About the Role
As a Principal Water Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality water and wastewater water infrastructure projects. Your expertise will be instrumental in:
- Providing technical leadership and verification on complex water infrastructure projects
- Mentoring and guiding a team of talented engineers
- Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
- Driving business development and fostering client relationships.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and design of water and wastewater infrastructure projects
- Develop and evaluate options to arrive at preferred solutions
- Lead and guide technical design inputs on multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time delivery and high quality
- Provide technical review and verification on projects to client requirements
- Provide technical direction and mentoring of junior team members
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet client expectations
- Contribute to business development through networking and high-quality work delivery
- Champion innovation and promote new techniques in water engineering
- Foster an inclusive and diverse working environment.
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering
- Extensive experience in water and wastewater infrastructure projects within a design environment
- In-depth knowledge of water industry standards, codes, and best practices
- Strong proficiency in relevant software
- Excellent technical knowledge, design management and client relationship skills
- Ability to manage technical and corporate risks
- Outstanding communication and report writing abilities.
No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.
Please contact the team if you require support or reasonable adjustments regarding our recruitment process (for example, you need the application form in a different format).
Don't meet every single requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people from marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Jacobs, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.
