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Jacobs Area Engineering Manager 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
The Area Engineering Manager (AEM) is a senior leadership role that requires extensive cross-discipline knowledge of value realisation of engineering design of systems and plant with a mind set for construction and commissioning in a nuclear environment.
Typical responsibilities:
Lead and advise all parties from the project team on the design processes and decision making using their own demonstrable experience in delivery with significant interpersonal skills.
Interfacing with design teams and stakeholders
Managing teams that are remote is likely to be a necessity.
They need to be self-motivated, striving to deliver to agreed targets and be comfortable working in a team as well as on their own.
Ensure status and performance of work is reported accurately and in a timely manner
Here’s what you’ll need :
Extensive post-graduate industrial/ practical experience of designated skill set possibly within the nuclear industry but certainly within a related transferrable industry such as the oil and gas processing/refining sector or water treatment arena for examples.
Degree qualified and Chartered Engineer.
Experience of and ability to manage early stages of project engineering delivery, including the development of clear business cases and justifications for investment.
Familiarity with and application of current standards within their own skill area and an overarching appreciation of multi-discipline design interactions and interfaces, particularly with CE&I and CS&A capabilities.
Excellent working knowledge of appropriate CAE system including previous experience of establishing and leading a BIM enabled project.
Evidence of design capability and leading a multi-discipline team.
Ability to work within NEC3 contractual mechanisms and effectively manage milestone delivery and KPIs.
Extensive experience developing estimates and schedules for new projects
Understanding of Project Management principles and use of EV tools (CPI/SPI) to identify and resolve progress issues.
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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