Local recruitment: Expression of Interest – Calling all Water Engineers in Wellington

Jacobs

New Zealand 🇳🇿

  • Location: Wellington, All NZ Regions, New Zealand
  • Capabilities: Civil and Structural
  • Office Setup: Hybrid
  • Job ID: #21037

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

The Jacobs Water Infrastructure team has upcoming exciting opportunities to join a well-established and thriving national team with a strong pipeline of projects. You will be joining a truly connected ANZ Water Solutions business who provide the full suite of consulting services from advisory and engineering through to operations and asset management.  

Our Water Infrastructure team is a centre of excellence for resilient design on infrastructure projects of all scales across Aotearoa, Australia and beyond.  Our team works seamlessly across multiple geographies embracing Jacobs culture of flexibility and global teaming. 

Opportunities

Jacobs are currently looking for Engineers of all levels and disciplines to help grow our team in the Wellington region

By joining us, you will deliver engineering consulting services to support valued clients of ours which will encompass projects including infrastructure upgrades across all disciplines, including civil, hydraulic, geotechnical, electrical, mechanical and asset management.   

We are looking for people with experience in the Water consulting space such as: 

  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Process Engineers 
  • Drafters/Designers
  • Design Managers
  • Project Managers

Some key skills that are easily transferred into Water are; experience in design consulting, experience with hydraulic modelling, microstation, AutoCAD Plant3D. 

Here’s what you’ll need

  • A tertiary qualification in engineering 
  • Strong technical knowledge and experience in Water Infrastructure engineering designs
  • Experience with procurement planning, construction sequencing and project programme reporting. 
  • Actively engaging in and developing a safety culture within the office and fieldwork. 
  • Ability to build constructive, appropriate and balanced relationships with counterparts and colleagues
  • Ability to plan, design, read, interpret and supervise complex engineering projects and assignments. 

Desirable  

  • Chartered Professional Engineer or equivalent.
  • Engineers with experience within the Wellington Region
  • Engineers within and/or willing to relocate to the Wellington Region

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. We acknowledge the unique status of Māori as the indigenous people of Aotearoa and have a continued focus in building cultural understanding and competence in Te Ao Māori. 

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 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. Māori and Pasifika peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Māori and Pasifika people are invited to nominate a Whanau, family or cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application.

If you require support or reasonable adjustments with regards to our recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.


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IHE Delft - MSc in Water and Sustainable Development