Electrical Engineers - Wastewater (Uk wide) in Reading

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.

Your impact: At the forefront of the biggest transformation and investment programme of the UK sector in decades, Jacobs along with our JV partners and customers bring together exceptional talent and expertise to deliver complex turnkey solutions from concept, feasibility, and planning to design, construction management, commissioning and through life asset O&M management, creating once in a generation opportunities. In these roles you won’t just witness this transformation — you’ll facilitate it, you will be an integral part of our UK team shaping the future of the water industry by delivering high value complex innovative and sustainable solutions that protect resources and build resilience.

From feasibility and planning to advanced design, construction, and commissioning, you will play a critical role in projects such as pumping stations, treatment plants, and associated CAPEX assets, ensuring compliance with regulatory and safety standards. With multiple roles available across all levels, as part of a UK wide team recognised for delivering world class solutions, you will contribute to or lead electrical engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle—from concept and detailed design through to commissioning, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, JV partners and clients to achieve outstanding results.

Your remit will include:

• Deliver Electrical Engineering Excellence: Contribute to or lead electrical engineering elements of multidisciplinary projects from concept through completion. Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to identify requirements and deliver solutions that meet contract-specific KPIs and milestones.
• Design & Specification: Develop and produce detailed electrical detail designs, drawings, and specifications for water sector projects such as pumping stations, treatment plants, and distribution networks.
• Quality & Safety: Embed constructability and commissioning requirements into designs, ensuring technical delivery complies with regulatory and safety standards.
• Governance and Compliance: Ensure all design solutions meet relevant standards, codes, and client specifications.
• Collaboration: Support design managers, project engineering, site installation and commissioning teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Technical Analysis: Investigate and analyse existing assets, identifying opportunities for improvements such as reliability, performance, maintainability, health and safety, and perform complex calculations as required.
• Innovation & Add Value: Participate in and contribute to value engineering and buildability workshops, delivering sustainable and innovative design solutions for water infrastructure.
• Project Management: Depending on experience, contribute to design management, scheduling, risk management, change control, and financial forecasting.
• Team & Culture: Foster a culture of knowledge sharing, innovation, mentoring and professional growth within the electrical discipline.

Here’s what you’ll need: This is your chance to make a real difference. Join us and be part of the transformation. Together, we will shape the future of the water industry.

• Professional Membership: Working toward or holding chartered status (e.g., IEEE or equivalent).
• Experience: Demonstrable progressive experience in the delivery of detailed design and Design & Build solutions for water, wastewater, and bioresources projects.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding and knowledge of electrical engineering principles, project lifecycle from concept through to commissioning and operations.
• Design Tools: Proficient with CAD and electrical design packages, AutoCAD, Revit, ETAP, SKM etc.
• Commercial Awareness: Understanding of project budgets, change and cost control.

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’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise 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. No matter what drives you, you’ll 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’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. 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.

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