Overview
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Water @ Jacobs | UK & Ireland
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Your impact
Calling all Civil Engineers (Entry Level, Senior, Principal, Associate Director and Senior Associate Director). Ready to make waves in your career? Our UK Water team is on the lookout for passionate Civil professionals to help us shape the future of water infrastructure. 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 and 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, including end-to-end services alongside our construction partners within United Utilities’ AMP8 framework and Strategic Resource Options such as the Fens and Lincs SRO reservoirs. At Jacobs the possibilities are endless.
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 provide design leadership and discipline integration across projects delivered in the Water UK business unit, mentoring junior engineers to produce high-quality deliverables in client-facing positions. If you’re ready to dive into a career or enhance your current one to make a difference, we want to hear from you. Apply now and be part of our mission to shape the future of water infrastructure.
Responsibilities
* Provide design leadership and discipline integration for projects delivered across the Water UK business unit; manage projects and mentor junior engineers to produce high-quality deliverables in client-facing roles.
* Deliver civil engineering inputs to multidisciplinary projects, at specific design stages or across full project lifecycles.
* Support high-profile water and wastewater projects with detailed design, construction and operational support, including frameworks such as United Utilities’ AMP8 and related strategic options.
* Contribute to a diverse portfolio, from long-term water resource planning to delivering major water infrastructure projects.
Qualifications
* Experience in the water or wastewater engineering sector is preferred, but upskilling will be provided for the right candidate.
* Working towards, or at Chartered / Incorporated Engineer status with a professional body (e.g., ICE or CIWEM).
* Curiosity about emerging technologies and a strong interest in sustainability.
Employment details
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries: Civil Engineering, Design Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting
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London, England, United Kingdom
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