Environmental Scientist/Consultant - Water

Jacobs
Jacobs

Glasgow, UK

Posted on Jun 18, 2026
Market
Water

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

To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations, a number of new opportunities have been created.

As an experienced Water Environment Consultant, you will join our Water Catchment Management team in Scotland. You will become part of a highly respected, ambitious and collaborative team. This is your opportunity to work on, lead and deliver a portfolio of industry leading solutions to some of the most significant high profile infrastructure projects in the UK - where your expertise will have a real influence and impact on project outcomes.

You’ll take on a role where you’re trusted to lead, encouraged to innovate, and supported to grow—within a business known for technical excellence and clear career progression opportunities.

As a key member of the team, you will take a leading role in the delivery of water environment inputs, across a diverse range of industries, including, including road, energy, water utilities, and flood management schemes.

Combining technical leadership with collaboration, quality assurance and mentoring, helping to shape both projects and people, your remit will include:

  • Coordinate and review Water Environment chapters for EIARs, ensuring technical accuracy and regulatory compliance
  • Be recognized as the technical lead on water environment topics such as water quality, hydromorphology and flood risk for major infrastructure projects
  • Ensure all environmental deliverables of projects are maintained to a consistently high standard, on time and to budget.
  • Collaborate with engineering and esign disciplines to maintain the overall integrity of infrastructure designs.
  • Support colleagues and peers during their personal and professional development, through mentoring, coaching and knowledge sharing.
  • Foster and develop trusted, collaborative relationships with clients.
  • Promote a strong health, safety and wellbeing culture within the team.
Here's what you'll need

We would love to hear from candidates who bring a strong blend of technical expertise, project experience and collaborative working, who have:

  • Degree qualified in a relevant environmental subject.
  • Membership of a professional body, and have chartership or actively working towards it.
  • Proven experience of delivering Water Environment chapters for EIARs for major infrastructure projects.
  • A robust understanding of environmental impacts associated with major infrastructure projects.
  • A demonstrable track record in facilitating, reviewing and delivering high quality outputs.
  • A sound working understanding of key environmental legislation, policy and issues.

#LI-NM1

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 have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain talent from a wide range of backgrounds. For greater online accessibility please visit https://www.vercida.com/uk/employers/jacobs to view and access our roles.

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.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.


Your application experience is important 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 (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.


Locations
City State Country
Glasgow Lanarkshire United Kingdom
See more open positions at Jacobs