Civil Engineers – UK Wide (Part-Time)

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.

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.

Can you work as part of a brilliant team to deliver a diverse range of projects? 

Could you apply your skills to new challenges in energy, security and technology?   

Are you looking for a part-time or flexible role? 

Our business is growing and we have exciting opportunities across the U.K. for Civil Engineers at all levels.  

Many of our Civil Engineers work flexibly to balance their career with their home life. Whether you’re a parent or carer, or you have other interests or commitments outside of work, we can provide the flexibility you need. We can offer full-time, part-time or compressed hours, job-share arrangements, flexible start and finish times and hybrid options, so please talk to us about what would work for you.   

People are at the heart of our business, and we offer a competitive package to attract the best talent. 

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, U.K. employees also receive company-funded private medical insurance and digital GP service, enhanced parental leave pay, fertility and family-forming benefits, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development. 

About the Opportunity   

Our Energy Transition team is focused on providing a whole system approach, offering end-to-end service to support our clients in energy networks, thermal generation, renewable generation and storage solutions.  We are helping our clients meet the challenges faced in countries and cities across the globe, providing innovative solutions to address the task of replacing conventional thermal power plants with renewable generation. 

Our UK and Continental Europe team is growing and we’re looking for a Civil Engineer who can progress in general infrastructure role to provide support 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. 

We will consider technical professionals from most backgrounds, but we are especially keen to seek experience within rail, cable manufacturing, low voltage and/or medium voltage power.     

Responsibilities will include: 

• Design of civil/structural solutions for transmission & distribution systems 
• Working closely with energy grid infrastructure projects and designing HV related systems including overhead lines, underground cables, substations and interconnectors.  

We welcome the diversity of thought that people from different backgrounds can bring and we have a variety of training options to support your transition.   

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 e.g. Water, Transportation and Buildings   

Our Culture  

If you join Jacobs, you’ll be joining a company with a culture that is based on caring, flexibility and trust, where you’re supported to achieve your potential. Find out more about:  

Life at Jacobs 

Our approach to Inclusion and Diversity, including our eight employee networks 

Working for Jacobs in the U.K. 

Benefits for U.K. employees 

Paid ‘Returnships’ for people returning from a career break  

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