Jacobs · 7 hours ago
Senior Water Conveyance Engineer (Hydraulic Modeling)
Yakima, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$118K/yr - $207K/yr
8+ years expJacobs is a global leader in solving critical problems for thriving cities and resilient environments. They are seeking a Senior Water Conveyance Engineer to lead planning, modeling, and design development services for water, wastewater, and stormwater projects, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and mentoring junior staff.
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Responsibilities
Help lead water, wastewater, and/or stormwater planning, modeling, and design development services for a variety of related projects
Perform specialized design development and hydraulic modeling assignments for water conveyance and management systems of varied sizes, configurations, and capacities
Coordinate with other project disciplines, mentor and direct the work of early-career engineering staff, and conduct occasional field activities such as site assessment, data collection, analysis, documentation, and construction support
Serve as a technical subject matter expert, task lead, design manager, and/or in project management roles performing and leading technical tasks, quality control, and coordinating resources to support multiple, concurrent projects through all phases of planning, execution, and closeout
Contribute to client engagement and development, and professional services marketing, sales, and business development pursuits
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or other applicable Engineering disciplines
Professional Engineer (PE) license
Minimum of eight years of progressive engineering experience in water system and infrastructure related disciplines, hydraulic evaluations, and design (water resources, stormwater, drainage, drinking water, and/or wastewater, etc.), including with flow management, diversion, and conveyance, piping and open channel systems, pumping, control valves, storage, other typical system hydraulic structures and elements, and controls
Core technical hydraulic and/or hydrologic model development, calibration, and evaluation experience using at least three of the modeling software packages listed above, or similar, along with ArcGIS, in the planning and analysis of water or wastewater systems, networks, and infrastructure
Varied and progressive experience developing, planning, advancing, and delivering engineering modeling studies and associated technical reports and presentations
Familiarity and experience with typical and related system master planning approaches, technical and industry standards, regulations, and requirements
Foundational experience with MS Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and with technical writing, editing, and presentations
Demonstrated experience working and collaborating effectively within multi-disciplinary teams, both internally and with external and client partners, to accomplish complex engineering, planning, and design assignments
Attention to detail, quality, and a demonstrated ability to communicate, collaborate, and self-manage your focus and engagements to deliver effectively on project and production delivery commitments and requirements with minimal oversight
Preferred
Up to twelve or more years of engineering experience in water related disciplines
Master's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or related discipline
Design and/or project management experience
Experience with statistical data analysis and programming, such as Python Scripting for GIS and Visual Basic for Excel
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
401(k) plan
Ability to purchase company stock at a discount
Deferred compensation plan
Executive Deferral Plan
Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
Seven paid holidays
One floating holiday
Caregiver leave
Additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock
Company
Jacobs
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.1B2023-08-18Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2023-02-16Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1980-09-26IPO
Leadership Team
Bob Pragada
Chair & Chief Executive Officer at Jacobs
Paul Friedman
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