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Jacobs Senior Drainage Engineer (UK Wide) in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
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 :
We are seeking a Senior Engineer with knowledge in drainage and particular experience in highway and/or rail drainage design. You’ll join a team that has an enviable reputation in the UK Transportation consultancy sector as a result of a portfolio of high-profile projects with clients that include National Highways, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, Welsh Government, National Contractors, HS2 Ltd and numerous Local Authorities.
As part of a global drainage delivery team, you will play a key role in delivering transportation drainage design services throughout all stages of project development on multi-disciplinary projects.
Responsibilities
Providing deliverables and solutions to drainage elements on schemes and problems
Production and review of feasibility studies, technical reports, detailed designs and production of contract documents across a variety of projects
Assist with the technical development of more junior staff and Engineers
Monitoring and reporting of progress
Meeting and liaising with clients, stakeholders and other disciplines
Help seek innovative solutions in achieving best value in delivering our services;
Working with other Jacobs offices in a multi office delivery environment
Assist in the estimation of works costs and bidding of new works
Here’s what you’ll need :
A degree in Civil Engineering or similar discipline
Chartered or working towards Chartered or Incorporated status
Working knowledge of H&S legislation
Ability using drainage modelling software and tools
Experience of delivering at variety of scheme stages for drainage and/or transportation projects
Confident with proven interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to produce accurate and well written reports
Understanding of DMRB and/or UK rail standards, SuDS Manual and other standards and areas not covered by standards in related to area of expertise.
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=2.252690249.1316761660.1701337017-d1svvxhhcpzx7luh) .
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