Senior Water Conveyance Engineer; Hydraulic Modeling

Market Water

At Jacobs, we're 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.

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 Senior Water Conveyance Engineer to help lead water, wastewater, and/or stormwater planning, modeling, and design development services for a variety of related projects. You’ll work with other members of our local, regional, and national teams to perform specialized design development and hydraulic modeling assignments for water conveyance and management systems of varied sizes, configurations, and capacities, and for a variety of potential clients.

Engagements may involve potable water, wastewater, irrigation, hydropower, and stormwater applications, supporting water 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 a variety of industry leading hydraulic modeling software.

Depending on project size and complexity, you’ll have the opportunity to serve as a technical subject matter expert, task lead, design manager, and/or in project management roles performing and leading technical tasks, quality control, and coordinating resources to support multiple, concurrent projects through all phases of planning, execution, and closeout. You’ll also contribute to client engagement and 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.
• Minimum of eight years of progressive engineering experience in water system and infrastructure related disciplines, hydraulic evaluations, and design (water resources, stormwater, drainage, drinking water, and/or wastewater, etc.), including with flow management, diversion, and conveyance, piping and open channel systems, pumping, control valves, storage, other typical system hydraulic structures and elements, and controls.
• Core technical hydraulic and/or hydrologic model development, calibration, and evaluation experience using at least three of the modeling software packages listed, or similar, along with ArcGIS, in the planning and analysis of water or wastewater systems, networks, and infrastructure.
• 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 master planning approaches, technical and industry standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Foundational experience with MS Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) 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, to accomplish complex engineering, planning, and design assignments.
• 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.

• Up to 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 with…