Senior Hydraulic Modeling​/Conveyance Engineer

Job Summary

If you’re interested in a rewarding career working with a global leader and the industry’s best and most innovative professionals, Jacobs is where you belong. Our teams engage with new technologies and at the forefront of large, complex projects to help navigate the competing challenges involved with reliable water supply, management, conveyance, and natural resource protection.

We’re seeking a Conveyance/Hydraulic Modeling Engineer to help lead water and wastewater system planning, modeling, and design development services for a variety of related projects. In this role, you’ll work with other members of our local, regional, and national teams to perform specialized hydraulic modeling and capital planning assignments for conveyance and management systems of varied sizes, configurations, and capacities, and for a variety of clients.

Engagements will focus on wastewater and/or potable water systems, but may also involve irrigation, hydropower, and stormwater applications, supporting transmission, distribution, collection, treatment facilities, flood control, industrial facilities, or other needs. This work involves new and innovative approaches and technologies in hydraulic modeling, system planning and evaluation, and solutions development using industry-leading hydraulic modeling software, such as EPA SWMM, Info Works ICM, Mike Plus, PC SWMM, Sewer

GEMs, Info Water Pro , Water

GEMs, EPANet, Optimizer, and ArcGIS Pro.

• Lead and perform technical tasks, quality control, and coordinate resources to support multiple concurrent projects through all phases of planning, execution, and closeout.
• Perform data collection, analysis, quality control, documentation, and support during design and construction.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines and mentor and direct the work of early-career engineering staff.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert, task lead, design manager, and/or project management roles depending on project size and complexity.
• Contribute to client engagement, development, and professional services marketing, sales, and business development pursuits.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or other applicable Engineering disciplines.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Eight or more years of progressive engineering experience in water/wastewater system and infrastructure related disciplines, hydraulic evaluations, and design.
• Core technical hydraulic model development, calibration, and evaluation experience using at least two of the listed software packages, or similar, along with ArcGIS Pro.
• Varied and progressive experience developing, planning, advancing, and delivering engineering modeling studies and associated technical reports and presentations.
• Familiarity and experience with typical and related system planning approaches, technical and industry standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Proficiency with MS Office 365 and with technical writing, editing, and presentations.
• Demonstrated experience working and collaborating effectively within multi-disciplinary teams, both internally and with external and client partners.
• Attention to detail, quality, and a demonstrated ability to communicate, collaborate, and self-manage your focus and engagements to deliver effectively on project and production delivery commitments and requirements with minimal oversight.

• Twelve or more years of engineering experience in water related disciplines.
• Master’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or related discipline.
• Design and/or project management experience.
• Experience leading and mentoring junior professionals in hydraulic modeling.
• Experience with statistical data analysis and programming, such as Python Scripting for GIS and Visual Basic for Excel.

At Jacobs, you will have the opportunity to grow professionally through your participation with high-functioning project teams, collaborating via our positive and empowering culture to deliver challenging projects and innovation in concert with our industry leading subject matter experts and market solutions teams. Through your engagement you…