Engineering Hydrogeologist Uk Wide

Engineering Hydrogeologist Uk Wide

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.

Playing a key part in our Water Catchment Management & Maritime capability team in the UK, you will be involved in the technical delivery of a wide scope of Geological and Hydro Geological Projects. As part of a project focused multi-disciplined team you will also provide functional expertise to water resource management and environmental impact assessments.

In this newly created role your remit will include:

• Supporting excavation dewatering projects, tunnelling projects and assessments for large scale infrastructure projects
• Scoping, supervising and interpretation of ground investigations to support engineering design
• Producing and interpreting groundwater reports to support underground structures design, groundwater management and hydro-geomechanical behaviour assessment
• Working in collaborative multidisciplinary teams
• Promoting the consideration of engineering hydrogeology to foster innovative project solutions
• Liaison with contractors, laboratories and regulators

We would be delighted to hear from candidates with a blend of the following:

• Honors degree in earth sciences, or equivalent
• Chartered with the ICE or Geological Society (or similar)
• Demonstratable track record of technical delivery of engineering hydrogeology projects
• Experience of groundwater site characterisation, site investigation supervision and quantitative groundwater assessments
• Exposure to supervising in situ testing including variable head tests, packer tests, pumping tests etc.
• Experience in specifying and supervising the installation of groundwater monitoring instrumentation
• A sound knowledge of numerical modelling (such as SEEP/W and/or Groundwater Vistas and/or other similar software)

The role will require you to work away from your base office from time to time.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.