Principal Process Engineer (Water)

We welcome talented and ambitious professionals from all backgrounds who will help us shape the future of engineering and our company. At Burns & McDonnell India, you’ll have the opportunity to establish a thriving career within the Water industry. The Water Group leads vital engineering projects for municipal and industrial clients. We design and deliver critical infrastructure across markets like oil and gas, chemicals, and manufacturing. Our team drives everything from proposal development and planning to detailed engineering for water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater systems. We cover both treatment and conveyance, including pipelines and pumping facilities. Here, you’ll have the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape essential infrastructure, delivering clean water and sustainable solutions for communities and industries alike.

Your Responsibilities\:

• Lead, develop, review, and check the design and engineering of process systems for municipal and industrial water treatment, wastewater treatment, UF-RO, membrane technology, ultrapure/high purity water, demineralization, zero-liquid discharge facilities and the latest technologies.

• Lead process selection based on laboratory analysis reports, influent and effluent parameters, treatment objectives, technology evaluation, lifecycle considerations, and design-basis criteria.

• Prepare and check BFD, PFD, MSD, P&ID, PDS, heat and material balances, mass-balance calculations, process design basis, and supporting process documentation.

• Develop and check plant layouts, hydraulic profiles, process equipment sizing, pump hydraulic calculations, vessel sizing, pipe sizing, and treatment-system calculations.

• Lead or actively participate in HAZOP/SIL studies, 3D model reviews, interdisciplinary reviews, constructability reviews, and process safety evaluations.

• Prepare and check area-classification documents, utility summaries, load lists, control philosophy, valve-operating sequences, cause-and-effect inputs, and system operating logic.

• Prepare and check technical specifications and datasheets for process package equipment and systems.

• Lead technical bid evaluations, vendor drawing reviews, technical clarification meetings, and resolution of vendor comments for process packages.

• Review and prepare documents for performance-guarantee testing, commissioning, start-up, and process troubleshooting activities.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers and designers; allocate work, review outputs, provide constructive feedback, and mentor less-experienced team members.

• Coordinate with multidisciplinary and multi-office teams, clients, vendors, and project management to resolve interfaces and maintain aligned project execution.

• Manage process scope, engineering hours, schedule, quality, and deliverable status on large or complex projects; identify risks and initiate mitigation actions.

• Ensure compliance with project requirements, applicable codes and standards, internal quality procedures, and client expectations.

• Support proposals, scope definition, work-hour estimates, execution planning, front-end engineering, and budgetary estimates for prospective and active projects.

• Contribute to standardization, reusable design practices, lessons learned, discipline procedures, checklists, and continuous-improvement initiatives.