Senior Utility Surveyor - Reading in Wokingham

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. Your impact as a Lead Utility Surveyor will be at the forefront of delivering the infrastructure that connects and sustains communities across the UK.

Your leadership will drive the success of our Surveying and Reality Capture team, ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of underground utility detection services on some of the nation’s most high-profile infrastructure projects. You will take ownership of field operations—organising teams, planning methodologies, and delivering accurate, high-quality data that informs critical design and construction decisions.

Working with advanced technologies like Leica Stream GPR units and electromagnetic locators, you will help shape smarter, safer environments—from highways and water networks to transformative urban developments. At Jacobs, your work will go beyond technical excellence. You will be part of a purpose-driven team that’s improving lives—whether it’s enabling clean water access, supporting sustainable transport, or helping communities stay connected.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Proven experience in Underground Utility Detection, with a strong track record of leading survey teams and delivering successful projects.
• Ability to work independently, making technical and supervisory decisions within defined project parameters.
• Proficiency in operating and interpreting digital outputs from GPR and electromagnetic utility mapping instruments (e.g., Leica Stream series).
• Skilled in data processing using GPR, surveying, and AutoCAD software; experience with Atlas Computers SCC is a plus.
• Solid background in surveying within the UK Highways and Water sectors.
• A full UK driving licence is essential.

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 programme, 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.