance and a Medicash healthcare plan.

Based at Head Office (Indian Queens, Cornwall), with occasional travel to customer sites, you will be part of a team of 140+ colleagues delivering high quality, essential services underpinning water infrastructure and environmental improvement across the UK.

This role offers excellent prospects for career progression within the Technical Team and the wider company.

About you:

Key responsibilities in this role include:

• Feasibility, outline and detailed process design of systems, including production of mass balances, P&IDs, control philosophy and commissioning plans
• Technical support to the Sales & Marketing Team, including direct contact with existing and potential customers
• Process commissioning of newly installed systems, at customers’ sites
• Troubleshooting of poorly performing systems on behalf of the customer
• Research & Development work to better understand and develop current and new technologies and applications
• Technical support to the multidisciplinary Design Team during project development
• Occasional laboratory work may be required

Essential requirements to succeed in the role are:

• A relevant degree and experience
• Computer literacy and strong analytical and mathematical skills
• An ability to analyse data and produce clear and concise reports and presentations for a variety of audiences
• Self-motivated and the ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Enthusiastic, independent and resourceful

Desirable experience includes:

• Project Management qualifications or experience
• CAD
• Knowledge of process and hydraulic modelling
• Experience of process design of activated sludge systems (including fine bubble diffused aeration, filtration, phosphate and algae removal)

How to apply

If you have what it takes to become a part of the ELIQUO HYDROK team please send your current CV with a covering letter stating how you meet the role requirements and your salary expectation to send email by 8th December 2023.

ARE YOU AN ENTHUSIASTIC, FORWARD-THINKING ENGINEER LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY?

Do you want to turn your passion for protecting the environment into a rewarding career?

Would you like to apply your skills in a role where you have scope to make a real impact?

At ELIQUO HYDROK, we’re proud to be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to utilising waste water management and treatment technologies to protect our rivers and seas from pollution. We design, manufacture, engineer and install environmentally considerate, cost effective and practical solutions for water and sewerage companies across the U.K. and Europe.

We’re passionate about our people, offering a range of benefits to our valued employees, including flexible and hybrid working to give you a better work life balance and a Medicash health care plan to support your physical and mental well-being.

And this is an exciting time to join us! There is an urgent and growing need for our ground-breaking products within the water industry and we are expanding our teams right across the business to ensure we can deliver excellence at pace.

We are currently recruiting at all levels, including apprenticeships and graduate roles, for our offices in Cornwall and Wolverhampton.

We currently have a brilliant opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our team based in Wolverhampton. Joining us on a full-time, permanent basis, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £26k - £32k per annum dependent on skills and experience.

The Role

As a Project Engineer, you will be at the forefront of the Projects Team, working closely with Project Managers on a range of exciting and innovative schemes. Our aim is for every project to be delivered on time, in scope and in budget, whilst maintaining excellent standards of health and safety. Each day will be different, as you liaise with clients, the factory and our installations department to make sure everything runs smoothly throughout the lifecycle of a project. As such, your engineering skills will be immensely valuable, ensuring we provide accurate technical information to clients and partners as well as spotting and resolving problems proactively.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the Project Manager in the delivery of projects on time, in scope and in budget
• Reviewing and checking technical designs, specifications and reports to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Working closely with clients to understand their requirements and explore the project scope in detail to ensure that the project runs smoothly and meets their expectations
• Creating and maintaining project records, including contractual and technical documentation
• Collaborating with internal teams and external partners to ensure technical information is supplied and received and understood as required
• Coordinating engineering activities to ensure project milestones are achieved
• Visiting sites across the U.K. and Europe as required

Who we are looking for

• A candidate with an engineering qualification or equivalent engineering experience who is keen to apply their skills in an environmentally-conscious business
• An enthusiastic and positive individual who can work on their own initiative
• A forward thinker with the ability to spot and proactively resolve issues and challenges before they arise
• A person who has a drive for continuous improvement and innovation
• A strong communicator who is able to negotiate with diplomacy and collaborate with a variety of internal and external teams
• A candidate who is calm under pressure and able to work in a fast paced environment juggling multiple projects at varying stages of the project life-cycle
• An individual with a full UK driving license

What we can offer you

Working for ELIQUO HYDROK isn’t just a job, it’s an opportunity to really kickstart your engineering career. As well as a range of excellent benefits listed below, we’ll support you in your ongoing development, providing great training and qualifications to help you reach your full potential.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Hybrid working options
• Family friendly policies
• Medicash Health Plan
• Company Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Events

Don’t meet every requirement? Don’t be put off! Skills and experience are important but we are keen to find candidates with the right character and attitude above all else. We know that studies show some people are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every specification. At ELIQUO HYDROK we are committed to building diverse and inclusive teams that recognise the value that breadth of experience can bring. So if you like the sound of this role, send us your application. You might be just the person we are looking for.

Please send your application to Emma-Leigh Stubbins, Head of Project Management at send email, with the reference PE02/23, by the closing date of Monday 11^th September. Please note that we do not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies.

ARE YOU AN ENTHUSIASTIC, FORWARD-THINKING ENGINEER LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY?

Do you want to turn your passion for protecting the environment into a rewarding career?

Would you like to apply your skills in a role where you have scope to make a real impact?

At ELIQUO HYDROK, we’re proud to be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to utilising waste water management and treatment technologies to protect our rivers and seas from pollution. We design, manufacture, engineer and install environmentally considerate, cost effective and practical solutions for water and sewerage companies across the U.K. and Europe.

We’re passionate about our people, offering a range of benefits to our valued employees, including flexible and hybrid working to give you a better work life balance and a Medicash health care plan to support your physical and mental well-being.

And this is an exciting time to join us! There is an urgent and growing need for our ground-breaking products within the water industry and we are expanding our teams right across the business to ensure we can deliver excellence at pace.

We are currently recruiting at all levels, including apprenticeships and graduate roles, for our offices in Cornwall and Wolverhampton.

We currently have a brilliant opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our team based in Indian Queens (Cornwall). Joining us on a full-time, permanent basis, you’ll receive a competitive salary of £26k - £32k per annum dependent on skills and experience.

The Role

As a Project Engineer, you will be at the forefront of the Projects Team, working closely with Project Managers on a range of exciting and innovative schemes. Our aim is for every project to be delivered on time, in scope and in budget, whilst maintaining excellent standards of health and safety. Each day will be different, as you liaise with clients, the factory and our installations department to make sure everything runs smoothly throughout the lifecycle of a project. As such, your engineering skills will be immensely valuable, ensuring we provide accurate technical information to clients and partners as well as spotting and resolving problems proactively.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the Project Manager in the delivery of projects on time, in scope and in budget
• Reviewing and checking technical designs, specifications and reports to ensure compliance with contract requirements.
• Working closely with clients to understand their requirements and explore the project scope in detail to ensure that the project runs smoothly and meets their expectations
• Creating and maintaining project records, including contractual and technical documentation
• Collaborating with internal teams and external partners to ensure technical information is supplied and received and understood as required
• Coordinating engineering activities to ensure project milestones are achieved
• Visiting sites across the U.K. and Europe as required

Who we are looking for

• A candidate with an engineering qualification or equivalent engineering experience who is keen to apply their skills in an environmentally-conscious business
• An enthusiastic and positive individual who can work on their own initiative
• A forward thinker with the ability to spot and proactively resolve issues and challenges before they arise
• A person who has a drive for continuous improvement and innovation
• A strong communicator who is able to negotiate with diplomacy and collaborate with a variety of internal and external teams
• A candidate who is calm under pressure and able to work in a fast paced environment juggling multiple projects at varying stages of the project life-cycle
• An individual with a full UK driving license

What we can offer you

Working for ELIQUO HYDROK isn’t just a job, it’s an opportunity to really kickstart your engineering career. As well as a range of excellent benefits listed below, we’ll support you in your ongoing development, providing great training and qualifications to help you reach your full potential.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Hybrid working options
• Family friendly policies
• Medicash Health Plan
• Company Pension
• On-site parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Events

Don’t meet every requirement? Don’t be put off! Skills and experience are important but we are keen to find candidates with the right character and attitude above all else. We know that studies show some people are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every specification. At ELIQUO HYDROK we are committed to building diverse and inclusive teams that recognise the value that breadth of experience can bring. So if you like the sound of this role, send us your application. You might be just the person we are looking for.

Please send your application to Emma-Leigh Stubbins, Head of Project Management at send email, with the reference PE01/23, by the closing date of Monday 11^th September. Please note that we do not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies.

Job Title: MEICA Engineer
Location/Function: Process and Innovation Cloud
Job Reports to: Managing Director
Deputised By: Project Engineer(s)

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

To develop and progress the engineering of EH treatment processes both for routine and extraordinary projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the tendering of ‘special’ projects (relevant Area Managers to own client relationships and negotiations)
  • Work alongside our process engineers  to understand technology/treatment requirements, for technologies such as Activated Sludge, Fine Bubble Diffused Aeration (FBDA), Granular Activated Sludge systems, Filtration and Membrane processes and others.
  • Develop Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation Control and Automation (MEICA) proposals to suit client brief and scope, incl spreadsheet designs, conceptual sketches/drawings and other documents as may be required.
  • Liaise with suppliers as required.
  • Collaborate with Area Managers to optimise win chances.
  • Produce accurate costing proposals and quotation documentation.
• Provide project engineering support to the Projects dept. in the delivery of ‘special’ projects.
• Any reasonable engineering support to the business on core EH technologies or special projects.
• Liaison with colleagues in engineering, procurement and tender production to ensure optimum tender submissions to clients.

Site Support

• Attendance to site(s) as may be required to support commissioning of EH technologies
• Attendance to site(s) as may be required for problem solving and/or process improvement in support of Sales and/or Hire, Parts & Service.

Engagement in R&D activities

• Any of the above duties as may be sensible in support of R&D initiatives

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE:

Experience in MEICA engineering of municipal water, wastewater and sludge related treatment technologies and experience in the design and production of equipment in stainless steel sheet and pipework would be highly desirable.
Appropriate training on ELIQUO HYDROK products and technologies will be provided, but prior experience in these processes and the overall design calculations associated with the operation of various types of wastewater treatment works is essential.

Experience with comparable industrial / private sector treatment technologies advantageous but not required.
Relevant degree desirable.

Due to continued expansion ELIQUO HYDROK are currently seeking welder/fabricators

As an established provider of waste water treatment technologies to the UK water industry, the successful candidates will work within the fabrication department, reporting to our Fabrication workshop manager

Your duties and responsibilities will vary but include:

• Fabrication of medium to large products of up to 5 tonnes.
• Bench work as and when required.

Essential requirements:

Experience with stainless steel MIG and TIG welding.

Ability to work unsupervised.

Ability to develop patterns.

Desirable:

• Completed an apprenticeship is this trade.
• Own Hand Tools.
• MMA welding experience.
• EN287 and ASME IX

Selected applicants will be required to attend an interview and carry out a supervised weld/task test.

Usual working hours are 8:00 to 17:15 Monday to Thursday and Friday 8:00 to 13:00

Salary – Dependant on qualifications and experience.

To register your interest please send your current CV with a covering letter stating how you meet the role requirements and your salary expectation to Carol Woon at send email.