Water Process Engineer

• *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**.
• Strong 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.

Job Type: Full\-time

Pay: ₹25,000\.00 \- ₹100,000\.00 per month

Application Question(s)

• How many years of experience do you have in industrial wastewater treatment or ETP projects?
• Have you worked with industrial wastewater technologies such as MBBR, MBR, DAF, UF, RO, or ZLD?
• Do you have experience with mass balance, equipment sizing, and chemical consumption calculations?

Education

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience

• total work: 5 years (Required)
• Proposal writing: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hyderabad, Telangana