Job Description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we\'ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed \xe2\x80\x93 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\xe2\x80\x99 greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you\xe2\x80\x99d 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\xe2\x80\x99re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity:

We\'re invested in you and your success. Everything we do - whether Aerospace, Defence, Intelligence, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Nuclear, Automotive, or Telecommunications - is more than just a project. It\'s our challenge as human beings, too. That\'s why we bring a thoughtful and collaborative approach to every one of our partnerships.

It\'s our promise to challenge the status quo as we redefine how to solve the world\'s greatest challenges and transform big ideas into intelligent solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.

Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed \xe2\x80\x93today and into tomorrow.

Jacobs is currently recruiting a Principal Engineer in Reactor Technology to join our Advanced Reactors business, within CMS-I\xe2\x80\x99s Technology and Cyber Solutions Business, to provide leadership for technically complex projects in nuclear reactor technology.

You will be a key part of our team, supporting a wide range of consultancy projects, small and large, for a variety of clients across the nuclear industry, including new build projects, SMR and AMRs, existing civil and defence plant, fusion reactor design and decommissioning.

We are looking for the application of engineering and scientific thinking to complex challenges with reactor technology, providing solutions through strong technical leadership, underpinned by your knowledge and experience.

In this role you will have the opportunity to work on the next generation of reactor technology, potentially including SMRs, AMRs, fusion reactor designs and looking at various aspects of reactor design, from concept design, through to FEED and ultimately detailed design.

We are a business that is growing quickly and supporting a variety of exciting projects to various clients in the nuclear industry - the ideal candidate needs to be someone with a good broad ranging technical background across the nuclear industry, who is used to taking the lead, can provide clear direction and technical leadership, and has a demonstrable track record of contributing to projects effectively within a highly regulated environment. We are looking for candidates who can encourage and develop others in the team whilst being accustomed to taking a hands-on approach and leading on technically complex challenges.

This role will be based in our Birchwood or Booths Park offices in the North West of the UK but there will be a need for periodic visits to client sites, as projects require.

Key Responsibilities include:

• An undergraduate degree in mathematics, physics or engineering
• Deep, broad technical experience across various nuclear reactor technologies, with associated evidence of technical standing
• An ability to apply innovative thinking to complex engineering challenges
• Ability to quickly and efficiently acquire and apply new technical knowledge
• Experience of influencing technical strategy for delivery of work
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written - able to explain complex technical problems readily to a diverse audience, in a compelling manner, including leading complex technical reports
• Experience with directing the application of analytical and design software relating to reactor design

Here\xe2\x80\x99s What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Need:

• We are looking for applicants with some of the following skills or experience:
• A higher degree in a related subject
• Experience of major engineering delivery on EPC projects or reactor projects
• Experience of engineering in procurement, construction, commissioning phases
• Experience with a variety of reactor types, coolants, nuclear fission and fusion
• Managing technical development of large technical teams
• Knowledge of export control compliance regulations beneficial

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.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we\xe2\x80\x99re more connected, and if we are diverse, we\xe2\x80\x99re 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\xe2\x80\x99re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity \xe2\x80\x93 ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women\xe2\x80\x99s \xe2\x80\x93

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