Physics Undergraduate Placement

**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 a global leader in the delivery of projects, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets.

You will be responsible for supporting our team of scientists, engineers and safety consultants in carrying out complex calculations for customer-funded projects, nuclear reactor safety and reactor design, during your placement year in industry. This work supports the development of advanced nuclear reactors for the next generation of reactors in the UK.

Responsibilities may include:

- Developing a detailed understanding of reactor plant performance, understanding and analysis
- Performing complex reactor physics plant and thermal hydraulics analysis and associated interpretation and reporting
- Developing underpinning mathematical and physical theories with your colleagues
- Working as a team to deliver work to time, cost and customer satisfaction
- Report writing and presenting results at technical meetings where appropriate
- Always working safely, in accordance with Jacobs’ procedures

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:
You will need to:

- be studying for a BSc(Hons) in Physics, or similar, ideally with some modules in nuclear physics.
- be a British national
- be self-motivated and enthusiastic
- be able to work flexibly as part of a highly technical scientific and engineering team
- have a desire to work in a flexible way, adapting to fresh challenges
- be able to perform complex calculations and accurately interpret the results
- be able to follow local procedures and understand the importance of quality assurance processes
- demonstrate a willingness to intervene to promote safe behaviours
- have excellent written and spoken English language skills

Due to the nature of the work being undertaken, security clearance will be required prior to commencement of employment.

Our client requires that you will be a sole UK Citizen, as security clearance to at least SC level will be required.

**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.