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Water Hydraulic Engineer (Senior, Principal & Associate Director grades)

Water Hydraulic Engineer (Senior, Principal & Associate Director grades)  - (BIE00031J) Your Impact: 

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.  With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

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.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity:

Jacobs has secured multiple multi-year Frameworks and Projects with leading Clients in the UK, Ireland and across the Globe. Water is looking for skilled and highly motivated people that are looking to grow their careers in exciting new ways to deliver on these fantastic opportunities in the Water Industry and beyond.    

 

Successful candidates will join our team of nearly 600 water professionals, who work on a range of high-profile projects. They will become part of a World Leading Company with excellent career prospects. You could be delivering project tasks, designs and in a multi-disciplinary, multi-company environment on water and wastewater infrastructure and facilities at various stages in the project life cycle, working within our multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects within agreed timeframes and budget. 

 

We are looking for experienced Hydraulic Engineers across various grades to join our Manchester and Warrington Office to reinforce our existing team and further support our frameworks with UK Water Companies.  

 Here's What You'll Need: 

Successful candidates will have: 

  • a Masters Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Fluid Mechanics or similar 
  • Achieved Chartered Status (CEng) with a recognised Professional Institution. 
  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: 
    • Water and/or wastewater networks 
    • Water and/or wastewater treatment works  
    • Hydraulics (flows in pressurised and/or gravity pipelines and/or open channels) 
    • Mass water conveyance 
  • Experience in using HADES is an advantage
  • Enthusiasm to solve problems and enjoy working as part of a large multi-national company
  • Worked within multi-disciplinary teams, co-ordinating and supporting junior staff
  • Enthusiasm to line manage
  • A proactive attitude and be keen to take ownership of client relationships and contribute to the growth of our business

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent.  For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

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  Primary Location: United Kingdom-United Kingdom Countrywide-Manchester-UK Manchester First StreetOther Locations: United Kingdom-United Kingdom Countrywide-Warrington-UK Warrington - Birchwood ParkTravel: NoJob Posting: Feb 19, 2024, 2:03:38 PMJob: WaterOrganization: PPSJob Type: ExperiencedJob Classification: Fulltime-RegularWork Locations: UK Manchester First Street 5 First Street   Manchester M15 4GUCapabilities: Water Resources

Water Hydraulic Engineer (Senior, Principal & Associate Director grades)

Chicago, IL
Full time

Published on 11/07/2024

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