Water Resources 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.

Working with other members of our local and regional team, you’ll perform design engineering, project design staff oversight, quality control, client development, proposal preparation and sales pursuits for challenging projects related to fish passage, stream restoration, stormwater management, drainage, hydropower, and water conveyance and storage and throughout the Northwest. You will be leading a multi-disciplinary design team and working directly with our clients to complete tasks within established schedules and budgets and help advance our business development strategies.

We are looking for a driven and curious client-focused, part time Senior Water Resource Consultant in our Boise, ID office to support our water resources teams as key advisor. As a key member of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on challenging projects as a senior specialist for projects – planning and executing work with high degrees of technical complexity. You will be coordinating between multiple projects ensure tasks are performed without a hitch.

We’ll Expect You To:

• Develop project and program management strategy related to water resource planning, political engagement, and other opportunities

• Provide senior level review of strategic reports

• Engage with clients as needed to understand their needs, recommend and develop products and services to meet the needs, and build long-term relationships to support future business development

• Provide expert-level advice and services on regionally-based projects and programs to deliver innovative solutions for complex water challenges

• Mentor multidisciplinary teams and foster collaboration and professional growth to build capability and capacity within the organization

• Represent Jacobs across the public and private sectors and at industry conferences and client meetings

At Jacobs, you’ll have the opportunity to help create a more sustainable world by ensuring excellence in environmental compliance, environmental management, and health and safety while working on diverse projects. In this role, you’ll work with experienced engineers, scientists, and project managers who will help you advance your environmental consulting career at a place like no other - a company that is invested in you and the environment around us.

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.