Principal Process Engineer - Water and Wastewater

Overview

Lead design & optimization of water/wastewater projects, mentor engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• technical expertise
• project delivery
• process design
• technical leadership
• client interaction
• global collaboration

Tasks

-Represent Jacobs technical expertise with clients and at industry forums -Work on projects across New Zealand and Australia -Manage and deliver both large, complex projects and diverse smaller initiatives for industrial, central government, and local government clients -Work closely with our NZ Water leadership team to develop and navigate the direction of the team -Lead process design and optimisation for complex water and wastewater treatment projects -Provide technical leadership and specialist input into multidisciplinary engineering teams -Connect with our global experts and communities of practice

Requirements

• leadership
• delivery management
• chemical engineer
• process engineer
• 15+ years
• water treatment

What You Bring

-Excel at leading technical teams with diverse skills and experience -Bring significant technical delivery management experience with diverse client types -Qualified Chemical/Process Engineer with professional recognition -Possess 15+ years of progressive experience in water and wastewater treatment engineering

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About Jacobs

-Headquartered in Dallas, it has evolved into a global powerhouse delivering consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery services. -Its portfolio spans transformative projects—clean water systems, data centers, rail expansions, offshore wind roadmaps, and wastewater plants. -Specialising in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, national security & defense, life sciences, transportation and water sectors. -Jacobs has reshaped itself via key moves—spinning off government services, acquiring CH2M in 2017, and exiting traditional oil & gas units. -Projects often tackle high-stakes, complex challenges: wastewater treatment in Vancouver, LIRR station upgrades, and AI data centres in Portugal. -Unusually, the firm shifted its HQ from California to Dallas in 2016 to align with its expanding national and global reach.

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