Senior Engineer Construction Materials

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Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow.

Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

About the opportunity:

Jacobs is a leading service provider in Strategic Consulting across infrastructure and construction, delivering projects at all stages from organisational set up, feasibility studies, and design, through to construction and operation. We operate across the UK and internationally supporting our clients in the delivery of through-life value.

Our Intelligent Asset Management & Assurance team works on some of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe, NOAM and Asia-Pacific, including High Speed 2, Team 2100 and Sydney Metro. Clients value our ability to deliver successful innovative solutions to difficult technical challenges through the breadth and depth of our practical experience, knowledge and analytical skills.

As part of the Durability & Materials team in the IAM&A Practice, you will be responsible for supporting our project teams and external clients across a wide range of sectors, including energy, defence, transportation, utilities and the built environment. We provide assessment of existing assets and help in the design of new assets and planning for future durability. Our Subject Matter Experts are recognised across Jacobs for their knowledge in construction materials and corrosion control.

You will work closely with colleagues in the Durability & Materials team in delivering services and growing the Strategic Consulting business, including preparing proposals and delivering presentations. This is an opportunity to be based in our London head office in the Cottons Centre or in our Reading office in Winnersh (but other UK locations will be considered). We are a small dynamic team, and you will need to be flexible about working across the UK or overseas on short assignments..

Here's What You'll Need:

• Degree qualified in relevant engineering (Civil/ Chemical) and/or Materials discipline
• Direct experience in consultancy work and project delivery in the construction industry
• Knowledge and experience of concrete and other construction materials in the following key areas:
  • key principles and best practice for new-built construction and repair applications
  • deterioration mechanisms and associated models, including use of standard software
  • assessment and specification using UK/EU codes and standard national guidance
  • investigation and assessment of deterioration and defects, visually and by testing
  • sustainability, climate resilience, carbon management, innovation
• Collaborative approach internally and externally, with a strong teamwork ethic, excellent communication and presentation/report-writing skills and ability to build strong client connections
• Ability to work under pressure and to very tight deadlines, with a high level of personal accountability.

Ideally, here's what you'll also have:

• Full membership of relevant professional institutions and holding or working towards chartered status
• Track record in technical leadership and mentoring
• Additional experience in at least one material group: grout, steel, polymers/ waterproofing and coatings
• Broad understanding of materials principles and processes, gained through international experience
• Lab/research/site experience and understanding of inspection and testing processes and implications
• Strong CPD record in relevant areas
• H&S qualifications, such as CSCS card, confined space training and sea survival training

Why Jacobs?

We clear the way for inventive thinking so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

Our Culture:

We're invested in you and your success. 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.

We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative.

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.

Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including: Identity, Right to Work; Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.

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