Overview
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
As an experienced dams and reservoir water‑management practitioner, you will be an integral part of our Water Catchment Management team, helping drive our extensive programme of high‑profile projects across multiple sectors.
Our UK Centre of Excellence is an integral part of a global team of 400 specialist reservoir engineers. Working alongside most of the major UK reservoir owners, in this newly created role you will play a key role in the development and delivery of reservoir‑engineering solutions covering the full life cycle of dams, from feasibility through to detailed design, inspections, studies, re‑engineering and discontinuance.
Working in partnership with major UK reservoir owners including EA, UU, Northumbrian, Thames and Welsh Water, our team collaborates with disciplines such as hydrology, geotechnics, hydraulics, structural analysis and environment, delivering projects and engineering services ranging from statutory inspections and remedial works to the design and construction of major new dams.
Our continued success and growth alongside the upcoming renaissance in UK dam building, including major new strategic resource option (SRO) reservoirs and pumped storage hydro projects, has created new opportunities. In this role you will be responsible for the technical delivery of appraisal projects and/or detailed‑design work packages for dam and reservoir‑engineering schemes.
Responsibilities
* Apply dam engineering in the delivery of appraisal and design of solutions.
* Lead pre‑feasibility through to detailed design of a range of reservoir‑engineering schemes.
* Lead and mentor colleagues and peers through their technical and professional development.
* Bring together ideas and expertise from multi‑disciplinary teams to identify and develop sustainable solutions.
* Support strong ongoing client relationships, whilst contributing to a collaborative delivery approach.
* Work to meet health and safety and overall project quality objectives.
Qualifications
* Experience in dam and reservoir engineering.
* Ambition to become a Supervising Engineer under the Reservoirs Act 1975.
* Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
* Motivation to deliver high‑quality products to the programme.
* Commitment to professional and personal development of self and others.
* Chartered status with the Institution of Civil Engineers or ability to demonstrate working at a chartered level.
We’re Proud to Offer
We value safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business and truly believe that by supporting one another through a culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We are flexible in our working arrangements and enable you to maximise your potential. You will have access to well‑being benefits and a global giving and volunteering programme, helping us make the world a better place.
We embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do, championing the richness of different perspectives and lived experiences in the workplace. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, encouraging connection, purpose and belonging.
As a disability‑confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working and those who may not meet all listed requirements for a role.
Our hybrid working policy allows employees to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations, enabling them to deliver their best work.
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