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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

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Jacobs are seeking a number of IIA Field Engineers. The role responsibilities are as follows:

• Perform surveillance of the installation of piping components and pressure systems in accordance with the applicable requirements and notify the Construction Superintendent of non-conformance request requirements

• Submit details of any non-conformance request requirements to assist in the issuing of non-conformance reports

• Proactively communicate with other site teams, maintain good communication and ensure surveillance is timely reported

• Contribute surveillance information to support KPI indicators

• Endeavour to identify potential issues before they arrive to enable mitigating actions

• Support team instructions to take temporary measures to mitigate and keep works safe and within requirements – follow up by taking appropriate and proportionate action (e.g. issue communications, call meetings) to prevent the halt of works

• Ensure design decisions are not taken “in the field”, but are considered and approved via a formal process

• Enhance the team with a good perspective of current and future site activities

• Develop and maintain an understanding of construction drawings, construction activities, Inspection and Test Plans and Records.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Welding qualifications or equivalent vocational training and experience

• Broad knowledge and wide understanding of the Engineering Construction industry, materials, trades methods and legal requirements

• Excellent organisation, delegation, and good communication skills (knowledge of French can be an advantage).

• Proven experience of writing diaries which are accurate, concise and with relevance to the particular form of contract.

• Proven track record of working within a large construction team.

• Good attention to detail when checking work and materials. And the ability to maintain quality standards in a high-pressure environment.

• Able to establish appropriate working relationships with the contractors.

• Working knowledge of relevant British & European standards, construction and design codes/guidelines such as RCC-M, BS EN and ASME.

• Knowledge of the documentation used in safety critical construction and fabrication environments such as Inspection and Test Plans, End of Erection Status Reports.

• The successful candidate will demonstrate experience working or studying the fields of metallurgy, welding, and NDT.

• Experience in weld inspection on large construction projects.

Desirable:

• A welding inspector qualification (e.g. CSWIP 3.1 or equivalent) as well as a basic ‘appreciation of NDT’ qualification is strongly desirable. The candidate may be supported through these qualifications if they have the right profile.

• Higher level qualifications in both welding (CSWIP 3.2, IWS etc.) and NDT (PCN or equivalent) would be desirable although are not essential for the fulfilment of this role.

• Experience in large power plant design, manufacture and construction.

• Good working knowledge of Quality Management practices, methods and processes.

• Knowledge of the fabrication and installation of pressure systems.

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)

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