Transportation Drainage Engineer jobs at Jacobs in United States, Boise

You’ll be accountable for schedule and technical quality of assigned routine engineering tasks. As you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget and schedule for assigned tasks, you’ll effectively recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly. You’ll coordinate work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead. You may have supervision of less experienced engineering and design staff. Your multi-discipline, highly interactive team may produce single-line diagrams depicting electrical power systems 208Y/120V through 480V, installation details, electric room layouts, tool installation connection diagrams, cable tray layouts, cable schedules, power plans, lighting plans, breaker coordination studies, and Arc Flash / Short-Circuit Current studies. You will support senior engineers in selection and specification of electrical equipment. You may also be asked to provide on-site assistance during startups.

As a Building Mechanical Engineer at Jacobs, you’ll be at the cutting edge of our efforts to bring innovation and excellence to some of the most exciting infrastructure projects in the region. You’ll use your exceptional design and analytical skills to lead the planning and design of mechanical (plumbing, HVAC, odor control, and fire protection) systems primarily for municipal facilities for water and wastewater projects, but you’ll also contribute to federal, industrial, and institutional projects.

You’ll prepare design drawings and specifications for submission to clients, as well as provide jurisdictional plan checks and permitting support. Engineered systems you’ll be working with include plumbing systems, HVAC package systems, central plants, air distribution, hydronic systems, odor control systems, and associated controls.

You’ll also have the opportunity to:

• Design complete plumbing systems, including utility and potable water distribution systems, drainage systems, and miscellaneous systems such as compressed air and natural gas.

• Design complete HVAC systems, including package type and central plants.

• Design odor control systems, including vapor and liquid phase treatment technologies.

• Design fire protection systems using a performance system approach.

• Prepare calculations for plumbing systems, including water and drainage flows, water heater sizing, and pump sizing and selection.

• Perform calculations for design, such as air loads, pipe/duct/equipment sizing, ventilation requirements, static pressure, odor removal, life-cycle costs, and energy analyses.

• Select equipment, coordinate with equipment vendors, and edit specifications.

• Conduct field evaluations and develop as-built drawings.

• Develop master plans and perform field investigations.

• Conduct technology alternatives analyses using multi-criteria analysis tools for selecting odor control systems.

• Manage and coordinate work with architects, technicians, and engineers of other disciplines.

• Attend meetings and communicate with clients, vendors, and other project stakeholders to establish project needs and discuss design issues.

• Manage quality and schedule of work and interface with clients.

• Support field staff during construction phase of projects, including responding to submittal reviews and requests for information.

• Provide design guidance and mentorship to designers/drafters and less experienced engineers.

You’ll be accountable for schedule and technical quality of assigned routine engineering tasks. As you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget and schedule for assigned tasks, you’ll effectively recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly. You’ll coordinate work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead. You may have supervision of less experienced engineering and design staff. Your multi-discipline, highly interactive team may produce single-line diagrams depicting electrical power systems 208Y/120V through 480V, installation details, electric room layouts, tool installation connection diagrams, cable tray layouts, cable schedules, power plans, lighting plans, breaker coordination studies, and Arc Flash / Short-Circuit Current studies. You will support senior engineers in selection and specification of electrical equipment. You may also be asked to provide on-site assistance during startups.

You will have a chance to be a leader in improving the water infrastructure across our state and throughout the Northwest region. As a key member of our local and regional teams, you’ll have a chance to participate in challenging and engaging water resources projects – leading all aspects of projects with high degrees of technical complexity from the concept stage through detailed design and construction services. You will assist with business development, including strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts to grow our business. You will also establish and maintain strong client relationships by communicating with clients on technical design topics and project schedule/budget/scope to develop long term strategy for continued market success. You will be responsible for leading project teams and communicating between diverse design disciplines for the delivery of designs and related studies. Join our team and help us lay the foundation for our growth in these markets.

In addition to leading project planning and design, you will be a critical member of the Boise Water Leadership team. You’ll work closely with other Department and Group Leaders and Client Account Managers to provide guidance and leadership within the Water Group. You’ll be called upon to use your inspirational leadership skills to provide mentoring and coaching to Water Resources Group staff aligned to you, including development of annual priorities, career goals, and performance reviews.  Typical activities may also include identifying potential project pursuits, preparing qualifications and proposals, and hiring, supervising, and supporting staff. You will have the opportunity to help grow our business and also grow our local and regional teams.

As a Senior Water Resources Engineer, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a variety of exciting and engaging infrastructure studies and projects including some of the region’s leading large-scale projects and programs for local agencies and municipalities and federal entities. Work may include planning and design from concept level to final construction documents including writing and assembling feasibility studies and hydraulic reports. Candidates with a wide variety of design and task leadership experience as well as business development and people management would be viewed favorably. Typical project activities may include performing hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, producing feasibility reports, providing detailed calculations, producing construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates, and delegating similar tasks to early career staff. Hydrology and hydraulic models used for typical projects include HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS 1D/2D, HEC-ResSim, SRH-2D, and others required to meet Federal, State and local agency requirements.

You will have the opportunity to exercise judgment and make recommendations in the development and creation of feasibility reports and construction documents for complex, multi-disciplined projects, potentially with multiple types of construction delivery methods including design-build. In this role you will have ample opportunity for career growth as you lead engineering teams, grow our business, and support staff development.

Responsibilities could include but are not limited to:

• Work in a team environment with other project engineers on the detailed drainage analysis and design of urban and rural transportation projects including roadways, site facilities, and railways.

• Conduct drainage analysis and design per the requirements of the project and various state and local public transportation agencies such as ITD and FHWA.

• Provide support in the preparation of contract drainage drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.

• Assist in the preparation of project-specific drainage reports and technical memoranda.

• Perform other duties assigned by the Transportation Group Leader and/or Project Managers/Engineers as needed.