Senior Drinking Water Treatment Technologist

Jacobs; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

PPTO

Health insurance

Holidays

Job summary

Jacobs in Denver is seeking senior-level drinking water leaders to drive innovation across planning, design, and delivery for critical water projects.

You will engage with a global team, grow into leadership or technical client-focused roles, and benefit from mentoring, training, and a hybrid work policy that supports collaboration and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical preferred).
• Minimum 8 years of progressive process engineering and project delivery in drinking water treatment.
• Proven experience on drinking water projects.
• Understanding of drinking water supply, master planning, and treatment processes.
• Familiarity with State and Federal regulatory frameworks related to water treatment.
• Self-motivated and engaged through professional society involvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead drinking water projects from planning through delivery (Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build).
• Grow into leadership, technical, or client-focused roles within a robust backlog.
• Collaborate with global water innovation leaders to apply best practices.

Skills

8+ years experience

Water treatment

Process engineering

Project delivery

Regulatory familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering license

Job description

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

Want to change the world? Challenge Accepted! Join Jacobs - Shape the Future of Water and make a lasting impact with us.

Water is Life. At Jacobs, we're redefining what's possible in water.

From advanced treatment to potable reuse and desalination, we deliver the critical resources communities and industries need to thrive. At Jacobs, we take a triple-bottom-line focus and a OneWater mentality to tackle emerging contaminants of concern, including PFAS.

We are the ENR-ranked #1 across multiple categories and recipient of the Stockholm Industry Water Award for leadership in potable reuse and public acceptance. With over 9,000 water professionals worldwide, we're expanding and seeking senior-level drinking water leaders. Help us drive innovation, deliver impactful projects, and shape the future of water.

Choose Your Path

As a seasoned water professional, you have options. At Jacobs, you'll lead transformative projects- large and small- across planning, design, and delivery (Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, and Design-Bid-Build). With a robust local and global backlog, you'll have the flexibility to grow into leadership, technical excellence, or client-focused roles-your path, your choice.

Grow Your Career

We invest in your success. With formal mentoring, dedicated training and conference budgets, and personalized career planning, you'll thrive in a culture that values both technical mastery and project leadership, inclusive of subject matter experts—many based right here in the Northwest.

Our Denver office is home to some of the industry's top talent. You'll work side by side with global leaders in water innovation, gaining exposure to cutting-edge technologies and best practices that keep you at the forefront of the field.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical preferred)
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive process engineering and project delivery experience in drinking water treatment, including process planning, evaluations, piloting, modeling, and detailed design
• Proven experience working on drinking water treatment projects
• Demonstrated understanding of drinking water supply, master planning, and/or treatment processes and technologies
• Familiarity with State and Federal government regulatory frameworks related to water treatment
• Self-motivated, initiator; demonstrated through professional society involvements or related activities

Ideally, you'll also have

• Master’s or other graduate degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical preferred)
• Professional Engineering license
• A strong network with local municipalities or other water/wastewater clients

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 $110,600.00 to $172,850.00. 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 September 25, 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.

Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.