Process Engineering Lead - Waste Water

Jacobs, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, and mission‑critical outcomes. We are creating a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity to redefine water and wastewater infrastructure.

Based in our Manchester office, this newly created opportunity – Framework Process Engineering Lead – expects a high‑profile client‑facing role, shaping, developing and implementing technical excellence, influencing best practices, and delivering sustainable water solutions.

• Act as the key stakeholder for the client, Framework Manager, and Design Managers within the wider Jacobs engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership, advice and support to resolve issues across projects.
• Guide and mentor colleagues to deliver exceptional outcomes through AMP8 and beyond.
• Drive innovation by introducing new initiatives, challenging technical solutions, managing and implementing improvement.
• Lead multi‑disciplined teams delivering excellence across all phases of a project lifecycle.
• Lead and optimise process engineering delivery across the Framework programme.
• Drive innovation and identify opportunities to maximise client value.
• Foster and continuously develop partnership working relationships with our client and JV partners.

• Progressive career leading multi‑disciplinary design teams within the water sector, with an open and inclusive approach to leadership and teamwork.
• Demonstrable track record in the development, engineering and delivery of innovative complex solutions.
• Chartered Ceng/IChem.
• Able to work effectively with stakeholders across all functional disciplines, skills and areas of expertise.
• Comfortable building professional relationships while fostering an inclusive environment.
• Excellent organisational and proactive planning skills; comfortable coordinating multiple work streams and meetings.
• Innovative and technical excellence mindset – committed to continuous improvement and team development.

We value safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. Flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities are available.