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Associate Water

1 month ago


Adelaide, Australia Jacobs Full time

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.

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 fun loving, 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. Thereare 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 an Associate Mechanical Engineer to join our Water Infrastructure Team. As the Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for performing mechanical engineering design of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including pump stations and treatment plants. You will be expected to prepare and guide junior engineers through engineering drawings, technical reports, and specifications for projects from concept design through to detailed design. You will perform and review mechanical calculations to analyse, select and design mechanical systems as well as contributing to multidisciplinary teams delivering major water and wastewater treatment projects. You will lead business development, proposed preparation and develop strong relationships with key clients. Our Water Infrastructure Section works on long term framework agreements with major clients based in Melbourne, including Melbourne Water, Yarra Valley Water and Great Western Water; important regional clients such as Goulburn Valley Water, Central Highlands Water; and many others. We regularly collaborate with our teams nationally and work with interstate clients, including Sydney Water, 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. 

Here's what you'll need
To be successful in this role, you must have extensive experience leading water and wastewater infrastructure design principles and mechanical design, as well as being able to coordinate with other disciplines to ensure the design achieves the client’s intent. Our strong pipeline of work means that we require strong candidates who can demonstrate experience across the following skills: · Recognised relevant tertiary qualifications in Mechanical Engineering. · Chartered status from relevant engineering body · Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the water and wastewater industry post graduate degree · Extensive experience in performing mechanical engineering design across the asset lifecycle from concept design through to detailed design project, and working on multidisciplinary projects. · Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to develop and maintain positive relationships with internal and external clients. · Excellent leadership skills, and experience leading mechanical engineers · Experience in mentoring and developing junior mechanical engineers 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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