Your Impact:

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced engineer to join our growing Civil, Structural and Architectural capability. The successful candidate will play a key role in our organisation, collaborating closely with clients and stakeholders. They will be responsible for scoping, estimating, managing, and delivering projects. They will address and resolve functional issues within a project using their technical capabilities and engineering judgement, applying their skills or generating innovative solutions as appropriate whilst simultaneously interacting and collaborating with our engineers from other offices to deliver projects on time and to budget.

Projects will vary in scale and complexity. You will be engaged across the complete project delivery life cycle from initial project definition and FEED studies to detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover to operations.

This position will require regular attendance in our Reading office with frequent client site visits to develop stakeholder requirements and build critical relationships for success. However, work-life balance and flexibility are a focus for our company. We're happy to discuss patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Generate and check engineering estimates and execution strategies to provide optimal solutions

• Technical quality and excellence of your work and the work of those working under you to ensure engineering delivery meets scope, time, cost and quality

• Advise clients and direct design team members in producing technical solutions and justification.

• Technical and professional guidance, support and development of engineers and technicians

• Responsible for the development and delivery of design documents and solutions

• Independent and autonomous work during the delivery of complex engineering activities

• Be fully conversant with business and quality management systems and actively encourage compliance within the team

Essential Requirements:

• Chartered Member of an appropriate institution (ICE/IStructE)

• Degree qualified in Civil/Structural Engineering or demonstrable equivalent underpinning knowledge and understanding

• Ten years or more experience in a civil and structural design role having direct influence over-engineering practices and outcomes

• Excellent all-round technical design expertise using British and international standards and Eurocodes

• Proficient use and knowledge of appropriate structural analysis programs (preferably STAAD)

• Experience in detailed calculations and design work for reinforced concrete and structural steelwork

• Ability to work effectively as a team member liaising directly with clients and other cross-discipline design team members

• Awareness of applicable codes and safety legislation and how they should be applied

• Excellent verbal and written communication and report-writing skills

• The ability to achieve a minimum of SC clearance is essential

Here’s what you’ll need :

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Nuclear industry experience

• Experience in design to Eurocodes

• Experience in design with masonry would be advantageous

• Experience in structural dynamics, including designing for seismic, blast and impact load effects

• Knowledge and use of BIM packages

• Understanding of emerging technology so that technical input to projects takes account of new developments

• Additional IT skills would be a distinct advantage

Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

Successful candidates must complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check. They must undergo various assessments, including Identity, Right to Work, Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. Your employment may be delayed or rejected if you cannot meet this and any associated criteria.

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.