Lead Civil Design Engineer - Energy Transition

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Category: Civil Engineering

Description

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At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Our UK and Continental Europe team is growing and we’re looking for a Lead Civil Engineer to be based in Glasgow, who can progress in general infrastructure role to provide support a team of civil engineers and to projects across Jacobs’ markets. This includes work on transmission system assets, HVDC interconnectors, energy storage systems, inertia systems, wind farms and advanced facilities for mission critical industries in the technology and process sectors.

As a senior member, you will lead the civil engineering team across our energy portfolio. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects meet budget and schedule while providing expert technical guidance and solutions for our clients.

About the Opportunity

- Delivering Civil & Structural Designs for Cable, Substation & other T&D solutions spanning UK projects.

- Developing designs and undertaking design coordination.

- Lead people on projects to deliver positive outcomes for clients.

- Produce design deliverables (assumption notes, technical specifications and calculation notes, etc.).

- Perform analysis tasks as necessary.

- Oversight, verification and leadership for the preparation of Calculations, CDM activities, Basis of Design, Material Specifications, Scopes of Work, Technical Reports, Inter-discipline design coordination and supervision.

- Technical verifications of civil engineering documents.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacob's offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

A degree in Civil Engineering or another relevant engineering discipline

Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution or working towards chartered status.

Experience within a civil discipline and experience in delivering complex multi-disciplinary projects for Energy Transition industry 

Experience preparing design calculations, reports, and detailed drawings. CAD (AutoCAD or MicroStation) preferred but not essential. 

Why Jacobs?

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 programmed, 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 are 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. 

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. 

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 centered on inclusion and diversity - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com 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 require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), contact the team. 

Your application experience is important to us, and we are keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

Company

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Jacobs

At Jacobs, we make the world smarter, more connected and more sustainable.

• Challenging today is our response to the increasing complexity our world is experiencing.
  It calls on us to join forces, putting our knowledge and imagination together to reinvent the way we solve problems and shape the next generation of innovative solutions.
• Reinventing tomorrow is our promise and an invitation to raise the bar in everything we do.
  From the brilliant solutions we create with our clients, to the open and inclusive culture we create for our people. From the positive difference we make in our communities, to the added value we deliver to our shareholders.