Senior Associate Water Process Engineer

at  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

YOUR IMPACT:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.
Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.
At Jacobs, we don’t settle – we’re always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our fun loving, sociable Water Infrastructure team. We have an exciting pipeline of work, and we are delivering the most sought-after water infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand. As a result, we are growing ostensibly and regularly collaborate with our Australian peers for both learning and project work. We will encourage and support your career journey with a flexible work environment and exciting range of projects and challenges to work on.
Jacobs is rare within the water industry in that we use a global team of experts to deliver local projects. Our team regularly work with our specialists over in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. There are not many projects we deliver using only Australia-based resources, working for Jacobs means access to this global expertise and world leading innovation.
Due to current business opportunities, we are looking to appoint a Senior Associate Water Process Engineer to join our fast-growing Water Infrastructure team. This is an opportunity to join a dedicated and high-performing team of water professionals to deliver a range of significant projects for both public and private sector clients both locally and nationally.
We have a diverse base of water clients across the region and this role will contribute to setting and implementing strategy and capability for this client base, with support from the metropolitan water business.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

Relevant tertiary education. Maintains applicable professional body accreditations.
Extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of water treatment infrastructure.
Knowledge and application of appropriate Health and Safety practices. Takes a role in quality assurance of projects.
Provide leadership in own area of specialisation, sharing and applying technical knowledge to address problems and determine actions.
Authentic and empathetic leadership. People management skills including effective communication.
Determines and addresses underlying client needs. Sets up client feedback systems and confirms satisfaction.

ACCESSIBILITY

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The Senior Associate Water Process Engineer is responsible for providing consultancy, engineering services, technical input and direction in design in the ANZ region. The role will work alongside the Principal Engineers taking a lead role with project delivery, design management and project management, for positioning and winning projects involving a range of services.
Responsible for overseeing delivery of water infrastructure engineering projects, supported by the Water Section as well as the wider Jacobs business. Provide technical engineering input, engineering management, business development and leadership to internal and external projects. Work closely with the Water Leadership Team and provide technical leadership and supervision of other engineers.
Leads the delivery of water treatment projects in the role of principal engineer or design manager. Provides leadership to the water team members, including coaching and mentoring on project delivery. Takes a leadership role in quality assurance of projects, fully familiar with and apply Jacobs QA procedures. Provide technical leadership in the field in own area of specialisation, sharing and applying technical knowledge to address problems and determine actions. Determines and addresses underlying client needs, confirms satisfaction and sets up client feedback systems.
Contributes to successful operation of the Water Performance Unit regionally through technical leadership.
Supports our virtual teaming strategy, and a culture supporting work-sharing and mobility across the business. Participates in open and honest feedback relating to project and team performance issues.
Provide support to graduate and junior staff, as required, to facilitate project delivery and development of team capability. Relevant tertiary education and maintain professional accreditation (e.g. CPEng or equivalent).
Extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of water infrastructure and treatment. Knowledge and application of appropriate Health and Safety practices.
The role will support the Water ANZ Performance Unit and the wider Jacobs water business to ensure it can thrive in a global setting, encouraging cross-geography relationships in order to maximise the benefit of global delivery to our clients and our people.
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