People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Our Water and Environment operating unit provides a focus for advising our clients on the development of water projects using engineering analysis and design expertise to drive innovation and excellence in everything we do. Our mission is to be a global leader that puts water at the heart of a sustainable society.
About You:
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams to help deliver projects within agreed timeframes and budgets and to exceed our clients’ expectations
- Deliver and lead on a wide variety of projects such as water trading, large capital design, water quality and network optimisation
- You will be a motivated and innovative person who embraces new technologies. We will support you to convert your innovative ideas into practical solutions that tackle the challenges facing the water industry
- You will mentor junior engineers and assist the growth of our water team. We will support and encourage you to raise our and your own profile across the wider industry
- Maintain strong and collaborative working relationships and interactions with the client
- Promote a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement by providing technical guidance and support to other members of the team
- Passion for taking on new challenges with clients in the water industry
- Strong knowledge and experience in the operation of clean water networks and modelling, and able to work autonomously in the delivery of different types of projects. Knowledge and experience in leakage management will be a plus.
- You solve problems by developing and adopting innovative approaches and using both data analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate project findings skilfully and clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Excellent presentation and written skills. Able to prepare technical reports and deliverables, ensuring quality of modelling outputs and compliance with standards, specifications and governance requirements.
- Chartered with a professional institution or working toward Chartered status
Our Culture
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