Project engineers are involved in designing and launching water infrastructures. They also implement whatever is necessary in order to maximise the effectiveness of the systems which are subsequently built and installed by the water treatment company's production department. When the production department needs to modify existing systems or implement new ones or new installations, it is the process engineering department which is requested to start working on developing these. This is a technical role which requires large amounts of collaboration with other departments, as well as often involving leading multidisciplinary teams.

• Formulate, design and draw up project plans for the construction of a water treatment plant.
• Collaborate on the design of the facility alongside the designated draughtsman for the project.
• Calculate the nature and dimensioning of the machines, pipe networks, utility networks, etc.
• Establish the technical and functional specifications of the machines, tools, materials and accesories involved in the project, bringing all of this together through the drawing up of technical documentation.
• Maintain direct contact with various suppliers in order to consider different technical and economic options where the machines and tools are concerned. Equally, serve as the link between other parties involved, including official bodies, institutions, construction companies and architects, among others.
• Monitor the different phases of completion of the project according to set criteria and plans.
• Participate in factory acceptance tests. These are a series of tests conducted in the presence of the client in order to demonstrate that the facilities meet the requirements laid out in the specification and design documents.
• Participate on an occasional basis in the commissioning of new facilities. There may be a commissioning engineer in place with whom you will have to coordinate on this.
• Work in conjunction with electrical and control engineers on the calculation, design and integration of power boxes and lines for the equipment. Also required to liaise with the engineers responsible for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning in order to ensure the proper integration of auxiliary systems.
  

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Enginyeria física
• Grau: Enginyeria civil
• Grau: Enginyeria en tecnologies industrials
• Grau: Enginyeria química

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Orientation within reach: Level 2

Planning and organisation: Level 2

Initiative: Level 2

Analytical thought: Level 2

Team work and cooperation: Level 2

Management

The organisation, administration and control of a company or entity are the main interests of people related to the management field. Activities included in this field of interest vary from effective resource management, feasibility analyses and solving business problems to the development of skills and fostering of motivation in relation to human resources. Knowledge regarding specific techniques of strategic administration and business management are required to carry out these activities.

Environment

People who work in this field focus their professional interests on the preservation, improvement or restoration of the environment (vegetation, fauna, flora) in both built-up areas and natural spaces. Some of the activities that represent this field are the detection, analysis and control of pollutants, the carrying out of measurements and tests in relation to climatic or environmental variables and the reduction of the harmful effects of human activity on the environment. The carrying out of these activities requires knowledge of the environment, for its planning and use, and of environmental regulations.

Technician

People who show an interest in the technical field find fulfilment in carrying out activities related to the design and manufacture of objects, machines, vehicles and/or infrastructures. These activities require the application of scientific and technical knowledge (laws of physics, calculations and mathematical formulas, properties of the materials, etc). Creativity is also necessary when coming up with optimal solutions for the functional requirements of the products to be designed. Therefore, the pragmatic application of scientific knowledge in order to develop solutions for the benefit of human beings is the main function of occupations in the technical field.

Researcher for R&D dealing with water treatment and/or desalination

Desalination plant commissioning manager

Railway maintenance engineer

Rolling stock maintenance engineer (trains)

Building energy efficiency technician

• Work hours

  Full-time, split shift. Working hours can be variable and/or flexible depending on the project.

• Salary

  The gross salary ranges from around 25.105 and 36.223 euros a year. Median: 30.156 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Professional category

  Technician