Engineering Manager

Job description

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

Our Strategic Markets team at Jacobs, located in Birchwood, Warrington, is looking for an Engineering Manager to have a pivotal role in managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering teams involved in the design, safety assessment, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Your work will initially focus on innovative projects including the design of a nuclear waste storage facility, a waste handling facility for national nuclear waste, and other associated infrastructure as outlined in our latest project portfolio.

Working as part of our group, you will be exposed to national and international opportunities of significance to the business growth targets, delivering true value to our expanding markets and client bases. There will be opportunities to support bids for multiple, high value design, construction and commissioning work packages in the forthcoming 6-12 months and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering efforts for specialist projects, ensuring technical excellence and integration across various disciplines.
• Manage project scopes, including detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover stages.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards, including statutory requirements.
• Develop and review safety design strategies and assessments in accordance with regulatory and project-specific requirements.
• Facilitate collaboration across project teams, stakeholders, and third-party quality assurance entities to meet project deliverables and timelines.
• Maintain and communicate a clear vision of project and safety technical objectives to all team members and stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables are met within scope, time, and budget constraints.
• Implement and oversee engineering management practices that enhance project delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Prepare and present technical reports, proposals, and presentations to internal and external audiences.
• Provide mentoring and leadership to engineering staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

Here's what you'll need:

• A degree in Engineering (or equivalent) relevant to the nuclear or highly regulated industry sectors.
• Professional registration (Chartered Engineer or similar) is preferred.
• Extensive experience in managing multi-discipline engineering resources in a highly regulated or nuclear environment.
• Proven track record in leading engineering design and safety assessment in compliance with complex regulatory frameworks.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage large teams and complex projects.
• Excellent problem-solving, organisational, and communication skills.

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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