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
As the Jacobs Cities & Places team, we create thriving places across different scales - from regions to cities, neighbourhoods to individual buildings and all through an integrated design approach. We have a tremendous opportunity in front of us to build upon our strengths and develop an interdisciplinary planning, design and delivery practice that is uniquely Jacobs, that sets the direction for the industry and is home to the very best and brightest design thinkers, disruptors, technical experts, visionaries and storytellers.
Our business unit brings together engineers, architects, surveyors, urban designers, project managers and transport planners to provide collaborative and coordinated value design solutions for our clients, both nationally and internationally.
Due to our expanding portfolio of design projects and long-term framework expansion, we have exciting opportunities within our Architectural Design teams. We seek talented individuals who are looking to further develop their existing expertise. This opportunity is aimed at advanced Part 2 Architectural Assistants or newly Qualified Architects.
We deliver exciting and challenging projects across a broad range of sectors including transport infrastructure, the public sector, defence, education, research, technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and mixed-use developments. These are across all stages of the building design and construction process from initial strategic briefing, where client objectives and feasibility studies are undertaken; through to development of conceptual and technical proposals, to construction phase delivery.
Key requirements for roles at this level are a strong design acumen, excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach
Here’s What You’ll Need
Part 2 RIBA Qualified or newly ARB Registered in The UK
Knowledge of BIM based delivery including Autodesk Revit
Experience of working collaboratively with clients and managing positive mutually beneficial relationships - strong problem solving ability, high attention to detail and an ability to come up with practical solutions
A can do, hands on approach, able to work well under pressure and prioritise workload to meet project needs
Willing and quick to adapt to project / team needs and learn from experience
Flexible, adaptable and collaborative approach to multidisciplinary design and willing to engage across the design disciplines
Organised and methodical but open minded approach to the design process
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.
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.
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