Water/Wastewater Engineer

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Dive into the heart of the Southwest Florida Region Water and Wastewater Engineering landscape with a career-defining opportunity at Jacobs. We are actively seeking an experienced Water/Wastewater Engineer with a unique blend of talent for both spearheading high-stakes water and wastewater projects and nurturing client relations with finesse and strategic acuity. This is not just a job; it’s a chance to be at the helm of transformative projects that shape the future of our Region’s municipal wastewater infrastructure. In this role, you are a Seller-Doer that combines your operational and project delivery responsibilities with client services activities. You will have the support of Jacobs’s globally recognized water and wastewater technologists located throughout Florida, the United States, and around the world.

Elevate Your Journey

• Work with innovation and expertise, becoming a part in multidisciplinary teams through the intricacies of water and wastewater engineering, ensuring every initiative meets its designated targets for scope, schedule, budget, and beyond
• Work with talented Project Managers in the planning and delivery of challenging and impactful projects
• Champion excellence and client satisfaction, delivering projects that not only meet but exceed expectations, all while adhering to Jacobs' stringent standards for health, safety, quality, and risk management
• Ignite growth and opportunity, leveraging your strategic insight to help our sales teams secure new contracts through project delivery and engaging presentations all founded on deep market understanding and client needs
  
  
  

We're looking for an experienced and collaborative Water/Wastewater Engineer who will support our Florida/Puerto Rico Water Market team from the Naples Region including the Lee Island and Paradise Coasts, build strategic business partnerships, and deliver high-profile projects with key municipal clients. As a key member of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on challenging projects as a Project Engineer for water and wastewater treatment projects – planning, directing, monitoring, and/or delivering all aspects of projects with high degrees of technical complexity from the concept stage through detailed design, construction services, and commissioning.   As a Water/Wastewater Engineer, you will need to understand client organizations and processes, develop and maintain consistent relationships at all organizational levels, and work to ensure that Jacobs is the consultant-of-choice for our clients.

• Become an integral part of delivery teams through all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in the contract. You will have direct access to Jacobs’ well-known, vast network of technical specialists to support your success and career advancement
• Work with Project Managers to develop the most suitable solutions for our clients most challenging issues
• Be accountable for successfully completing projects to the satisfaction of clients and key stakeholders, while simultaneously ensuring that Jacobs’ business and policy expectations are met in the areas of health and safety, quality, financial, project delivery, and risk management
• Play a role in business development activities that result in the award of new water and wastewater contracts. This typically includes client relationship development, project-specific positioning activities, teaming arrangements, proposal preparation, and oral presentations
• Contribute to the development of a Southwest Florida Market Strategy that delivers leading-edge technology solutions for our clients while also actively diversifying and expanding our client base
• Demonstrate leadership by example with integrity and candor and in support of Jacobs Culture of Caring work environment
• Mentor and support junior staff in the local and regional water group. Our Southwest Florida Water Group is growing!
  
  
  

Here's what you'll need

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Environmental or Chemical Engineering
• 5-10 years of progressively responsible experience with Water and Wastewater systems, planning, and municipal consulting
• Progressive experience working on small to large treatment projects
• Professional Engineer (PE)
• Strong understanding of industry-standard tools and metrics associated with water and wastewater, and a proven history contributing to project delivery teams to successfully meet client expectations
• Attributes that include good oral and written communication, self-motivation, team-oriented work practices, strong data analysis and technical problem-solving, and a strong organizational approach
• Adept at interpersonal relationship building, conflict resolution, and leading diverse teams
  
  
  

Ideally, Here’s What You Will Also Have

• Strong Network with Southwest Florida municipalities
• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related engineering discipline