Civil Design Engineers x 5 - Principal & Lead (UK )

Jacobs Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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

With major 2026 growth plans, our UK Water team have a number of newly created roles Civil Engineering professionals. In these roles you will work across multiple national client frameworks, delivering everything from strategic planning and catchment management to feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and construction and operational support, always being at the forefront of the delivery of the biggest water and supply projects in a generation, tackling the UK’s most challenging water problems; from providing end‑to‑end services alongside our construction partners within United Utilities’ AMP8 framework, to our roles innovating across the Strategic Resource Options such as the Fens and Lincs SRO reservoirs.

Responsibilities (Senior, Principal, Lead)

• Lead and deliver detailed design solutions alongside discipline integration for clean water and wastewater non‑infrastructure projects
• Support design‑and‑build delivery across multiple frameworks
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical excellence and regulatory compliance
• Conduct site inspections and assessments to verify compliance with design specifications and quality standards
• Mentor and support colleagues and peers through their professional development
• Drive innovation and sustainability in the water sector engineering

Qualifications

• Civil engineer with knowledge in and experience of detailed design and design‑and‑build execution for water and wastewater non‑infrastructure projects
• Ability to deliver civil engineering inputs to multidisciplinary projects, either at specific design stages or across full project lifecycles
• Experience in the water, wastewater engineering, effluent treatment sectors
• Working towards, or at Chartered / Incorporated Engineer status with a professional body such as the ICE or CIWEM
• Curious about emerging technologies and a strong interest in sustainability

What’s in it for You?

• Hybrid working, flexible hours and options for part‑time roles
• Up to 10% company pension contribution
• Support for professional development and memberships
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell 10 days annual leave
• Free medical cover and digital GP access
• Life and accident insurance
• Disability benefits
• Enhanced parental leave
• Fertility and family‑forming benefit provided by Carrot
• Volunteering time matching

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.