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Senior Engineer - Drainage

Jacobs

The Role

Overview

Senior engineer designing highway, rail, and urban drainage systems

Key Responsibilities

  • design analysis
  • hydraulic design
  • drainage design
  • design review
  • clash detection
  • client coordination

Tasks

-To analyze technical design problems and offer innovative ideas to improve solutions and processes. -Application of hydraulics and hydrology, to required design standards, local authority regulations and Health and safety requirements from conceptual stages through all phases of pre- and post-contract activities -Contribute to the bidding process, fee estimates, resource forecasts, and defining project scopes. -Responsible for designing all aspects of Drainage design for Highways, Rail and Urban development projects. Any exposure to Aviation Drainage is an added advantage. -Training and mentoring of junior staff. -Contribute to all reviews for due diligence in regular team meetings, ECI (Early Contractor Involvement), Interdisciplinary clash detection and design workshops at every stage of design -To communicate with Lead office counterparts /Client office as necessary and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams on project delivery -Technical responsibility to check the work of junior team members.

Requirements

  • civil eng
  • autocad
  • microstation
  • projectwise
  • aashto
  • 7-12 yrs

What You Bring

-Bachelor’s / master’s degree in civil engineering / Hydraulics / Water Resource Engineering -Proficiency in highway and drainage proprietary design software such as Microdrainage, Sewergems, C3D, ORD, 12D, AutoCAD and/or MicroStation. Working knowledge of common data environment such as ProjectWise or BIM360 -Experience and understanding of relevant international Standards/Codes like DMRB, ASHGHAL, AASHTO, etc. -7 to 12 years of extensive and demonstrated experience in technical designs for Highway/ Rail/Urban drainage schemes and Global delivery model

The Company

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.

Sector Specialisms

Advanced Manufacturing

Cities & Places

Energy

Environmental

National Security & Defense

Life Sciences

Transportation

Water

Cybersecurity and Operational Technology