Job Description
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.
We are investing and rethinking, re-organising and redefining how our technologies, tools, work process and physical space empower our people to work flexibility, elevate collaboration, support our capabilities to deliver value to clients and improve global operational readiness.
We are People Centric so you can do, grow and be you. Providing Tools and Technologies for teams to work virtually and physically, using our hybrid work arrangement.
About the opportunity:
Jacobs has developed one of the leading and longest-standing geotechnical and tunnelling consultancy capabilities in the UK, with approximately 400 geotechnical and tunnelling engineers delivering practical and innovative solutions to ground-related problems.
We are entering an exciting time in our growth following recent successful bids and as such, are looking to expand our Rock Engineering Group to increase our capacity and capability within the underground space market. To facilitate this expansion, Jacobs are now looking to employ people with a flair and passion in the diverse field of rock engineering.
The successful person will join a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities. The diverse project portfolio will provide diverse opportunities and experiences within the Ground Engineering sector to further develop your career. Your role and responsibilities will include:
Visa sponsorship will be provided for suitable candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK.
Here's What You'll Need:
#geologygeotechrock
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.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit to view and access our roles.
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.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the team here .
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.
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.
We are investing and rethinking, re-organising and redefining how our technologies, tools, work process and physical space empower our people to work flexibility, elevate collaboration, support our capabilities to deliver value to clients and improve global operational readiness.
We are People Centric so you can do, grow and be you. Providing Tools and Technologies for teams to work virtually and physically, using our hybrid work arrangement.
About the opportunity:
Jacobs has developed one of the leading and longest-standing geotechnical and tunnelling consultancy capabilities in the UK, with approximately 400 geotechnical and tunnelling engineers delivering practical and innovative solutions to ground-related problems.
We are entering an exciting time in our growth following recent successful bids and as such, are looking to expand our Rock Engineering Group to increase our capacity and capability within the underground space market. To facilitate this expansion, Jacobs are now looking to employ people with a flair and passion in the diverse field of rock engineering.
The successful person will join a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities. The diverse project portfolio will provide diverse opportunities and experiences within the Ground Engineering sector to further develop your career. Your role and responsibilities will include:
- Providing rock engineering support to infrastructure, building, tunnelling, geo-energy, nuclear new build and geological disposal projects of all scales in the UK and overseas.
- Scoping, supervising and interpretating ground investigations including drilling, in situ testing, laboratory testing and long-term monitoring.
- Report writing, specifically for the interpretation of rock engineering and hydro-geomechanical data to inform ground behaviour assessments for engineering design.
- Leading early career staff, checking their work, and reviewing reports.
- Providing technical support and advice to the wider Jacobs business, clients, stakeholders, contractors, laboratories and regulators .
- Receiving training and providing training and mentoring to colleagues.
- Writing technical peer reviewed journal papers and presenting at conferences.
Visa sponsorship will be provided for suitable candidates that do not have the right to work in the UK.
Here's What You'll Need:
- A Masters degree in Rock Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, or other closely related geoscience or engineering subject.
- To be chartered or very close to being chartered with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Geological Society of London, or Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IoM 3 ).
- A good foundational understanding of the principles of rock engineering at depths ranging from ground level to at least 1 km.
- A willingness to develop your skills and understanding in rock engineering.
- An understanding of our vision for the Jacobs Rock Engineering Group and motivation to work as part of our team to achieve it.
- Knowledge and experience of ground investigations, drilling, wireline logging, in situ mechanical and hydraulic testing and advanced rock laboratory testing.
- Project experience from FEED through to construction.
- Effective 360-degree communication skills and a desire to build effective working relationships.
- Demonstratable report writing and presentation skills.
- A drive to progress to technical leadership.
- Full clean driving licence and a willingness to work on sites both within the UK and abroad.
- Preferable: Knowledge and experience of analytical and 2D/3D numerical modelling.
#geologygeotechrock
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.
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit to view and access our roles.
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.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the team here .
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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