At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers 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 Jacobs’ 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 Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business. About the opportunity: Jacobs has secured multiple multi-year Frameworks and Projects with leading Clients in the UK, Ireland and across the Globe.
About the Opportunity
We are looking for skilled and highly motivated people that are looking to grow their careers in exciting new ways to deliver on these fantastic opportunities across various business units. This will be in either our Water & Environment, Energy & Power or Transportation Business Units. Successful candidates will join our team of professionals, who work on a range of high-profile projects.
This can be based out of any of our main hubs (London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Exeter and more)
You will become part of a World Leading Company with excellent career prospects. This could be delivering project tasks or designs and in a multi-disciplinary, multi-company environment across infrastructure and facilities at various stages in the project life cycle. Working within our diverse teams to deliver projects within agreed timeframes and budget.
If you are an experienced Project Manager and would like to to join our existing high preforming team and challenge today to re-invent tomorrow, we would love to hear from you.
Key Deliverables * Provide a safe working culture within your project teams and promote safety across all aspects of work * Take a pivotal role in delivering our client’s requirements. * Deliver complex projects successfully within budget and on schedule. * Agree and control budgets, escalation points, key milestones and targets. * Drive your team of diverse individuals to actively engage with new ways of thinking to provide an agile delivery environment. * Understand your clients’ requirements and the impact of your projects success factors, then developing a schedule and delivery plan to ensure success. Here's What You'll Need: * A masters degree or similar relevant experience to the environment (water, energy, transportation or construction sectors). * Project Management Qualification (APM, PRINCE2, Agile) * A proactive attitude and be keen to take ownership of client relationships and contribute to the growth of our business . * Proven working experience with a range of contract forms, in particular NEC 3/4 .
Our Culture
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. [1] Find out more about life at Jacobs.
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 centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s - [2] find out more about our employee networks here.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit [3] 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 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 [4] contact the team.
Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then [5] please let us know.