Senior Drinking Water Treatment Technologist (Florida)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Comprehensive benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer to join our Florida team. This role allows candidates from across Florida to contribute to water treatment planning, design, and delivery using piloting, modeling, and regulatory expertise.

You will lead technical efforts, mentor engineers, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver safe, reliable drinking water, with hybrid work options and strong career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Environmental, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive process engineering and project delivery experience in drinking water treatment.
• Experience with drinking water treatment planning, process evaluations, piloting, modeling, and detailed design.
• Demonstrated understanding of drinking water supply, master planning, and treatment processes and technologies.
• Familiarity with applicable state and federal regulatory frameworks for water treatment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings and recommendations to clients and project teams.
• Initiative and self-direction, demonstrated through project leadership, professional society involvement, or related activities.
• Current residence in Florida and ability to support projects and clients across the state.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to planning, evaluation, and design for drinking water treatment projects, from early studies through detailed design and delivery.
• Evaluate treatment technologies and alternatives based on source water conditions, treatment goals, regulatory requirements, cost, reliability, and operational needs.
• Develop process designs, calculations, models, technical memoranda, reports, and design criteria.
• Plan and support pilot testing, treatability studies, and process evaluations; interpret results and apply findings to project recommendations.
• Develop and review process flow diagrams, process and instrumentation diagrams, equipment selections, specifications, and construction documents.
• Coordinate with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and environmental professionals.
• Provide technical guidance to clients and project teams on drinking water treatment processes, supply considerations, master planning, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support project delivery during construction, startup, and commissioning by reviewing submittals, responding to technical questions, and helping resolve process-related issues.
• Build and maintain client relationships, contribute to proposals and interviews, and identify opportunities to support clients’ water programs.
• Mentor and support developing engineers and contribute to technical quality, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the team.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Self-direction

Mentoring

Regulatory understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

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

Water is life. At Jacobs, we’re redefining what’s possible in water. From advanced treatment and potable reuse to desalination, our teams deliver the resources communities and industries need to thrive. We bring a OneWater perspective to complex challenges, including emerging contaminants such as PFAS.

We’re looking for a Senior Drinking Water Treatment Engineer to join our team in Florida. This position is open to qualified candidates located anywhere in the state, with opportunities to support clients and projects across Florida and beyond.

As a senior technical leader, you’ll help plan, evaluate, design, and deliver drinking water treatment projects. You’ll apply your experience with treatment processes, piloting, modeling, and regulatory requirements to develop practical, reliable solutions for our clients. You’ll work across planning and design, as well as delivery models that may include Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, and Progressive Design-Build.

Jacobs offers a broad portfolio of local, national, and global water projects, with opportunities to grow in technical leadership, project delivery, client service, or a combination of these paths. You’ll collaborate with experienced water professionals, share knowledge across teams, and help develop the next generation of technical talent.

We support career growth through mentoring, training, conference opportunities, and personalized career planning. You’ll also be part of an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full selves to work, connect through Jacobs Employee Networks, and take advantage of flexible work options.

Join Jacobs and help deliver safe, reliable drinking water to communities across Florida and beyond.

What You’ll Do

• Lead or contribute to planning, evaluation, and design for drinking water treatment projects, from early studies through detailed design and delivery.
• Evaluate treatment technologies and alternatives based on source water conditions, treatment goals, regulatory requirements, cost, reliability, and operational needs.
• Develop process designs, calculations, models, technical memoranda, reports, and design criteria.
• Plan and support pilot testing, treatability studies, and process evaluations; interpret results and apply findings to project recommendations.
• Develop and review process flow diagrams, process and instrumentation diagrams, equipment selections, specifications, and construction documents.
• Coordinate with project managers and multidisciplinary teams, including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, and environmental professionals.
• Provide technical guidance to clients and project teams on drinking water treatment processes, supply considerations, master planning, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Support project delivery during construction, startup, and commissioning by reviewing submittals, responding to technical questions, and helping resolve process-related issues.
• Build and maintain client relationships, contribute to proposals and interviews, and identify opportunities to support clients’ water programs.
• Mentor and support developing engineers and contribute to technical quality, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across the team.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; Environmental, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 10 or more years of progressive process engineering and project delivery experience in drinking water treatment.
• Experience with drinking water treatment planning, process evaluations, piloting, modeling, and detailed design.
• Demonstrated understanding of drinking water supply, master planning, and treatment processes and technologies.
• Familiarity with applicable state and federal regulatory frameworks for water treatment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings and recommendations to clients and project teams.
• Initiative and self-direction, demonstrated through project leadership, professional society involvement, or related activities.
• Current residence in Florida and ability to support projects and clients across the state.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree or other graduate degree in Engineering; Environmental, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer license in Florida, or the ability to obtain Florida licensure through reciprocity.
• Established relationships with Florida municipalities, utilities, or other water and wastewater clients.
• Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical work, or supporting business development.

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 a 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 $150,500.00 to $195,000.00. 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 May 08, 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.