Civil Design Engineers x 5 - Principal & Lead (UK)
Jacobs Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
At Jacobs, we're 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
With major 2026 growth plans, our UK Water team have a number of newly created roles Civil Engineering professionals.
In these roles you will work across multiple national client frameworks, delivering everything from strategic planning and catchment management to feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and construction and operational support, always being at the forefront of the delivery of the biggest water and supply projects in a generation, tackling the UK’s most challenging water problems; from providing end-to-end services alongside our construction partners within United Utilities’ AMP8 framework, to our roles innovating across the Strategic Resource Options such as the Fens and Lincs SRO reservoirs.
The possibilities are endless, with roles available across Senior, Principal and Lead your remit will include:
* Lead and deliver detailed design solutions alongside discipline integration for clean water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects
* Support design-and-build delivery across multiple frameworks.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical excellence and regulatory compliance
* Conduct site inspections and assessments to verify compliance with design specifications and quality standards
* Mentor and support colleagues and peers through their professional development.
* Drive innovation and sustainability in water sector engineering
Here's what you'll need
Our recruitment team would be delighted to hear from and speak to candidates who can demonstrate a good blend of the following attributes
* Civil engineer, with knowledge in and experience of detailed design and design-and-build execution for water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects
* The ability to deliver civil engineering inputs to multidisciplinary projects, either at specific design stages or across full project lifecycles.
* Experience in the water, wastewater engineering, effluent treatment sectors.
* Working towards, or at Chartered / Incorporated Engineer status with a professional body such as the ICE or CIWEM.
* Curious about emerging technologies and a strong interest in sustainability.
What’s in it for You?
Alongside our competitive packages designed to attract and retain the best talent, some of the additional benefits will include
* Hybrid working, flexible hours and options for part-time roles
* Up to 10% company pension contribution
* Support for professional development and memberships
* 24 days holiday plus bank holidays with the options to buy/sell 10 days annual leave
* Free medical cover and digital GP access
* Life and accident insurance
* Disability benefits
* Enhanced parental leave
* Fertility and family-forming benefit provided by Carrot
* Volunteering time matching
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.
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.
Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. As a disability confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy.
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