Design Civil Engineers (uk wide)

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Our UK Water team is on the lookout for passionate Civil professionals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure. Working across national client frameworks, we deliver everything from strategic planning and catchment management to feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and construction and operational support. We have immediate vacancies for Civil Engineers with Detailed Design experience to support high profile projects in the South of England.

You’ll have opportunities across a diverse portfolio of projects and clients, from long-term water resource planning, infrastructure solutions to enhance river quality, to delivering the biggest water and supply projects in a generation. We’re at the forefront of tackling the UK’s most challenging water problems; from providing end-to-end services alongside our construction partners within United Utilities’ AMP8 framework, to our roles innovating across the Strategic Resource Options such as the Fens and Lincs SRO reservoirs.

We’re looking for self-starting, highly motivated Civil Engineers (all grades but particularly Senior, Principal, Associate Director and Senior Associate Director) who want to thrive in a collaborative, dynamic environment. Whether you’re early in your career or an experienced engineer, we offer opportunities to lead, learn, and stay agile and involved in the projects that interest you.

Within our diverse, high-performing team you’ll play a role in providing design leadership and discipline integration of projects delivered across the Water UK business unit. Using technical experience and excellent people skills, you’ll be working with the team to manage projects and mentor junior engineers to produce high-quality deliverables in client facing positions.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• The ability to deliver civil engineering inputs to multidisciplinary projects, either at specific design stages or across full project lifecycles.
• Experience in the water or wastewater engineering sector is preferred, but not essential, as upskilling will be provided for the right candidate.
• Working towards, or at Chartered / Incorporated Engineer status with a professional body such as the ICE or CIWEM.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and a strong interest in sustainability.

Joining Jacobs connects you locally and globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. 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.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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