Water Hydraulic Engineer Senior Principal & Associate Director Grades jobs at Jacobs in United Kingdom, Birmingham

The role will include:

• Designing ecology monitoring programmes - develop survey programmes, lead and/or manage survey teams and be responsible for high quality data collection.
• Using your experience in botany - to provide expert advice to clients (internal and external).
• Leveraging your experience of national legislation - to support Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Regulation Appraisals etc.
• Acting as a Health and Safety champion – contributing to the development and review of risk assessments and method statements.
• A willingness to both learn from and mentor others – develop and share skills that build team and individual resilience. This will include engagement with our global communities of practice, externally facing communications (conferences, presentations, client meetings) and training events.
• Travel across the UK and Ireland to undertake site work – you will need a willingness to work in remote locations and, at times, stay away from home during the working week.

As a key member of our team, you will support our transition to a solutions provider, transforming how we deliver through the implementation of new technologies and lean, digital processes, to increase efficiency and add value for our clients. With a focus on sustainability and decarbonisation, you will utilise your highly developed technical engineering, interpersonal and organisational skills in supporting the delivery of structural solutions on highways, rail, aviation, energy and power projects.

You will be responsible for project delivery and undertake the role of technical/discipline lead on a range of bridge and structural related projects:

• Lead and mentor teams on tasks such as structural analysis, feasibility studies, tender designs, detailed designs and the production of contract documents and technical reports.
• Use your knowledge and skills in to lead a team and other disciplines in providing an integrated service to clients
• Proactively identifying and implementing innovative solutions through leveraging data, automation, lean and standardisation to improve efficiency/productivity and project outcomes.
• Work with our UK and Global Integrated Delivery teams to best use our resources and ensure efficient and successful delivery.

Our Graduate Development Programme is a structured two-year scheme where we provide the framework, mentoring and experiences to help you maximise your skills and ambitions. On joining our scheme in September 2025, you’ll rapidly gain knowledge of how our company works and the impact that you can have to help us move towards a more connected and sustainable world.

Our Transportation business in Europe currently comprises 1500+ staff spread across 23+ offices, delivering more connected, sustainable solutions for our UK, European and international clients across Aviation, Highways, Rail and adjacency markets.

you’ll have the opportunity to develop your civil engineering and drainage specific skills and to contribute to the design and construction of landmark projects across the globe, or to bring it closer to home, you’ll be able to work on Sustainable Drainage schemes and support climate change resilience in our local communities and developments.