EC&I Engineer (Early Career)

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

To meet growing business needs, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Electrical, Control & Instrumentation teams as a Trainee.

The diversity of client capabilities within our team provides an excellent opportunity for you to drive your career forward and develop professionally.

The role will include:

• Variety - working with multiple clients in the nuclear sector and beyond.
• Learning - with over sixty EC&I engineers in our team, there is significant help and advice available to support knowledge transfer and career development.
• Client Exposure - interacting directly with key clients.
• Research - solving complex problems for existing and new nuclear stations.
• Design - developing engineering solutions to meet clients’ needs.

You can expect to gain experience in:

• Developing and working with new technologies
• Complex problem solving and championing innovation
• Developing collaborative partnering skills
• Broadening EC&I skills and experience, from control systems design and development to high integrity safety systems and qualifications

This position would suit ambitious candidates with a relevant qualification, who would like to learn from us and grow with us! You will be a Graduate who has an interest in Nuclear Engineering and maybe a little bit of relevant experience under your belt.

Join our teams and play a key role in keeping the lights on, powering critical national infrastructure and achieving Net Zero targets.

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.

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