Process Engineering Intern - Regulated Water (London or Reading)

Are you ready to launch your career? Our Summer Internship Programme offers you the chance to gain real-world experience in your chosen discipline. For approximately eight weeks in the summer, you will work in one of our hub office locations across the UK or Ireland. Here, you will collaborate with world-class professionals in a dynamic environment, applying the skills you have honed in the classroom to real business challenges. In this fast-paced, professional setting, you will gain invaluable experience that will set you apart in your future career.

Throughout the programme, you will receive personalised guidance from mentors, people leaders and Programme Champions. They are all here to help you make the most of your experience. You will also have plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues and fellow interns from different disciplines, broadening your professional network and gaining insights from across the business. Our goal is to ensure that your time with Jacobs leaves you with a positive, impactful learning experience.

The Opportunity: Jacobs has secured multi-year contracts and projects with leading clients in the water sector throughout the UK and Ireland. We need a range of skills to deliver these fantastic opportunities and are therefore recruiting professionals from all disciplines who are looking to grow their careers in the water sector. We embrace flexible working and welcome candidates based throughout the UK and Ireland. You will join our team of over 1000 water professionals, working on a range of high-profile projects and become a part of a World Leading Company with excellent career prospects.

You will work with teams who have a successful track record in delivering projects specialising in water/wastewater networks, water/wastewater treatment, asset management, integrated catchment management, network modelling and project/programme management. You will work within a multi-disciplinary structure, striving for technical excellence, delivering your projects for agreed timeframes and budgets.

Due to unprecedented demand in the water sector, our teams are currently working on programmes of work for the major water companies in the UK undertaking the following range of activities:

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will be providing innovative and sustainable solutions in the:
• Design of water treatment plants, pumping stations and distribution networks to supply drinking water.
• Design of wastewater treatment plants and drainage network assets to meet the challenge of improving the quality of our rivers.
• Design of pressure and gravity pipelines.
• Design of site layouts in markets as diverse as water, datacentres and energy and power.
• Preparation of feasibility studies for new water and wastewater assets including for the regional transfer of water across the UK within the RAPID SRO programme.

You must be available to join the 8-week programme starting 29th June 2026 - 21st August 2026. You must have the full right to work in the UK. You need to be a penultimate year student, finishing your degree in 2027.

Selection Process:

• Step 1: Apply Online
• Step 2: Solo Video Assessment
• Step 3: Interview

Apply before 21st November 2025, for your application to be considered in the first assessment window. You can still apply after this date if the role remains open to applications. However, you do so with the knowledge that we may not proceed with your application if the role is filled in the first assessment window.

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but 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 have gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential.

You will uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering programme, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you will discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we are 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. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging.

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. 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.

Your application experience is important to us, and we are keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. 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 via Careers Support.