Technical Lead

6 months ago


Dorchester, United Kingdom Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**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**

Jacobs is currently recruiting for a Technical Lead to join our Nuclear Power and Engineering Technical Services (NPETS) business. NPETS is entering an exciting phase of opportunity by supporting our key client’s UK nuclear fleet through a business transformation, and by supporting many small and advanced modular reactor developers to develop their designs. Our nuclear work is varied, covering Concept Development, New Build, Generation, Life Extension, and Defueling, and our capabilities are in demand across the nuclear sector.

On Joining the NPETS business in Jacobs you will be part of a global company driving innovation in multiple sectors, you will profit from the knowledge and advice available from over 6,500 UK based engineers and you will be contributing to net zero carbon goals in the UK and internationally.

This role will be based at one of our UK offices (Warrington, Newcastle, Knutsford, Gloucester or Dorchester). We put flexibility at the heart of what we do and we’re happy to consider flexible working patterns. Key responsibilities:

- Accountable to the Programme Manager/Lead for successful delivery of technical solutions relating to defueling processes including defueling optimisation
- Manage Technical Interface between Nuclear Stations, Central Support Functions and other contract partners
- Ensure adherence to relevant processes and procedures in delivery of the work
- Provide technical leadership for assigned projects including ability to grasp technical issues, provide challenge and manage resolution of technical and project issues to suit the programme
- Ensure outputs of key work streams are coordinated with related work streams

**Here’s what you’ll need**:

- Previous Technical Lead / Engineering Manager experience
- Experience with safety case production
- Good working knowledge of power station plant and systems particularly those related to the fuel route
- Understanding of safety cases relating to Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fuel route activities and faults
- Knowledge of radwaste characterisation and treatment, particularly solid wastes
- Ability to work with Safety Case Officers to devise safety case strategies and ultimately contribute to production/review of associated Nuclear
- Safety Requirements Specifications (NSRS)
- Able to author/review Requests for Service (RFS) and assess bids
- Knowledge to specify and review technical deliverables in support of project requirements

**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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