Associate Director for Leakage

Job description

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.

About the Opportunity:

Our Water Networks team p rovides specialist consultancy services to regulated water utilities . We work collaboratively with our clients to help them achi eve successful outcomes for their customers and key stakeholders. As part of their strategy to meet the growing demand for water, w ater companies in England and Wales have set themselves a goal to half he level of leakage from their networks by 2050.

We have an exciting new opportunity to support the investigation, analysis and understanding of water demand and leakage. We are looking for experienced leakage practitioners who would be able to join our multidisciplinary team, working on a variety of projects.

This work would include supporting clients with ;

• Leakage targeting, planning and campaign management across all areas of the distribution network (District Metered Areas (DMA), Trunk Mains)
• Pressure management scheme design and optimisation
• Analysis and investigation of DMA water balance components
• D evelop ment of demand management and leakage reduction strategies
• Development of innovative leakage analysis tools and optimised strategies for leakage reduction
• A nalytical modelling of water network data to support wider water and wastewater network studies
• Provid ing independent audit and assurance support for r egulatory r eporting of leakage and per capita consumption in line with Ofwat guidance and industry best practice.

If you believe you have experience in one or more of the above areas we would be interested to speak with you.

Jacobs deliver a wide range of technical consultancy projects for clients and this technical excellence underpins our approach to regulatory assurance . Jacobs is one of largest provider s of technical assurance to the UK water sector. A s a key member of the W ater N etwork s team there would be an opportunity for you to support our audit and assurance services to clients , providing constructive challenge to water companies' supporting regulatory submissions including business plan s, water resources management plans , annual performance commitments and any other regulatory data requests .

Our wider Water business delivers design, project management and asset management consultancy services to a wide range of clients in the Water sector. From feasibility studies and planning, to design, construction management and operations and maintenance, we bring together the talent and expertise necessary to deliver success, and we are proud of our extensive portfolio. Our workload is very diverse , and we have teams based in a range of locations across the U K.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Academic or industry derived qualification relating to engineering, science, geography or related discipline
• Experience of working in a leakage practitioner role within the water industry - within either a regulated company or consultancy capacity
• Experience in data analysis relating to leakage components for the water balance and per capita consumption
• Experience, and understanding of reporting and performance measures associated with leakage
• Motivated, enthusiastic and a self-starter with high level of personal accountability
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to build strong relationships on the basis of mutual trust and respect
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and report writing skills

Why Jacobs?

We clear the way for inventive thinking so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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