Acoustician Consultant (Senior or Principal) - UK Wide

Job description

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 have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and adaptable acousticians at Senior or Principal level to join us across our UK offices (Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Winnersh) . We have specialists based across the UK and Poland who work with numerous high-profile clients solving complex noise and vibration issues both nationally and globally and have a proven track record in the successful delivery of projects across a broad range of sectors including environmental, transportation, industrial and buildings.

We are technically diverse team, continuously evolving our capabilities into new fields, leveraging our innovation expertise. Our project delivery strengths are enhanced by our advanced innovative and integrated approach to noise modelling and its automation, along with its assessment using multiple software packages. These include CadnaA, SoundPlan, IMMI, NoiseMap, ArcGIS, SQL, EASE, and INSUL.

About you

Our highly productive and successful team is based on great teamwork and a mindset focused on growth and innovation. We are looking for people who place a high value in forging connections with trust and integrity, with a proven ability to build and maintain good relationships with other s.

Here's What You'll Need:

• Appropriate qualification in acoustics or related science degree, post-graduate qualifications an advantage
• Chartered or professional member of relevant professional body
• Strong knowledge in relevant noise propagation, prediction methods and computational noise modelling packages
• Experience in interpretation and application of guidance and British Standards relevant to noise and vibration impact and assessment
• Ideally experience in computer programming, ArcGIS, ArcPro, SQL
• Valid UK driving licence

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.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team .

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