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Our Water group has an exciting opportunity to join an inclusive, vibrant, and growing dams team. Our team works seamlessly across multiple geographies, embracing Jacobs culture of flexibility and global teaming.

We are currently looking for Dams Engineers of all levels to help us deliver our current pipeline of work and grow our future pipeline, through a range of dam safety projects with water authorities, local and state government, and mining clients.

In particular, we are working in partnership with Sunwater to support their Dam Safety Team to manage their ALARP program across their portfolio of 20 referable dams, focused on maintaining a safe, secure water supply for the region. We are looking for people who understand dam safety and the challenges facing dam owners and can work productively in a team to assess project requirements, undertake inspections, and advance projects through planning, design and construction phases.

You will be a dams engineer with a strong background in structural engineering of dams and ancillary structures including concrete gravity, and concrete buttress structures, with experience in concrete faced rockfill and arch dams desirable. You will have an in depth understanding of design and safety elements, and the application of design analyses in risk assessment. You will be familiar with ANCOLD requirements,



and dam safety legislation across all Australian jurisdictions. Familiarity with New Zealand and overseas dam standards is also favourable.

You may also have structural expertise that is transferable to support our waterway engineering and water infrastructure teams to balance and provide diversity in workload. You will be a Chartered Engineer or working towards Chartership. Existing RPEQ/RPEV is an added benefit.

You will be a strong mentor who values training and growing junior talent as a part of a multidisciplinary dams team. You will also be comfortable in client‑facing roles, managing inputs from a range of technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Ideally you will be based in Brisbane, but Jacobs is open to any Australian capital city location.

Here’s what you’ll need

- A tertiary qualification in engineering
- Solid technical knowledge and experience in dams engineering
- Experience with dam safety management, inspections, and risk assessment
- Ability to manage client relationships in a positive and proactive manner
- Ability to (and passion for) mentoring and training engineers
- Ability to build constructive, appropriate and balanced relationships with counterparts and colleagues to form a strong multi‑disciplinary team

Desirable





- Membership of Engineers Australia or equivalent
- Chartered Professional Engineer or equivalent
- Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and/or Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV)

Benefits and Growth

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well‑being benefits to opportunities to explore new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. Our employee benefits support all employees throughout every stage of life, including paid parental leave, financial assistance for fertility and IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and menopause and low‑T treatment. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Employee Networks, Communities of Practice, and Find Your Community initiatives.

Cultural Support

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application.

Your application experience is significant 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, please contact the team via Careers Support.

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📌 Senior Dams Engineer (Structural) (Brisbane City)
🏢 Jacobs
📍 Brisbane City