Civil Engineer - Rivers

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business

About the Opportunity

We are looking for Civil Engineers who wish to grow their careers in the area of river engineering and flood risk management to join our new Water Catchment Management team based in Newcastle.

As a River Engineer you will be involved in the delivery of outline, planning, tender and detailed design of schemes for our diverse range of clients including the Environment Agency, Local Flood Authorities and other public and private clients including Water and Sewerage Companies, Highways England, Network Rail, HS2 and Major Airports. Your role will include:

• Working with multi-disciplinary teams, our clients, and their contractors to identify and develop the most sustainable flood risk management solutions possible;
• Tackling challenging engineering problems to find affordable, sustainable solutions;
• Mitigating environmental impact at the outset to provide integrated design solutions;
• Addressing climate change increases in flood risk and the need to push down cost and carbon footprint; and
• Ensuring designs are safe and practical to build, working collaboratively with the full delivery team.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and have the opportunity to be involved in a wide variety of projects. Our project portfolio spans the full lifecycle from feasibility studies through appraisal and optioneering to detailed design and site support providing a wide range of opportunities to develop your experience and advance your career.

• BEng / MEng Civil Engineering.
• Working towards chartership with ICE or CIWEM.
• Experience of applying engineering skills to the challenges the water environment faces.
• Knowledge of Safety in Design and Designers responsibilities under CDM.
• Excellent literacy, communication, analytical and numeracy skills.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. 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. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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