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Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Programme (GDP) and have a meaningful, positive impact on our environments, communities, and societies worldwide. As a Jacobs Graduate you will be part of a larger network of talent who are Challenging Today and Reinventing Tomorrow.
What we do at Jacobs
Our business focuses on providing solutions to future challenges such as climate change, the need for renewable energy, low carbon economies, transportation, and material resource and waste management. While we shape some of the very largest and most challenging landmark projects in the UK, we also deliver local projects that protect communities.
What will you get?
Our Graduate Development Programme is a structured two-year scheme where we provide the framework, mentoring and experiences to help you maximise your skills and ambitions. On joining our scheme in September 2025, you’ll rapidly gain knowledge of how our company works and the impact that you can have to help us move towards a more connected and sustainable world.
About the opportunity
Jacobs is a world leader in coastal and maritime engineering and planning. We take great pride in our ability to deliver innovative and high quality technical solutions in the marine and coastal environment, balancing the need to provide resilient coastlines with the development of multi-functional, innovative engineering and planning solutions to deliver sustainable, prosperous coastal environments that work in harmony with natural processes.
Our coastal UK team consists of engineers, scientists and numerical modellers, who together provide a fundamental understanding of how the marine environment responds to natural and man-made interventions which is essential to designing and maintaining resilient schemes. Jacobs coastal team delivers coastal analysis, design, management and modelling solutions to our major UK and international clients and support the broader Jacobs maritime, energy, transportation and environmental sectors with coastal expertise.
Our modelling team utilize a wide variety of industry standard numerical modelling packages for a range of 1D, 2D and 3D applications, for wave and hydrodynamic processes, sediment transport and coastal morphodynamics, water quality and thermal plumes modelling in open coasts, estuaries and ports. In addition the team is experiencing a rapid growth in the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for analysis of hydrodynamics and responses within coastal environments.
This is an exciting time as we evolve our business to offer real solutions to some of the greatest challenges of moving towards net zero carbon emissions, climate resilience and efficiently developing 21st century infrastructure.
We’re looking for the most talented and passionate individuals out there to be our next generation of leaders and to become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.
We are recruiting a Graduate Coastal Modeller/Engineer to join our team in Bristol.
Here's what you'll need
- Be working towards or hold a recent Degree or post-graduate qualification in a numerical modelling/coastal/maritime related discipline
- A flexible self-starter who is keen to drive your career forward
- Adaptable to change, with a thirst for learning new things
- You must have the permanent right to work in the UK
Selection process
- Step 1: Apply Online
- Step 2: Solo Video Assessment
- Step 3: Interview
Apply before 21st October 2024 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.
What else we provide
- A flexible workstyle, embracing a hybrid working pattern and supporting those who need to balance work/life commitments a bit differently than others
- Free single medical cover and digital GP service
- Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships
- An inclusive and diverse work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Jacobs Employee Networks
- A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a culture of caring and positive mental health champion network
- Opportunities to give back to our communities through our Collectively program, incorporating matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to Jacobs.