Jacobs Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Join to apply for the Principal Water Network Engineer/Modeller role at Jacobs. Jacobs is 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 Water Network Engineer, you’ll bring leadership, insight, and technical excellence to a collaborative UK-wide team. Based at one of our UK offices with hybrid working, you’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to global projects, expanding your influence beyond borders. You’ll be at the heart of major strategic partnerships with leading water companies, helping to drive projects from early feasibility and planning stages through to design, construction, and long-term operations. Your impact will be felt in the resilience of water networks, the sustainability of communities, and the success of a national multi £Billion portfolio of projects. These programmes involve strategic water transfer schemes at a regional level and between water companies, shaping the future of water infrastructure in the UK for generations.

Role Responsibilities

• Hydraulic modelling of water network including build, verify and use of hydraulic models in capital projects
• Develop innovative solutions from feasibility through optioneering, detailed design and commissioning and operations of new assets – pipelines, service reservoirs, pumping stations, and control valves
• Develop control philosophies for the operation of new assets
• Develop system level control and operation for the entire schemes
• Integrate new schemes with existing network to ensure efficient future operation with minimal customer impact
• Act as a technical lead within a multidisciplinary team

What you'll need

• Demonstrable and progressive experience of water network operations, hydraulic modelling, optioneering, and engineering design
• Proficiency in modelling software such as Synergi Water/Liquid, InfoWorks WS Pro, or EPANET
• Experience in water quality modelling including chlorine decay, discolouration risk, water age, and PODDS modelling
• Expertise in developing control philosophies for complex strategic networks
• Proven experience in managing and developing diverse teams
• Strong communication skills to convey technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent writing skills for engineering reports, guidance documents, and proposals

What We Offer

• Fantastic work-life balance and flexibility
• Medical cover and Digital GP
• Fertility healthcare and family planning
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Enhanced pension contributions 10%
• Life assurance at 4x salary
• Professional membership fees and CPD
• Hybrid working policy with generous wellbeing benefits and opportunities to get involved in global volunteering

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Civil Engineering
• Design Services
• IT Services and IT Consulting

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We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We offer a hybrid working policy that allows you to split your work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact Careers Support.