Consultant Geoscientist

**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**
We are currently recruiting for a Consultant Geoscientist to join our established Radioactive Waste Disposal business; the role will be based at our Harwell office however other Jacobs UK locations will be considered.

As a geoscientist, you will become an integral part of our team, which includes geologists, engineering geologists, geochemists, Quaternary geology specialists, engineering geophysicists and deep geophysicists as well as mathematicians, chemists, physicists and engineers. As a key member of the team, you will receive mentoring and direction from senior and principal geoscientists. You will quickly develop your skills to offer a range of technical and project management capabilities to support the wider team strategy. You will have the opportunity to work with the Geoscience team and staff across the Jacobs organisation on challenging and exciting geoscience projects in support of nuclear decommissioning and waste management. You will also gain experience in complex bid preparation, project management and technical planning. Therefore, we are looking for people who have the passion and drive to be involved with major radioactive waste management and nuclear decommissioning projects with strong adaptability, prioritisation, teamworking, and a willingness to develop and share your knowledge along the way.

**Key responsibilities**:
You will work as part of a team winning and delivering a diverse range of projects undertaken for our clients. Key aspects of the role are listed below:

- Work within a team to apply, and where necessary, develop new approaches to data review, interpretation, integration and ultimately model development
- Develop applied uses of geological models within the wider team
- Produce concise and well-written technical reports and present interpretations, recommendations, and results to clients
- Develop an understanding of the underlying requirements of our clients, and how we can meet those requirements
- Assist with technical strategy development and bid preparations

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Qualifications in Earth Sciences, geotechnical engineering, or engineering geology (Master’s or PhD) You will be an early/mid-career geologist, geotechnical engineer, engineering geologist or geophysicist with the potential to develop your skills within this industry setting
- You will have the ability to assist and ultimately lead research activities that help develop conceptual models of geological materials, including engineering aspects relating to hydrogeological and gas pathways
- Aptitude to manage time and priorities while working on several varied projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including tailoring outputs to the requirements of different stakeholders
- Experience of undertaking site/field works where required
- Ability to autonomously develop critically thought-out solutions and bring work scopes to the team, including the ability to show/communicate critical thinking in assessing other solutions
- Ability to identify and manage uncertainty and practical constraints in site characterisation
- Experience of bid preparation would beneficial
- Experience in the following (or similar) software/s: Petrel/IHS Kingdom, Move, Leapfrog, ArcGIS/ArcPro would be beneficial
- Proficiency in scripting languages, such as Python or Matlab would be beneficial

**Our Culture**

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