Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer - Hybrid (Florida)

Jacobs; Gainesville (FL); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs in Florida is seeking a Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer to lead planning, design, and delivery of drinking water projects across the state. Open to candidates statewide with opportunities to support clients.

You will apply treatment processes, piloting, modeling, and regulatory requirements to develop practical solutions. The role includes coordination across disciplines and involvement in design-build-style delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required; environmental, civil, or mechanical focus preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive process engineering and project delivery in drinking water.
• Experience with planning, piloting, modeling, and detailed design for water treatment.
• Understanding of drinking water supply, master planning, and treatment processes and technologies.
• Familiarity with state and federal regulatory requirements for water treatment.
• Strong written and verbal communication to explain findings to clients and teams.
• Demonstrated initiative through project leadership or related activities.
• Current residence in Florida and ability to support statewide projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to planning, evaluation, and design for drinking water projects from early studies through detailed design.
• Evaluate treatment technologies based on source water, goals, regulations, cost, reliability and operations.
• Develop process designs, calculations, models, reports, and design criteria.
• Plan and support pilot testing, treatability studies, and apply results to recommendations.
• Develop and review process flow diagrams and equipment specs.
• Coordinate with project managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide technical guidance on drinking water treatment and regulatory considerations.
• Support delivery during construction, startup and commissioning.
• Build client relationships and contribute to proposals and interviews.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing.

Skills

Drinking water planning

Piloting & modeling

Process engineering leadership

Regulatory knowledge (water)

Communication skills

Initiative & self-direction

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Jacobs in Florida is seeking a Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer to lead planning, design, and delivery of drinking water projects across the state. Open to candidates statewide with opportunities to support clients.

You will apply treatment processes, piloting, modeling, and regulatory requirements to develop practical solutions. The role includes coordination across disciplines and involvement in design-build-style delivery.