Senior Civil Engineer, Water

About the role

Jacobs is recruiting a Senior Civil Engineer for a multi-billion-dollar Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) programme. You will lead and coordinate civil design delivery across several site-wide infrastructure and treatment facility packages, working closely with the Project Manager and multidisciplinary package leads.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate civil design delivery across multiple WRP civil packages, in close collaboration with the Project Manager and package leads.
• Manage and drive the design permitting and consultation process, coordinating submissions and responses with statutory authorities and utility agencies.
• Act as the primary client-facing site-wide design representative, managing expectations, resolving technical issues and maintaining strong working relationships.
• Lead and chair design and client coordination meetings, including preparing agendas, minutes and follow-up actions.
• Provide technical leadership for hydraulic design and modelling, including stormwater systems, process hydraulics and pressure pipelines.
• Oversee preparation and review of tender documents, design reports, drawings, technical specifications and design deliverables.
• Maintain governance of design documentation, ensuring control, review, approval and archiving in line with project requirements.
• Support construction and site teams on design matters, including review of investigations, design clarifications and constructability issues.

Required profile

• Minimum degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering; a degree from a BCA/PEB-recognised university is an added advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in large-scale civil or water infrastructure projects, including treatment plants or industrial facilities.
• Strong ability to interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience with hydraulic modelling or calculations (stormwater or pressure pipes) is advantageous.
• Excellent communication, judgement and stakeholder management skills, with a self-driven, collaborative and solution-oriented approach.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including MS Project.
• Basic navigation in AutoCAD or MicroStation.

Applicants must apply directly through Jacobs; candidates represented by a recruitment agency will not be considered. The role is onsite, with a full-time attendance at the Jacobs workplace required by the nature of the role, and offers a hybrid working policy.