Jacobs Looking for Expression of Interest – Be part of Aotearoa’s Water Future at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Your Impact

Expression of Interest – Be part of Aotearoa’s Water Future

He waka eke noa (we are all in the waka together)

About The Job

Your Impact

All living things depend on water, it is a key building block that supports all life. Water issues are becoming increasingly prominent as we struggle with disparity between water availability and demands, water pollution, and competition for limited water resources. At Jacobs, we recognise these challenges, and our engineers, scientists, and planners are working together with clients to find the right solutions to their water challenges.

A career at Jacobs provides you with the opportunity to make a positive impact and deliver solutions that bring value to our communities and society as a whole. With a huge and growing focus on digital solutions and delivery. Our water business provides the full spectrum of consulting services from advisory and engineering through to operations and asset management. 

With a workforce of 60,000 operating across much of the globe, we leverage our Solutions and Technology framework for the technical development of our staff and to bring globally innovative ideas to solve our client’s challenges. 

On top of the exposure to challenging projects and career development opportunities, we offer competitive remuneration packages and multiple staff benefits such as additional paid parental and partner leave (with no minimum service requirement), purchase leave, holiday swaps, and mental health & wellbeing programs, to name a few.

Here at Jacobs we understand that everyone’s situation is unique, and we value diversity, we are committed to supporting our staff’s work-life balance, and offer a plethora of flexible working practices such as flexible start/end times, job share arrangements, working from home, and part-time arrangements. 

About The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established thriving business with a strong pipeline of projects. Jacobs has secured multiple major infrastructure projects and multi-year contracts with leading public and private clients.

The current opportunities are based in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. You will, however, be joining a truly connected ANZ Water Solutions business who provide the full suite of consulting services.

We are working on projects across Aotearoa and supporting projects in Australia, the Pacific and worldwide. It’s an exciting time to join the Jacobs team to help us deliver transformative projects including

• Master Planning and design of water, wastewater and stormwater networks and treatment infrastructure.
• River, wetland and stream restoration and culvert daylighting
• Design of wetlands and nature-based solutions to water challenges
• Climate plans and projects to support communities on their resilience and adaptation journeys including blue carbon and other carbon sequestration opportunities
• Flood risk modelling, mapping and mitigation options associated with urban, riverine and coastal areas
• Adaptative pathways planning, working collaboratively with our communities to develop options to build resilience, facilitating discussion on triggers for change and identifying funding mechanisms and policy change to support these adaptation opportunities

Here’s What You’ll Need

Here’s What You’ll Need

Our strong pipeline means that we are currently seeking candidates across a range of roles at a variety of levels. Successful candidates will have

• An inclusive mindset and enjoy collaborating across geographies as part of diverse teams.
• Recognised relevant tertiary qualifications in Engineering such as Civil, Mechanical, Process, Structural, Electrical and/or Digital Delivery.
• A proactive approach to problem solving
• Good communication skills
• A passion for the water industry
• Experience in an area or a number of areas across the water asset lifecycle from strategic planning, business cases, engineering design, operations and maintenance, and asset management.

Our Culture

From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions – we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be yourself. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share! By supporting one another, we all succeed. 

 

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. 

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, 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 wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s Network – find out more about our employee networks here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews and Maori and Pacific Islander candidates are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel. Please let your recruiter know in your application.

While the above skills are an immediate need, we are always interested in hearing from prospective applicants so if you work in the water sector and would like to join our Jacobs Water team, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist, Clare Kitching ([email protected]). We understand that pursuing a new opportunity is a big move so why not simply register to start a discussion and see where it goes?

Job Reference ID ANZ000589