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SalaryAt 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.
Pe ople 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, 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
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our Delivery Team delivering construction projects. The successful candidates will become part of a respected and ambitious company's contribution to a delivery partner venture engaged in the whole life development and implementation of infrastructure improvements across the site.
The successful candidates will be flexible, knowledgeable and willing and able to function both within the team and independently as required.
We are currently recruiting for a Project Managers to join our Nuclear and Decommissioning line of business. This role will be based in Barrow in Furness, but other locations are willingly considered.
The Nuclear and Decommissioning line of business provides an exciting mixture of consultancy, project management and construction management, along with delivery of challenging decommissioning and new build related EPC projects, to major clients in the UK across both the civil nuclear and defence industries, including Dounreay, AWE, Sellafield Limited, BAE Systems, NNB GenCo and Rolls-Royce.
We are very proud to have supported these clients for many years, and our partnering arrangements will enable us to sustain and enhance this support in the long-term. We also deliver several projects for other private companies needing new build solutions.
As the business grows, we are recruiting for more Project Management capacity to ensure effective management of tenders, projects and client relationships, and in return we offer you an opportunity to take ownership for delivery and to provide support to develop their own skills so as to provide a effective outcome for customers. Our Project Managers are expected to lead and manage projects ranging from GBP1M-GBP20M, with a selection of risk profiles and contracting terms.
Your responsibilities will include:
Here's What You'll Need:
- Degree educated (or equivalent), ideally in engineering or related subject
- Chartered engineer or equivalent professional qualification
- APMP formal project management qualification or equivalent, is beneficial
- You will have a broad understanding of engineering, design, procurement, safety case, construction and installation/commissioning management and commercial contracting (NEC)
- You must have had experience of dealing with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable personal experience of managing projects throughout the full project lifecycle, ideally across a range of complex multi-discipline projects and environments, and overseeing of an integrated project team including staff, agency and assigned functional support
- You must be able to demonstrate experience of estimating, cost control, planning and commercial awareness including the preparation of business cases and sanction/ funding papers
- You should be experienced in the preparation of reports and information, be proficient in the use of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools and in the use of Earned Value tools
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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