If you’re interested in a rewarding career working with a global leader and with the industry’s best and most innovative professionals, then Jacobs is where you belong. Our teams commonly engage at the forefront of large, complex projects to help navigate the competing challenges of reliable water supply and protection of natural resources.

As a Water Resources Engineer associated with our Boise, ID office, you’ll work with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver planning, design, and implementation phases of projects completed for municipal, private, state, Tribal, irrigation district, and Federal clients. Working with other members of our local and regional team, you’ll contribute to a variety of water resources, environmental, transportation, and site civil projects and programs and you'll collaborate on studies, designs, and field assignments for hydraulic/hydrologic modeling, fish passage, stream restoration, stormwater management, drainage, hydropower, and water conveyance and storage.

At Jacobs, you will also have the opportunity to explore and grow professionally across all aspects of the business based on your interests. You can engage with our Market Solutions group to develop innovative solutions with our Sales Team to build client relationships and identify project opportunities, and/or develop management skills. Join us and we will support you career development and help you explore all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Biological and Agricultural, or related engineering discipline.

• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate or ability to obtain within 6 months.

• Minimum five years of professional experience in water resources engineering and related roles.

• Experience with open channel and/or closed conduit hydraulics.

• Dependable and capable of meeting assigned project deadlines with minimal oversight.

• Able to understand, edit, and coordinate project planning reports, design specifications, and drawings.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Master’s degree in a discipline listed above.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 6 months.

• Six to ten years of experience working in engineering roles.

• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.

• Engineering experience including the planning, design, and construction phases of projects.

• Experience with 1D and 2D hydraulic modeling software (e.g., HEC-RAS, SRH-2D, HEC-RAS 2D).

• Experience with other analysis and design software packages (e.g., Bentley FlowMaster, FHWA’s Hydraulic Toolbox, HY-8, Microstation, InRoads, AutoCAD Civil3D, ArcMap).

• Experience with RiverWare river and reservoir modeling.

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.