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Jacobs Water Civil Engineer in Dublin, Ireland
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
Here in Ireland, with offices in Dublin, Cork and Belfast, our growing Water & Environment team boasts an extensive portfolio working on high profile, challenging projects, providing multidisciplinary solutions to water, wastewater, environment, flood management and energy clients both here and in the UK. From feasibility studies and planning, to design, construction management and operations and maintenance, we bring together the talent and expertise necessary to deliver success.
We currently have opportunities for a Water Civil Engineer with water/wastewater engineering experience to join our Water & Environment team. The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.
Successful individuals will be responsible for the delivery of engineering design elements and projects on water and wastewater projects at various stages in the project life cycle ensuring technical excellence and best practice to specification. They will be required to work with and lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects within agreed timeframes and budgets and to exceed our clients’ expectations. As a senior member of our team, successful individuals will also be required to provide leadership across our team both from a technical and managerial perspective ensuring effective team development and performance.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
Minimum of an accredited Honours Civil Engineering Degree (NFQ Level 8).
Working towards Chartership.
Experience in the water or wastewater engineering industry.
Proven ability to work as part of a team, liaising directly with client and other project team members.
Excellent communication skills, including written work.
Experience of budget management, financial performance and familiar with current industry best practice and a working knowledge of contract types and procurement options.
Experience of leading, or be able to demonstrate potential to do so, a successful team of engineers.
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, 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 wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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