Principal Water Process Engineer, Jacobs Newcastle

Market
Water

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we don’t settle – we’re always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference. We have an exciting opportunity to join our inclusive, sociable Water Infrastructure team. We have an exciting pipeline of work, and we are delivering the most sought-after water infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand. As a result, we are growing ostensibly and regularly collaborate with our Australian peers for both learning and project work. 

We will encourage and support your career journey with a flexible work environment and exciting range of projects and challenges to work on.  Jacobs is rare within the water industry in that we use a global team of experts to deliver local projects. Our team regularly work with our specialists over in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. There are not many projects we deliver using only Australia-based resources, working for Jacobs means access to this global expertise and world leading innovation. 

About the Opportunity

Our company is currently seeking a Principal Water Process Engineer to join our Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Team. As the Principal Water Process Engineer, you will be responsible working as part of a team to provide project and design management services to the clients in the Water sector. The Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Section works on long term framework agreements with major clients based across NSW, as well as regularly collaborating with our teams nationally and working with interstate clients, including Queensland Urban Utilities, Water Corporation WA, and SA Water amongst others. 

You will also get the opportunity to work on projects internationally and connect to Global Industry leaders and experts. On top of the exposure to challenging projects and career development opportunities, we offer competitive remuneration packages and multiple staff benefits such as paid parental and partner leave, purchase leave, and mental health and wellbeing programs, to name a few. 

Here at Jacobs, we positively support a plethora of flexible working practices such as flexible start/end times, job share arrangements, working from home, and part-time arrangements.  To be successful in this role, you must have extensive experience Project Managing water and wastewater infrastructure projects, as well as being able to coordinate with other disciplines to ensure the design achieves the client’s intent.

Here's what you'll need

As Principal Water Process Engineer, your responsibilities will include: 

· Providing consultancy services in the Water Infrastructure market across the ANZ region. 

· Responsibility for project delivery, client relationship management, and technical leadership throughout ANZ. 

· You will be instrumental in collaborating with commercial, operational management, sales and technical leaders to create strategies, pursue opportunities and to plan, develop and deliver a range of projects to achieve successful technical and commercial outcomes. 

· You will support the management of the NSW Water Infrastructure Section and the wider ANZ water group in terms of team development, mentoring and growth, building technical capability and growing the water infrastructure portfolio. 

· You will be a technical and project lead for water infrastructure design projects, as well as providing technical guidance on large strategic consulting and planning projects. 

· You will keep abreast of new methods, technologies and developments impacting the industry, Jacobs and our clients in order to contribute to the strategic direction of the group. 

· You will facilitate Jacobs in maintaining a competitive advantage by identifying strategic pursuits and applying the latest technical developments in project delivery. 

· You will drive business development and be responsible for work winning activities including client engagement, opportunity ‘go no go’ assessments, supporting bids and proposals and commercial negotiations. Through regular industry participation you will maintain and grow strong client relationships, identify emerging opportunities, act as a trusted advisor to a select group of key clients and represent the Water Infrastructure team at thought leadership events. 

· You will help maintain compliance with Jacobs QA/QC procedures, including deliverable reviews, commercial reviews and contractual administration. 

· You will facilitate the technical development of less senior personnel to meet market requirements and engage with high performers in a team environment to facilitate knowledge sharing and coaching. 

· You will have an uncompromising approach to safety and welfare, you will lead and support safety initiatives and drive Jacobs Beyond Zero culture of caring and implement Jacobs shared values. 

· You will support the Jacobs water group to ensure it can thrive in a global setting, encouraging cross-geography relationship building and work sharing in order to maximise the benefit of global delivery to our clients and our people. 

About you:

· You will have a relevant engineering degree (or equivalent). 

· You will have excellent technical knowledge and strong proven experience in water Infrastructure. 

· You will have extensive knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and guidelines. 

· You will be an excellent multidisciplinary integrator with a broad understanding of all the relevant disciplines that work together to plan, design and manage water infrastructure projects. 

· You will have a strong track record with client relationships, and demonstrated ability to find, bid, win, and deliver water infrastructure projects. 

· Successful candidates will have an inclusive mindset, enjoy collaborating across geographies as part of diverse teams, as well as the ability and willingness to guide and mentor team members. You should be open-minded and willing to adapt with change and transformation. 

· Most importantly, you will demonstrate a passion for sustainable and innovative water management and development. Jacobs. A world where you can. 

At Jacobs, we support your personal life and career journeys. From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions, we're committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working to help you uncover a working arrangement that delivers the flexibility,tools and space to maximise your potential. 

We're the 2023 winners of the Consult Australia People First Award for our suite of employee benefits that support all our employees in all stages of their personal and professional lives. For the 6th consecutive year, we've been named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia). In New Zealand, we're a founding member of The Diversity Agenda and are committed to making our industry more inclusive and diverse. In Australia, our Reconciliation journey continues to be a considerable focus across all levels of the Jacobs community as we progress our Innovate level Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). Our Bronze Employer status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI+ inclusion recognises our progress in creating an environment where our Jacobs employees can bring their whole selves to work. 

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we're inclusive,we're more connected, and if diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, 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 eight global Jacobs employee networks centred on driving inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and our Women’s Network – find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. 

We're an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. 

Accessibility

Please contact the team if you require support or reasonable adjustments regarding our recruitment process (for example, you need the application form in a different format). Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. 

At Jacobs, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

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