Role Summary
The Process Engineering & Integration Manager is responsible for leading process engineering initiatives and driving integration projects across the region, related to water and wastewater applications. This role ensures that engineering processes, tools, and practices are standardized, optimized, and aligned across locations and functions. The manager will serve as a key facilitator in integrating new processes, technologies, and acquired businesses into the organization while ensuring compliance, efficiency, strategic growth and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Process Engineering
- Lead process design, standardization, and optimization across engineering and operations.
- Review existing process engineering capabilities with the objective of developing and maintaining best practices, tools, templates, procedures, and process documentation to ensure consistency and efficiency.
- Lead the collaboration amongst various engineering disciplines in mechanical, electrical, automation/controls to improve existing processes and support new processes application initiatives.
- Monitor & optimize process performance using KPIs and implement continuous improvement methodologies.
- Layout options for a future global Process Engineering team that may include the management and use of offshore engineering, and/or set up between multiple Engineering offices for technical process solutions.
- Provide guidance on complex process engineering challenges and ensure resolution to minimize downtime at site.
- Integration Management
- Manage engineering-related integration activities for transformation initiatives and M&A projects.
- Align engineering processes, tools, and systems across locations, ensuring seamless integration into divisional standards.
- Act as a key liaison between technical teams during integration projects.
- Identify engineering gaps and support the harmonization of practices (e.g., mathematical templates, data structures, regulatory, etc).
- Collaboration & Leadership
- Work closely with engineering managers, project managers, and regional leaders to drive alignment and adoption of processes.
- Provide technical guidance and coaching to engineering teams on process excellence and integration.
- Report progress, risks, skill gaps and results of integration and process improvement projects to divisional leadership.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Technical & Process Expertise
- Strong background in process engineering using different water and wastewater technologies.
- Proficiency in process solutions design, optimization, and continuous improvement tools.
- Familiarity with building or integrating technical engineering teams in complex or M&A environments.
- Project & Change Management
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and time management skills to balance multiple tasks or integration initiatives.
- Experience with change management and stakeholder communication.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving
- Strong analytical skills to identify inefficiencies or engineering skills gaps and propose data-driven improvements that will drive the achievement of the organization's objectives.
- Ability to develop and track KPIs to measure success of process solutions and integration activities.
- Soft Skills
- Excellent communication skills to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, or related field).
- Master's degree in chemistry or industrial environmental engineering.
- 8-10 years of experience in water treatment process engineering & solutions, and collaboration with other business functions (operations, sales, supply chain, etc.)
- Proven ability and experience in developing engineering mathematical templates used to calculate and optimize water or wastewater treatment process flows.
- Hands-on involvement in building engineering teams and solution capabilities or integration projects (systems, processes, or M&A-related) is a must.
- Minimum 4 years experience in managing engineering teams that can provide industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment solutions.
- Fluency in English and other languages are a plus.
