Glanua - Project Design Lead - Ultrapure Water / Advanced Water Treatment

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Design Leadership

This role is a technical delivery-focused position, operating with a high degree of autonomy while working under the direction of the Head of Process & Hydraulic Engineering. The Process Design Lead - Ultrapure Water / Advanced Water Treatment is responsible for managing, coordinating and delivering defined packages of work, coordinating with other disciplines at regional level, and supporting senior, intermediate and junior engineers.

• Develop and maintain a coherent design vision aligned with business objectives and long-term strategic goals.
• Prioritise and lead high-impact design initiatives that enhance project outcomes and organisational capability.
• Establish and refine consistent, efficient, and high-quality design workflows across all projects.
• Promote a culture of innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement within the design function.

Team Leadership, Line Management & Talent Development

• Provide effective line management to the design team, including workload planning, performance management, and resource allocation.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers and designers at all levels, enhancing technical capability, decision-making, and leadership skills.
• Identify skills gaps and deliver structured development plans to build a high-performing, multidisciplinary team.
• Foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture that prioritises technical excellence and professional development.

Technical Design, Engineering & Equipment Assessment

• Lead or oversee detailed technical assessments of advanced water treatment, high-purity water and process water equipment, ensuring appropriate specification, performance and integration into system designs.
• Manage technical interfaces across MEICA disciplines, coordinating input from Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation teams to produce fully integrated, clash-free design solutions.
• Work closely with ACC (Advanced Control & Communications) teams to develop intelligent, data-rich P&IDs and ensure accurate control-system integration within the design.
• Develop and review process and hydraulic calculations across advanced water treatment systems, including ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, remineralisation, GAC, UV, chemical dosing, process-water storage, distribution and blowdown recovery processes.
• Review membrane projections, antiscalant projections, recovery calculations, reject schedules, water balances and chemical dosing calculations for UF, NF, RO and associated treatment systems.
• Define source-water quality requirements, treated-water quality limits, recovered-water acceptance criteria and reject / backwash / CIP waste requirements.
• Assess scaling, corrosion, fouling and microbiological risks, including hardness, alkalinity.