Graduate Geotechnical Tunnels Engineer 2021

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Your Impact

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

About the opportunity

At Jacobs, we’re transforming intangible ideas into innovative solutions designing the future - today.  As an Entry Level Civil Engineer (Tunnelling) based in London you will undertake tunnel design work for a range of interesting projects throughout the UK. Our tunnels team focusses on a range of small to large scale projects from pipejack undercrossings of railway infrastructure to complex underground caverns utilising techniques from empirical methods to 3D FE analyses.  Work undertaken can be structural and/or geotechnical in nature and we work across a range of industries: Rail, Highways, Utilities and Nuclear.  Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on world class projects as part of our Tunneling and Ground Engineering (TGE) sector business.

Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical and management services, offering a full spectrum of consultancy support to commercial, government and industrial clients. As part of that support, Jacobs has developed one of the leading and longest-standing tunnel and ground engineering consultancy capabilities in the UK, with around 400 staff delivering practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to ground-related problems.

We are continuing to grow our Tunnelling group in the UK and are looking for people to join our team who have the passion and drive to add value and shape positive solutions for major projects across the world.

The successful person will join a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities. You will work as part of a diverse and highly skilled team of tunnelling engineers and geotechnical engineers, providing support and advice to the wider Jacobs business and clients. There will be opportunities for a wide range of responsibilities and roles within the Tunnelling team aimed at developing your career.

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Degree in Civil Engineering 
• MSc/MEng in related subject such as Civil Engineering or Geotechnical Engineering graduating in 2021
• Flexibility to travel for work
• A commitment to the pursuit of becoming a chartered professional and continuous professional development (CPD).

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have

• Proven communication skills; both verbally and written
• Demonstrated a previous interest in working in the Engineering Sector
• Full driving licence.

We want you to have unlimited learning opportunities and space for growth in order for you to work towards the next stage of your career.

Why Jacobs?

Recognised throughout industry as a benchmark of good practice our Graduate Development Programme offers a structured approach to Continuous Professional Development. You’ll benefit from learning that complements chartership progression that will provide both the technical and business acumen you require to create your future.

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We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.

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.

Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including: Identity, Right to Work; Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.