Your Impact:

The Defence & Security business provides an exciting mixture of consultancy, design and engineering support, along with delivery of challenging Defence projects, to major clients in the UK at a variety of Sites across the nuclear and defence industries, including HMNB Clyde, HMNB Devonport, BAES Barrow and AWE Aldermaston. Overseas, we are delivering similarly interesting and exciting projects across the globe including projects for clients in the Middle East and Australia. About the Opportunity: We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Delivery Manager to join the Senior Leadership Team on a new infrastructure design contract based in Barrow-in-Furness. This role will form part of the leadership function with specific responsibility for the delivery to scope, schedule, cost and risk envelope of circa 15 multidisciplinary projects. The majority of these projects will be buildings orientated and set in an industrial context. Successful applicant should have high-level experience of running large project teams, motivating individuals, resolving conflicts, and always ensuring extremely high safety standards. Jacobs is home to the brightest thinkers, the best technical experts, and the most exciting visionaries all working in tandem to provide the best solutions to the world’s biggest problems. Strong experience in managing design of buildings should be evident. We seek candidates who not only match these criteria but can put their own individual mark on Our Jacobs and, through innovation and drive, thrive in our industry.

• Experience of major program and project management;

• Significant experience of managing projects in the buildings sector;

• Working knowledge of all aspects of project delivery with experience delivering major projects;

• Managing multidisciplinary teams in a highly regulated environment;

• Understanding of CDM regulations;

• Knowledge of modern methods of construction including off site prefabrication, and Early Contractor Involvement;

• Leading integration including technical, programme, contractual and spatial;

• Past experience of integrating new facilities into a live operational environment.

• Driving standardisation into design, schedules and cost.

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. Benefits: Include but not limited too: Private medical insurance/critical illness/life assurance/ Digital GP service, Hybrid working, Generous pension contribution, Buy and sell Holidays up to 42 days leave, Share/save scheme, Salary sacrifice car leasing scheme, Professional development, Enhanced parental leave pay, wellbeing service, And many more

Here’s what you’ll need :

• Degree qualified in an architectural or engineering discipline

• Chartered status preferred;

• 15 years managing major projects or programmes;

• Membership of a relevant professional body such as the APM, PMI or an engineering institution;

• Ability to obtain a minimum level of SC clearance UK;

• UK Driving License and Right to Work in the UK.

• You must be a UK National and able/willing to obtain SC level security clearance, which includes resident in the UK for the preceding 5 years

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. (https://careers.jacobs.com/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. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

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