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Construction - Process Commissioning Engineer

Glanua
Ref: #JOB-2434451
Co. Cork,
No of positions: 1
Paid Position
39 hours per week
To be Confirmed
Published On: 17 Feb 2026
Closing On: 17 Mar 2026

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Location Base: Cork / Loughrea / Navan Regional Office with covering Multiple Options Nationwide (Loughrea, Thurles, Leixlip, Cork) (Site with travel). The primary duties and responsibilities of Commissioning Process Engineer are outlined as follows:

- Work as part of a team in the delivery of one or more projects at any one time, embracing the ethos of a “one team” culture.

- Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability standards, policies and procedures are always adhered to on-site.

- Support project delivery and process design teams in the development and preparation of process commissioning test documentation.

- Support project delivery teams in the development and commissioning of water and wastewater treatment processes. The candidate will manage full life cycle of the process project from raw water river/influent samples to optimizing chemical dose rates to managing treated water results.

- The role will involve performing jar testing across varying raw water quality to demonstrate which chemicals provide the optimum results across varying raw water and producing a process report on the data.

- Based on jar testing and laboratory data, set initial process setpoints into the PLC/HMI/SCADA systems to ensure start-up levels of treatment and operation can be achieved.

- Provide initial increased care phase post turn of flows to any new systems, monitoring the system and any alarms closely and responding as necessary in a timely manner.

- Continue to perform on-site testing and monitoring of the process to ensure operation is in line with performance criteria, make process adjustments as necessary, recording each adjustment and reasoning for the process change.

- The person will work with site operations/ commissioning teams to optimize process, making changes where these will improve water quality and making efficient use of and chemicals while keeping plants within standards.

- Ensure data is being captured on PLC/SCADA system as well as on-site laboratory and external laboratory testing. Compile this data both during and at the end of the process commissioning and validation phases and draft a Performance Report for submission to the client.

- Knowledge of wastewater treatment process and how best to optimize works will also involve screw press, belt presses and plate presses and centrifuge with poly adjustments and optimization

- The role will also involve a hands-on approach to treatment plants with routine inspection, maintenance and calibration of both online and handheld equipment and instrumentation.

- Answer any resulting queries or non-compliances arising from performance testing expeditiously.

- Reviewing sludge treatment/dirty wash water processes and implementing any remedial measures to ensure discharge compliance.