Civil Engineer x 3 - Dams/Reservoirs (UK wide)
Jacobs, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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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 Environmental Agency (EA), Urquhart & Ure (UU), Northumbrian Water, Thames Water 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 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 resulted in a number of 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
* Application of dam engineering in the delivery of appraisal and design of solutions.
* Pre‑feasibility through to detailed design of a range of reservoir engineering schemes.
* Leading and mentoring colleagues and peers through their technical and professional development.
* Bringing together ideas and expertise from multi‑disciplinary teams to identify and develop sustainable solutions.
* Supporting 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.
* Motivated to deliver high quality products to programme.
* Commitment to professional and personal development of self and others.
* Chartered with the Institution of Civil Engineers or ability to demonstrate you are working at a chartered level.
Benefits and culture
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. Flexible working arrangements, wellbeing benefits and a global giving and volunteering program are available.
We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace.
As a disability‑confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates 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.
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Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Civil Engineering, Design Services, IT Services and IT Consulting
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