Principal Civil Engineer, Water Infrastructure

5 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd Full time $180,000 - $250,000 per year

Your impact

Our Water Infrastructure team are passionate about transforming Australia's water future through innovative engineering solutions that serve communities, protect resources, and enhance livability.

Due to a secure pipeline of work, we're looking for a Principal Civil Engineer to lead complex projects that will shape Australia's water landscape for decades to come. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact through planning, design, project delivery leadership, and business development while working closely with major water authorities across the state and Australia.

As a Principal Civil Engineer, you'll provide expert consultancy and detailed design engineering services for our clients while providing technical leadership for successful project delivery and contributing to winning new work. You'll collaborate with design teams and other technical leaders, commercial, project management to create opportunities for Jacobs across our extensive engineering services panel work.

You bring extensive experience designing major water infrastructure projects including large diameter or reticulation pipelines, treatment plants and pump stations. You balance technical innovation with practical implementation, ensuring designs are both excellent and buildable whilst maintaining commercial awareness throughout project delivery.

By joining our team you'll not only get to work on some of ANZ's most interesting projects, you'll also enjoy a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, workplace flexibility that respects your life beyond work and a culture that invests in your continued professional development.

Here's what you'll need

  • or equivalent (Ceng or PE)
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  • Strong background in water industry consultancy, Civil Design and Project delivery
  • Proven track record of technical leadership for successful delivery of water infrastructure projects.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of safety in design and Australian water industry standards.
  • Proven ability to coordinate multiple engineering or adjacent disciplines across geographic locations
  • Ability to mentor early or mid career professionals

We're open to considering candidates who need to work around school drop-offs/pick-ups or those interested in full-time/part-time job-sharing arrangements - we understand the importance of balancing work commitments with family responsibilities.

Jacobs. A world where you can.

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