Process Engineer or Mechanical Engineer as Project Manager for Seawater Desalination (m/f/x)

About Us

With some 2,000 employees, Fichtner is Germany’s leading independent planning and consultancy enterprise. We are global players and tackle challenging projects in more than 100 countries. Among our clients are companies from the sectors of central utility supplies and waste management, international development and commercial banks, investors, public administrations, and energy-intensive industrial enterprises. We offer our clients a unique combination of engineering consultancy with classical management consultancy.

About The Division

About the Department

Our highly specialized experts have been handling seawater desalination and water treatment projects for over 40 years. Fichtner has been involved in most major seawater desalination systems in the Middle East, Singapore, Australia, Italy, India, Spain, Egypt and Chile – initially as technical advisor under contract to mostly state-owned utility companies, but subsequently in independent water (and power) producer (IW(P)P) projects acting as lender’s engineer for financing banks or as owner’s engineer for the project company. Our company has built up an incomparable wealth of experience thanks to our planning of a total desalination capacity of 25 million cubic meters per day.

Alongside the thermal MSF and MED processes, reverse osmosis technology is also being used in large-scale facilities today thanks to developments in membrane research. The integration of renewable energies to support energy supply for seawater desalination is increasingly gaining in significance. Matching the desalination technology to the site conditions and the manner of energy supply requires meticulous planning.

Your Tasks

• Advising our clients worldwide on process engineering aspects in the field of seawater desalination
• Engineering, tendering, contract award and execution of seawater desalination plants
• Planning and designing components and systems
• Preparing due diligence reports and feasibility studies
• Assisting in preparing proposals
• Conducting design review (reviewing the suppliers’ engineering)
• Acting as technical contact person for project managers and for the installation and commissioning teams on site

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in process engineering, mechanical engineering or similar
• Minimum of five years’ professional experience in the field of seawater desalination
• Expert knowledge in the areas of pre-treatment, membrane processes and water chemistry would be an advantage
• Knowledge of the conception, design, construction and commissioning of desalination plants would be an advantage
• Ideally you have experience in proposal preparation and technical sales
• Fluent in German and English, while Arabic would be a plus
• Motivated and flexible team player coupled with a high sense of responsibility and ability to work independently
• Willingness to travel (internationally) as part of projects

Corporate Benfits

• We provide an environment that unites enduring value with innovative capability
• Culture of staff appreciation, equal opportunity and attractive career prospects in an international job environment with staff originating from more than 40 nations
• Long-term development opportunities, with our staff’s average length of service standing at 10 years
• Wide degree of latitude, flexible working hours and the ability to work under your own responsibility
• Comprehensive fringe benefits and company get-togethers
• A comprehensive and thorough induction with the possibility to participate in training and further education programs as well as languages courses in a company whose support you can always rely on and a working environment that promotes job satisfaction