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Jacobs Lead Civil Engineer in Warrington, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
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 Nuclear is the Design and Engineering partner for Sellafield under the PPP (Programme and Project Partners). This is a 20-year arrangement to deliver £7bn of major projects. We are looking to recruit high value expertise from across regulated and comparable sectors to work in a collaborative environment. PPP is delivering major projects, site wide improvements and provision of supporting services.
Jacobs Nuclear provides the front end design and engineering capability across the PPP portfolio. Being part of the PPP Team offers a unique opportunity to drive change and innovation in engineering, safety and delivery solutions in one of the most complex industrial sites in the UK if not the world. We are looking for people who are passionate about developing themselves and in meeting new challenges.
As a result of this increasing demand for our services we are looking for a Lead Civil Engineer to join our team in Birchwood Park, Warrington.
Your initial responsibilities will be:
Lead teams to assist with consultancy guidance, feasibility, outline, and detailed design, referencing ‘Manuals For Streets’, ‘Sewers For Adoption’, ‘Design Manuals For Roads And Bridges’, ‘Specification For Highways Works’ and Building Regulations And Guidance.
Undertake the co-ordination of thorough site investigations, geo-environmental/contamination assessments; complete inspections, and identify and resolve any issues as appropriate.
Partake in ‘Appraise and Select’ and Feasibility studies, progressing through to the ‘Preliminary’ and ‘Detailed Design’ gates.
Produce high-quality designs, drawings, and reports using engineering materials from commencement to completion, which can readily be checked. Documents shall be prepared for feasibility, costing and construction purposes, including highways & drainage, street works, public works, SUDS, building drainage, utilities coordination/diversion of services.
Influence development and infrastructure master-planning using knowledge of Highways Act 1980, Water Industry Act 2004, Land Drainage Act, New Roads and Street Works Act, and other Statutory Instruments, etc, as required.
Preparation of Calculations, CDM activities, Basis of Design, Material Specifications, Scopes of Work, Technical reports, Inter discipline design coordination and supervision.
Assist in recruitment, retention and management of staff and ensure successful outcomes for our clients/customers.
Ensure financial control of projects when acting as a Project Manager.
Undertake production and approval of single- and multi-discipline fee proposals for client/customer projects.
Undertake accurate and timely assessments of variations and appraisal of fee cost and/or timescale impacts, and agreement with client/customer organisations.
Manage engineering teams to ensure utilisation and recovery targets are monitored and achieved.
Here’s what you’ll need :
A degree qualified (BEng or MEng), Civil Engineer
Chartership Membership of either Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.
Experience in the design and detailing of highways & drainage, street works, public works, SUDS, building drainage, utilities coordination/diversion of services.
Knowledge of seismic design requirements for waste storage / processing plant beneficial
Knowledge and use of BIM packages
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 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. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/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 – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)
Jacobs partners 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
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