Water Resource Planners Wide

Location:

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Jacobs invites you to join a team dedicated to solving critical challenges for resilient cities and environments. This role focuses on strategic planning across the UK and Ireland, engaging with major water utilities and regulatory bodies.

As a Water Resource Planner, you will lead multidisciplinary teams to develop long‑term strategic plans, manage project scope, budgets, and schedules, and ensure regulatory compliance and stakeholder satisfaction. You will also promote innovation and sustainability across project delivery.

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to develop strategic plans for the water sector.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, regulators, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, and risk mitigation to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure technical compliance and quality.
• Promote and drive innovation, sustainability, and continuous improvement across project delivery.
• Create and promote a collaborative team environment.

• Relevant water resources, engineering or related degree.
• Experience developing regional plans, Water Resource Management Plans, or Drought Plans.
• Familiarity with UK water sector regulation.
• Proven experience leading strategic planning projects for the UK water sector.
• Demonstrable track record delivering multi‑sector strategic planning projects.
• Knowledge of water resources, wastewater resources, or bio‑resources planning in the UK and Ireland.
• Understanding of strategic planning frameworks across water and land environments.

• Waste water planning
• Clean water resources
• Bioresources

We value safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging. Our flexible working arrangements and well‑being benefits support your personal and professional growth. We are committed to diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

As a disability‑confident employer, we interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We support flexible working requests and provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

Seniority level:
Not Applicable

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Project Management and Information Technology

Industries:
Civil Engineering, Design Services, IT Services and IT Consulting