Career Opportunities-water Sector-uk Wide

6 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**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**

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 programme management. You will work within a multi-disciplinary structure, striving for technical excellence, delivering your projects for agreed timeframes and budgets.

**Here’s what you’ll need**:

- BEng/MEng Engineering, Scientific or related discipline
- Experience in working in one or more of the following Water sector disciplines:

- asset management / asset health
- water / wastewater network or mass conveyance pipeline design
- water / wastewater network modelling
- water / wastewater treatment, design and commissioning
- water regulation and assurance
- project management / PMO
- risk & value
- digital engineering
- Knowledge of current design standards and best practice in your area
- Excellent communication skills, including written work.
- Excellent interpersonal skills

**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.

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