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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. 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.

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology products impact all our lives in some way. The projects that we execute deliver lifesaving products to patients globally.

With 50 years of experience as innovators in biopharma facilities, our more than 3,800 skilled architectural, engineering and construction professionals continue to work with our clients to drive innovations in the industry. We provide a single-source of responsibility for all services, from strategy and concept through site selection and evaluation, regulatory compliance, design, constructability, construction management, commissioning, validation and startup. We also provide operations support and asset management services, including plant engineering, maintenance optimization and traditional maintenance and turnaround services.

As the largest professional services provider to the biopharmaceutical industry, clients benefit from both our local presence and global reach. We offer a full range of design and construction services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide, with a complete focus on providing maximum value for our clients.

About the opportunity

The successful candidate will report functionally to the Mechanical/HVAC Department Manager and on a project basis to the Lead Mechanical Engineer or Project Manager in accordance with the project structure.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Independently lead plant design activities as an area/system leader and coordinate with multi-discipline designers.

• Perform Mech/HVAC plant design work across several engineering disciplines in 2D/3D integrated design systems.

• Perform quality review checks for 2D/3D modelling and Mech/HVAC deliverables.

• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments and vendor bid evaluations.

• Assist in the generation of proposals, scopes, schedules and budgets for projects.

• Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines.

Requirements:

• Pharmaceutical experience preferable, large scale industrial, skill sets: wet and dry, calculations, specifications, detailing and sizing.

• Proficient in spreadsheets, problem solving and solution creation.

• Strong relevant engineering/design experience in industrial/advanced technology sector and mission critical systems.

• Engineering/ design experience in the Mech/HVAC systems

• Experience with start-up and commissioning will be an advantage.

• Experience in equipment layout definition.

• Excellent English level - written and spoken,

• Knowledge of Mech/HVAC specific design standards (minimum UK/EU).

• Ability to interact with other engineering disciplines, clients, and vendors at all levels.

• Experience using Navisworks is desirable.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• Primary degree in Building Services, Energy or Mechanical Engineering (Level 8) and either working towards or already gained chartered status

Ideally, you will also have;

The successful candidate will have proven experience of HVAC systems and utilities systems design in Pharmaceutical and/or Semiconductor industries in a lead capacity including:

• HVAC systems for cleanrooms

• Specification of AHU’s and other specialist air handling equipment

• Chilled water and glycol systems

• Steam systems

• Hot water systems

• Cooling water systems

• Compressed air systems

• Specification of mechanical plant including chillers, boilers, cooling towers, compressors, pumps

• Risk assessments, safety and constructability reviews

• Preparation of tender and construction 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)

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