We are looking for an experienced Principal Process Engineer to lead the delivery of high-quality, complex chemical engineering design and technical work across DBD and client organisations. In this role, you will act as a technical authority and trusted advisor, ensuring engineering outputs meet regulatory, safety, and commercial requirements while aligning with industry best practice.
You will play a key role in maintaining and developing the technical capability of the business, supporting both project delivery and strategic growth. This includes leading multidisciplinary teams, driving innovation and continuous improvement, and contributing to business development activities.
What you will be doing:
Lead the definition and delivery of significant process engineering scopes, ensuring high standards of technical quality and compliance
Produce, review, and approve a wide range of technical deliverables including calculations, reports, P&IDs, flow diagrams, and design substantiation
Ensure all engineering activities comply with relevant legislation, safety, environmental, and security standards within nuclear and wider process industries
Act as a technical authority, providing guidance, oversight, and approval of work produced by others
Plan and manage engineering resource requirements, ensuring teams are suitably qualified and capable of delivering project needs
Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance processes, performance, and best practice
Lead strategic planning activities, anticipating future challenges and opportunities to support business growth
Support business development through technical input to bids, proposals, and client presentations
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, representing DBD in customer forums
Mentor and develop engineering teams, identifying training needs and supporting professional development
Contribute to technical publications, industry engagement, and the promotion of DBD’s capabilities
Formal qualifications or training:
Degree (or equivalent) in Chemical Engineering or a related discipline
Chartered Chemical Engineer status (or working towards) is essential
Fellowship of a relevant professional institution (e.g. IChemE) is desirable
Extensive experience across a range of chemical engineering processes and equipment, ideally including nuclear sector knowledge
Strong experience delivering and reviewing complex technical engineering work
Proven ability to lead teams, manage resources, and deliver across multiple projects
Strong understanding of relevant legislation, engineering standards, and design governance
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Make a Difference with DBD:
At DBD, we know you're looking for more than just a job - you aspire to make a real impact in the nuclear industry. We offer unique opportunities for growth, empowering you to take influential roles within client organisations.
Our dedicated team collaborates with clients to positively influence projects across Defence, Decommissioning and New Builds. Having doubled in headcount year-on-year, over the past two years, we continue to welcome new, talented individuals to our team.
We're committed to your success. DBD invests in your development and supports your career trajectory in any direction you want to take it.
Join us to play a key role in shaping the nuclear sector's future.
Make a difference today with DBD.
Benefits: up to 20% bonus, 25 days holiday, enhanced pension, private health insurance, private dental, and more
DBD is an independent global enterprise providing innovative solutions to complex technical, engineering and strategic challenges in highly regulated industries. Our success since launch in 2004 has been built on the quality of our delivery to our Clients, provided by our management and technical expertise. This consistent high quality delivery has led to the establishment of trust based, long term relationships with our Clients.
Since 2004 we have had an unswerving focus on recruitment of leading management and technical specialists who, on average, have over 20 years international experience in front end design, process and systems engineering, commissioning, decommissioning, safety and regulation in the nuclear, power and chemical plant sectors.
Today, our specialists operate across many major processing and power sites, including key nuclear sites in the UK. We also provide services to Clients and Partners in North America, Europe, Japan and South Africa. Whilst we guard our independence fiercely, we work with or alongside most major companies without becoming in any way biased towards any individual technologies, designs or operators.
A key differentiator for DBD is our dedication to building a clear understanding of the Client’s requirement, their objectives and success criteria. The expertise of our personnel underpins this quality-assured approach to all of our work.
