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Your impact
Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Programme (GDP) and have a meaningful, positive impact on our environments, communities, and societies worldwide. As a Jacobs Graduate you will be part of a larger network of talent who are Challenging Today and Reinventing Tomorrow.
What we do at Jacobs
Our Energy, Security & Technology business focuses on providing solutions relating to the energy transition, national security, space, technological innovation, and more. Our work is aligned with critical national priorities and is built on a strong foundation of long-term contracts and deep client relationships.
What will you get?
Our Graduate Development Programme is a structured two-year scheme where we provide the framework, mentoring and experiences to help you maximise your skills and ambitions. On joining our scheme in September 2024, as a Graduate Commissioning Engineer in our Decommissioning & Regeneration Solutions business , you'll rapidly gain knowledge of how our company works and the impact that you can have to help us move towards a more connected and sustainable world.
About the opportunit y
At Jacobs, our Decommissioning & Regeneration Solutions business brings decades of experience to decommissioning and clean-up, drawn from our work at the world's most challenging nuclear sites. Safety case management, environmental and radiological consultancy, and health physics support go hand in hand with our core engineering capabilities, ensuring an unrelenting safety ethos. We apply strategies to minimize waste volumes requiring final disposal and we implement innovative decommissioning and decontamination processes for U.K. clients includingSellafield Ltd., Magnox Ltd and Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
As a Graduate Commissioning Engineer, you will work within a group of highly skilled commissioning professionals to commission a plant. This will mean undertaking a systematic and phased approach to moving the project from the construction phase into testing the various systems and items of equipment prior to putting the plant into start-up and operation. It will involve putting the major plant items through its intended process, carrying out trials and operating scenarios to ensure that the plant is safe to operate before handing it over to the client. Throughout your training you will be involved in planning, organising, and leading the team and you will experience commissioning activities that will support your development into the role. Mentors will be assigned to you during this period to ensure that you will be fully equipped to successfully deliver this very important and safety critical role.
You will be based in the Reading office.
Here's What You'll Need:
- Be working towards a Degree in a relevant subject such as Engineering.
- A flexible self-starter who is keen to drive your career forward .
- Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things .
- You must have the permanent right to work in the UK .
- Step 1: Apply Online
- Step 2:Solo Video Assessment
- Step 3: Interview
- A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others .
- Free single medical cover and digital GP service .
- Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships .
- An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Jacobs Employee Networks .
- A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a culture of caring and positive mental health champion network .
- Opportunities to give back to our communities through our Collectively program, incorporating matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
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