Assistant Planning Engineer

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, and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

We are currently recruiting for a Assistant Planning Engineer to join the integrated joint venture team on the DDP Lot 3 Framework at Sellafield - i3 Decommissioning Partners

The main goal of this framework is to assist in the decommissioning of the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, one of four legacy waste plants prioritised for clean-up by Sellafield Ltd's owner, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

As an Assistant Planning Engineer you will be required to plan and coordinate a wide range of works within the scope of the framework. Initially including (but not limited to) the ops and maintenance contract which is planned outside of planning software (albeit all other projects use P6 - training will be provided if required)

The role will require:

• Planning civil resource across the ops and maintenance contract mainly using MS Excel
• Planning and coordinating tasks as required mainly using MS Excel
• Producing P6 schedules where required
• Attending client facing and i3 meetings

Here's What You'll Need:

• P6 fundamentals training (will be provided if not)
• Experience of managing resource or coordinating tasks in some way
• Experience of working within a highly regulated industry (such as nuclear)
• Some experience/understanding of the construction industry, methods and practices

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

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