Principal Engineering Hydrogeologist

To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations we currently have an opportunity for a Principal Engineering Hydrogeologist within our Tunnels and Ground Engineering team in the UK. The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities. Responsibilities will include:

• Providing specialist engineering hydrogeological support to excavation dewatering projects, tunnelling projects and assessments for large scale infrastructure projects;
• Providing specialist hydrogeological support to the scoping, supervising and interpretation of ground investigations to support engineering design;
• Report writing, specifically for the interpretation of groundwater to support underground structures design, groundwater management and hydro-geomechanical behaviour assessment;
• Working in collaborative multidisciplinary teams;
• Leading staff, checking work and reviewing reports;
• Promoting consideration of engineering hydrogeology to foster innovative project solutions;
• Liaison with contractors, laboratories and regulators.
  
  In addition to these key responsibilities, proven ability working in wider hydrogeological projects would be beneficial, including karst assessment identification, impact assessment on environmental aspects and contaminated groundwater assessments.
Here's what you'll need
• A good honours degree in earth sciences, or equivalent
• A master's degree or doctorate in hydrogeology, or equivalent professional experience
• Chartered with the ICE or Geological Society (or similar)
• RoGEP Specialist or Advisor
• Demonstratable track record (minimum 10 years' experience) of technical delivery of engineering hydrogeology projects with experience of dewatering for structures, groundwater control for tunnelling projects and hydrogeological assessments for large scale infrastructure projects
• Extensive experience of groundwater site characterisation, site investigation supervision and quantitative groundwater assessments
• In situ hydrogeological testing - specifying and supervising in situ testing including but not limited to variable head tests, packer tests, pumping tests etc.
• Long term groundwater monitoring - specifying and supervising the installation of groundwater monitoring instrumentation.
• Laboratory testing - specifying/scheduling hydrogeology, hydrochemistry (including dating) laboratory testing.
• Interpretation of in situ testing, monitoring data, and field and laboratory testing specifically understanding the limitations of the testing itself and uncertainties associated upscaling to construction scales.
• Experience in using/supervising numerical modelling (such as SEEP/W and/or Groundwater Vistas and/or other similar software)
• Groundwater management for near surface construction including but not limited to specifying, supervising and reporting on dewatering and settlement control schemes.
• Excellent literacy, communication, analytical and numeracy skills
• The ability to work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team, as well as being willing to work individually.
• You will need to be a team player willing to work away from your base office, with a high level of personal responsibility and adaptable and flexible approach to different project requirements.
• Full clean driving licence
Desirable:
• Rounded knowledge and practice of all fields of hydrogeology
• GIS and digital skills
  
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Engineering Office Setup Hybrid Job ID #17319 Market Water 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 At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.