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Senior Civil Engineer (Water/Wastewater)

Jacobs

Location

Gainesville, FL

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/18/2026

Compensation

$125,000 - $165,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.3% approval+57% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

The Senior Civil Engineer (Water/Wastewater) role at Jacobs focuses on leading the planning, design, and delivery of water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects. Based in Gainesville, Florida, this position supports the Southeast geography and involves collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The engineer will serve as a technical leader and primary point of contact for clients, ensuring the successful execution of projects. This role emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and professional growth within a supportive environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license required; Florida PE license preferred or the ability to obtain Florida licensure through comity.
  • 10+ years of progressively responsible civil engineering experience, with significant experience in water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary projects from planning and design through bidding and construction.
  • Strong knowledge of civil engineering principles, design standards, permitting requirements, and industry practices related to water and wastewater infrastructure.
  • Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, client expectations, and technical deliverables.
  • Strong technical writing, presentation, communication, and client relationship skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop project team members.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
  • Proficiency with Autodesk or Bentley design platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, design, and delivery of water, wastewater, and municipal infrastructure projects.
  • Serve as Project Manager or Technical Lead on projects involving water distribution and transmission systems, wastewater collection systems, and related infrastructure.
  • Develop and oversee engineering reports, technical memoranda, design calculations, plans, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and construction documents.
  • Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and oversight to engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and other project team members.
  • Manage project scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, and quality in coordination with Project Managers and firm leadership.
  • Coordinate with clients, regulatory agencies, contractors, subconsultants, and multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Review survey data, geotechnical information, basemaps, existing utility records, and other project information to support sound design decisions.
  • Lead civil design efforts, including utility layouts, grading, drainage, erosion and sediment control, site development, and constructability considerations.
  • Conduct quality-control and quality-assurance reviews of technical work and project deliverables.
  • Support permitting, bidding, and construction-phase services, including responding to requests for information and reviewing submittals.

Benefits

  • Employees at Jacobs are often offered benefits designed around physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing, including health and safety programs, mental health support, retirement and financial planning resources, flexible time off and initiatives that support a strong culture of caring.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

55

FY2026

Approval rate

98.3%

FY2026

LCA certified

32

FY2026

Entry-level share

18.8%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+57%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-80%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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