Senior Bioresources Process Engineer

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

In this newly created role, you will join a growing team responsible for the design, development and delivery of sludge treatment processes, including our Jacobs Bioresources process technologies, throughout their lifecycle from strategic concept stage through feasibility, engineering, installation, acceptance testing, reliability, performance trials and asset management.

Scope & Remit

• Strategy and Innovation development.
• Environmental and economic regulation management.
• FEED – Front‑end engineering design of solids handling, municipal sewage sludge treatment digesters, pre‑treatment processes and associated equipment.
• Engineering analysis and modelling.
• Detail design.
• Asset management and planning.

What You’ll Need

We would be delighted to hear from candidates coming from bioresources, wastewater, composting, food waste, municipal solid waste, or food processing industries, with a blend of the following experience:

• Biomass processing.
• Design of digesters, pre‑treatment, or associated equipment.
• Design of solids handling processes, odour control, composting, drying, biosolids and aerobic processes, anaerobic digestion.
• Design of municipal sewage sludge treatment facilities.
• Emissions to air mitigation.
• Design of odour control and abatement systems.
• Odour/methane emissions modelling and sampling.
• Relevant academic qualifications, such as a bachelor’s degree or higher in a subject such as chemical or mechanical engineering.

Best of luck with your application!

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. 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.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you can maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities – from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering programme.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We accept people for who they are and champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace as a source of learning and innovation.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.