Principal Water Network Engineer​/Modeller

Principal Water Network Engineer / Modeller

Location:

Jacobs, Wokingham, England, United Kingdom.

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 contribute to global projects, expanding your influence beyond borders. You’ll play a key role in strategic partnerships with leading water companies, driving projects from feasibility through to design, construction and operations.

• Hydraulic modelling of water network including building, verifying, and using hydraulic models in capital projects.
• Develop innovative solutions from feasibility through to optioneering, detailed design, commissioning and operation 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.

• Demonstrable and progressive experience of water network operations, hydraulic modelling, optioneering and engineering design.
• Proficiency in modelling software such as Synergi Water/Liquid, Info Works 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.

⌚ Fantastic work‑life balance and flexibility.
⚕️ Medical cover and Digital GP.
👶 Fertility healthcare and family planning.
👨👩👧👦 Enhanced parental leave pay.
👵 Enhanced pension contributions 10%.
4️⃣ Life assurance at 4x salary.
💼 Professional membership fees and CPD.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We commit to flexible working, wellbeing benefits and global opportunities for career development.