Field Engineer

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
Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.
Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.
We are seeking a Field Engineer to be responsible for the surveillance of quality compliance within the designated section of the Works in accordance with NNB surveillance strategy requirements. In this tole you will report to the Construction Superintendent for day to day guidance. You will input into site wide management issues and will have a high level of interaction and coordination with other operational members of the site wide team. In addition to reporting and liaising responsibilities, the Field Engineer will be required to adhere to (and suggest enhancements and improvements to) company policies, procedures and protocols for construction, health & safety and other functions. Key responsibilities will be:

• Check the Works are constructed in accordance with the contract and notify the Construction Superintendent of non-conformance
• Submit details of any non-conformance request requirements to assist in the issuing of non-conformance reports
• Proactively communicate with other site teams, maintain good communication links and ensure surveillance is timely reported
• Contribute surveillance information to support KPI indicators
• Endeavour to identify potential Quality issues before they arrive to enable mitigating actions
• Support team instructions to take temporary measures to mitigate and keep works safe and within Quality standards
• Ensure tasks are developed to quality in accordance with the company's requirement for health, safety and environment
• Develop and maintain an understanding of construction drawings, construction activities, Quality Control Plans and Quality Inspection Records
• Ensure and monitor that Quality Inspection Records are taken and agreed before Works are covered up

Here's What You'll Need:

• A minimum of HND in a Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering qualification or equivalent vocational training and experience
• Broad knowledge and wide understanding of the building industry, materials, trades methods and legal requirements
• Excellent organisation, delegation and communication skills.
• Ability to work within a high performing team that continuously outperforms expectations and objectives
• Proven experience of writing diaries which are accurate, concise and with relevance to the particular form of contract
• Proven track record of working within a large construction team
• Good attention to detail when checking work and materials
• Able to establish appropriate working relationships with the contractors

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 centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.
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