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What it is
- You’ll help put together bids that win major engineering and infrastructure projects for clients.
- You’ll support proposal coordinators to shape win strategies, write clear sales messages, and pull inputs into a polished submission.
Who it's for
- Penultimate-year students graduating in 2028, on track for a degree in Business, Marketing, Geography, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Natural Sciences or English.
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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.
Your impact
Are you ready to launch your career? Our Summer Internship Programme offers you the chance to gain real-world experience in your chosen discipline.
For approximately eight weeks in the summer, you’ll work in one of our hub office locations across the UK or Ireland. Here, you’ll collaborate with world-class professionals in a dynamic environment, applying the skills you’ve honed in the classroom to real business challenges.
In this fast-paced, professional setting, you’ll gain invaluable experience that will set you apart in your future career. Throughout the programme, you’ll receive personalised guidance from mentors, people leaders and Programme Champions. They’re all here to help you make the most of your experience.
You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues and fellow interns from different disciplines, broadening your professional network and gaining insights from across the business.
Our goal is to ensure that your time with Jacobs leaves you with a positive, impactful learning experience.
About the opportunity
Our Proposal Coordinators support the disciplined application of our Relationship Based Sales process to achieve successful growth and sales outcomes for the business. In your role as a Summer Intern you will support our Proposal Coordinators to work on some of the Europe region’s largest pursuits and opportunities. Your enthusiasm for working as part of a driven and disciplined team, with a motivation to overcome hurdles and obstacles to find solutions is essential to be successful in Sales Operations. Our team are agile, driven, highly organised, and resilient individuals.
As a Summer Intern you will have exposure to the development of win strategies and compelling sales messages, working with colleagues to convert these into winning offers for our largest and most strategic pursuits. Working with sales and operations colleagues across all market sectors, this role requires drive, diligence, and a curious, inquisitive nature, challenging our teams to identify innovative solutions to respond to our clients’ and society’s greatest challenges.
Here’s what you’ll need
- On track to complete a Degree in Business, Marketing, Geography, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Natural Sciences or English in 2028.
- A flexible and innovative self-starter who’s passionate about developing new skills.
- Enthusiasm and curiosity to apply your skills to solve real-world problems.
- Empathy and listening skills to help you truly understand our clients’ requirements.
- A well-rounded individual - have you worked in a bar? Been captain of a sports team or volunteered for a charity? Tell us - we’re looking for people with interesting stories and experiences!
- You must be available to join the 8-week programme starting 28th June 2027 – 20th August 2027.
- You must have the full right to work in the UK.
- You need to be a penultimate year student, finishing your degree in 2028.
Selection process
- Step 1: Apply Online
- Step 2: Solo Video Assessment
- Step 3: Interview
Apply before 16th November 2026, for your application to be considered in the first assessment window. You can still apply after this date if the role remains open to applications. However, you do so with the knowledge that we may not proceed with your application if the role is filled in the first assessment window.
Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. 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.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.




