Position Process Engineer – Water & Wastewater Company: Expora

Location:
India – Remote Reports To: Management / Water Treatment Project Manager Employment Type: Full-time Role Purpose Support Expora’s water and wastewater business by providing day-to-day process engineering, technical evaluation, consultant review, and proposal support. The role will act as Expora’s internal process-engineering resource and help the Company evaluate technically sound and commercially viable treatment solutions.

Key Responsibilities
• Review customer wastewater reports, laboratory analyses, operating data, and treatment requirements.
• Identify missing technical information and prepare data-gap lists and customer questionnaires.
• Analyze industrial wastewater characteristics and recommend suitable treatment approaches.
• Develop preliminary treatment trains and process concepts.
• Prepare or review:
• Design basis.
• Process flow diagrams.
• Mass and water balances.
• Preliminary equipment sizing.
• Chemical consumption.
• Utility requirements.
• Sludge and residual estimates.
• CAPEX and OPEX inputs.
• Review technical proposals submitted by external engineering consultants and technology vendors.
• Compare alternative treatment solutions and identify technical strengths, weaknesses, risks, and assumptions.
• Support management in evaluating technical recommendations and preparing questions for consultants and vendors.
• Coordinate technically with Expora’s external engineering consultant pool.
• Support preparation of customer technical proposals.
• Review vendor datasheets, quotations, and technical submissions.
• Assist with RFQs and technical bid evaluations.
• Support project engineering,



commissioning, troubleshooting, and performance evaluation where required.
• Maintain proper records of calculations, technical decisions, consultant outputs, and lessons learned.
• Develop reusable technical knowledge for recurring wastewater applications. Priority Technical Areas Experience should preferably include several of the following:
• Industrial wastewater treatment.
• High-COD and refractory wastewater.
• Biological treatment.
• MBBR, MBR, and activated sludge.
• High-ammonia wastewater.
• Oily wastewater and DAF.
• Coagulation and flocculation.
• Advanced oxidation processes.
• Activated carbon and adsorption.
• UF, NF, and RO systems.
• High-TDS wastewater and brine treatment.
• ZLD systems.
• Refinery and petrochemical wastewater.
• Spent caustic treatment. Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biotechnology, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 5–10 years of relevant water and wastewater process-engineering experience.
• Robust preference for candidates with industrial wastewater experience rather than only municipal STP/WTP experience.
• Experience working with EPC companies, engineering consultants, technology providers, or industrial water-treatment companies preferred.



Required Capability The candidate should be able to independently:
• Understand wastewater laboratory reports.
• Identify critical contaminants and process constraints.
• Develop preliminary treatment concepts.
• Perform basic process and mass-balance calculations.
• Evaluate competing technologies.
• Challenge consultant and vendor assumptions.
• Read and review PFDs and P&IDs.;
• Understand treatment performance guarantees.
• Prepare clear technical notes and proposal inputs.
• Communicate technical matters in clear commercial language. Candidate Profile Expora is looking for a practical process engineer, not an academic researcher. The ideal candidate will:
• Focus on workable solutions.
• Be comfortable making recommendations with clearly stated assumptions.
• Know when additional testing or specialist input is required.
• Avoid unnecessary overengineering.
• Work quickly on customer opportunities.
• Be commercially aware.
• Communicate clearly without excessive technical jargon.
• Be disciplined with deadlines and document versions.
• Be comfortable working directly with senior management and external engineering firms. Success Measures Performance will be assessed based on:
• Quality and speed of technical assessments.
• Accuracy of process evaluations and calculations.
• Ability to identify technical risks and missing information.
• Quality of consultant and vendor reviews.
• Proposal turnaround time.
• Practicality and commercial viability of recommended solutions.
• Contribution to successful project awards and execution.
• Development of Expora’s internal technical knowledge base..

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