Water Resources & Resilience Engineer Professional Associate

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Stock purchase plan

PPTO

7 holidays

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Houston, TX seeks a Water Resources & Resilience Engineer Professional Associate to lead testing, construction management, and resilience planning for large-scale drinking water projects.

Candidates should have a Civil Engineering degree and a PE license, plus extensive experience with project controls, scheduling, and design of water facilities. You will analyze climate risks, use GIS and Primavera P6, coordinate with agencies, and explore funding opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• PE license required or ability to obtain soon.
• 5+ years of experience in water resources or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop testing plans and lead testing for drinking water equipment.
• Act as construction manager overseeing vendors and contractors.
• Use Primavera P6 to analyze claims and schedule impacts.
• Assess resilience of assets against extreme weather and climate risks.
• Collaborate with federal and non-federal agencies on impact assessments.
• Identify vulnerabilities with GIS tools and develop mitigation plans.
• Explore funding opportunities such as grants and loans.

Skills

AutoCAD

InfoWorks

Primavera P6

MS Project

Procore

Revit/Navisworks

ArcGIS

Construction management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

AutoCAD

InfoWorks

Primavera P6

MS Project

Procore

Revit/Navisworks

ArcGIS

Job description

Water Resources & Resilience Engineer Professional Associate

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

CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc is seeking a Water Resources & Resilience Engineer Professional Associate to work in Houston, TX and various unanticipated worksites in the US.

Responsibilities:

Develop equipment and sub-systems testing plan and lead testing activities for various mission critical drinking water facility equipment/systems by coordinating with owner, engineers, vendors, and contractors. Act as a construction manager, managing vendors and contractors to ensure work is being completed per specifications and standard on large scale water projects in the Houston area. Utilizing primavera P6 to analyze claims from the perspective of merit, cost and time impact and providing recommendations for acceptance/rejection based on various combinations of technical and non-technical factors. Analyzing robustness and resilience of the client’s various on-site assets in terms of extreme weather events and providing cost-effective recommendations for the same, to ensure future operational continuity. Work with various agencies, both federal and non-federal to conduct climate change impact assessments including sea level rise on infrastructure assets. Utilizing various internal and external tools including GIS tools, along with NOAA and FEMA developed ones to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities for a wide range of future climate scenarios. Utilizing the assessed vulnerabilities to develop planning and design level solutions which mitigate risk and increase the resilience of infrastructure assets to climate change. Researching and recommending various funding opportunities available like grants and low interest loans to help clients fund their climate resilient projects. Serving as the assistant project manager for various water projects of different complexity levels in the Houston area. As a planning engineer, collaborate with clients and various stakeholders within the Houston area to develop integrated water management plans for clients. This involves assessing the drinking water, waste/storm water systems along with identifying operational and data inefficiencies within the clients planning, design, construction, and operations units. These assessments will be utilized to recommend a resilient and holistic long term water management plan which integrates best practices and digital tools, both internal to Jacobs (intelligent O&M, dragonfly, argon et al.) as well as external to safeguard the water security of the client and surrounding areas.

Hybrid schedule is allowed.

TRAVEL: Up to 10% domestic travel to visit project sites.

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Here's what you'll need

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Civil Engineering or a related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or related Water Resources occupation.

SPECIFIC SKILLS:

Expertise/ knowledge of: Analyzing drinking water plant assets from the perspective of extreme flooding and cold events and recommending measures to ensure they remain sufficiently protected from similar future events. Drinking water treatment plant and technical design experience in drinking water facilities especially for filtration. Construction management skills ranging across the entire lifecycle of a construction project- Preconstruction, estimating, scheduling, change management and closeout. Project management principles including client and sub-contractor management, project controls, staff planning, change management to water and resilience projects of various size and complexity. This includes experience in alternate delivery as well. SW Skills: CAD tools like AutoCAD; Info Works; Primavera P6; Project planning software like MS Project; Construction management software like Procore; Building Information Modeling tools like Autodesk Revit/ Navisworks; GIS tools like ArcGIS.

Must have Professional Engineer License.

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 $131,082.00 to $142,775.00. 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 30, 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 .