Associate Director, Structural Solutions

**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**

Our Stockton-on-Tees bridges and structural solutions team takes pride in taking on technically complex and major schemes across the country and internationally. The team also specialises in structural maintenance of existing assets with several long-term Frameworks for UK Local Authority clients as well as regional National Highways contracts. With a large and diverse team it is ideally placed to give opportunities in every aspect of bridge engineering. You will utilise your highly developed technical engineering, interpersonal and organisational skills in supporting the technical delivery of highway and rail structures solutions.

You’ll join a team that has an enviable reputation in the UK Transportation consultancy sector as a result of a portfolio of high-profile projects with clients that include High Speed 2, National Highways, Network Rail, National Contractors and Local Authorities.

You will be responsible for project delivery and undertake the role of technical lead on a range of bridge and transportation related projects:

- Use your knowledge and experience to deliver all stages of project work including leading and mentoring bridge staff on tasks such as structural analysis, feasibility studies, tender designs, detailed designs and the production of contract documents and technical reports.
- Use your knowledge and skills in working together with the team and other disciplines in providing an integrated service to clients
- Help seek innovative solutions in achieving best value in delivering our services
- Help development of the team through the delivery of projects and commissions, providing technical and administrative support and leadership where required

Let’s build for a brighter future together. If you want to join a company invested in you, your success and the global community - join us as an Associate Director in our Bridges and Structural Solutions Group.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- A degree in Civil or Structural Engineering;
- Chartered or Incorporated status with ICE, IStructE or a similar organisation
- Significant experience in the UK bridges/Transportation sector;
- Strong understanding of structural behaviour and detailed knowledge of current codes and standards, including Eurocodes, DMRB, SHW, and Network rail standards;
- Experience of design analysis and assessment of structures using Structural analysis software such Midas, SuperStress or LUSAS;
- Proven track record of delivery of bridge and highway related projects and an ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team;

**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.