Drinking Water & Reuse Professional Engineer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Naples (FL); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Unlimited PPTO

Seven holidays

Caregiver leave

Health insurance

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Naples, FL is seeking a Drinking Water & Reuse Professional Engineer to lead evaluation, design, commissioning, and troubleshooting of water treatment facilities for municipal and industrial clients.

You will collaborate with global tech leaders, mentor younger engineers, and contribute to business development while delivering innovative solutions using Jacobs digital tools.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering.
• PE Licensure required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in water treatment and process engineering.
• Understanding of drinking water supply, reuse, and treatment technologies.
• Self-motivated with professional society involvement.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, optimize, design, commission, and troubleshoot water treatment facilities.
• Collaborate with local and global technology leaders on solutions for clients.
• Lead projects and mentor younger engineers while pursuing new business opportunities.
• Present work to industry peers and contribute to industry publications and conferences.

Skills

Professional Engineer (PE) licensure

10+ years of experience

Understanding of drinking water supply

Self-motivated, initiator

Education

Master’s Degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering

Job description

Drinking Water & Reuse Professional Engineer

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.

Your impact

Accelerate your career with Jacobs, a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. If you are looking for an opportunity to solve complex challenges and do meaningful work, then you should join our Naples, FL team as a Drinking Water & Reuse Professional Engineer!

As a valued Jacobs technologist, you will work across multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful evaluation, optimization, design, commissioning, and full-scale operational troubleshooting of water treatment facilities to help clients implement solutions that best meet their specific growth, regulatory, rehabilitation, and reliability needs. You will collaborate with our local and global technology leaders to produce innovative solutions for a variety of municipal and industrial clients that are sustainable and resilient while utilizing world-class Jacobs digital tools.

You will help drive the evaluation and ultimate incorporation of emerging technologies into our work while implementing Jacob's best practices developed over the past 40 years serving the drinking water industry. You will have the opportunity to work on award-winning projects within Florida, and, ultimately globally, that use conventional and advanced treatment processes to treat conventional and alternative water supplies, as well as effectively remove emerging contaminants.

You will present your work to industry peers in industry magazines and at professional conferences. We’ll rely on you to support business development efforts and help in the pursuit of new projects, as well as work directly with clients on the projects and tasks that you are leading. Collaborate with our senior technologists who are experts in the industry, with the expectation that you will participate in team building and mentoring of younger engineers. Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed.

Here's what you'll need

• Master’s Degree in Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) Licensure
• 10+ years of progressive professional experience in relevant water treatment and process engineering
• Demonstrated understanding of drinking water supply, reuse, master planning, and treatment processes and technologies
• Self-motivated, initiator; demonstrated through professional society involvements or related activities

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with membrane treatment technologies, including membrane filtration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis
• Project management experience and certification
• Direct or indirect potable reuse project experience

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $135,000.00 to $165,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on January 15, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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.