Coastal Hydrodynamic/CFD Modeller Birchwood
Job description
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
Our team specialises in commercial ports, bulk terminals, naval bases, breakwaters and coastal defences, dredging and reclamation, marine off-loading facilities and sea water intakes and outfalls.
We support a wide range of major UK and international clients across the maritime, defence, energy and transport sectors.
Our 100+ excellent Ports Maritime UK team is part of a wider global team with over 500 specialist maritime engineers with premier skill and experience in marine design and specification.
Our Maritime team are experiencing a rapid growth in the use of hydrodynamic modelling and CFD for analysis of coastal structures, overtopping assessments, scour and rock protection design, ship mooring studies, floating vessel response, and hydraulic structures.
Job Responsibilities
- Undertake analysis and modelling (1D, 2D and 3D) of waves, tide and wave-driven hydrodynamics, sediment transport and coastal
- Undertaking CFD modelling including wave loads on coastal and offshore structures, overtopping analysis, assessment of floating bodies, industrial outfalls and intakes, hydraulic structure design.
- Contribute to the production of client deliverables such as technical reports
- Undertaking checking of models and reports by others,
- Work closely with peers and mentors to plan and develop your career and to support the development of others within the team.
- A minimum level 2:1 MEng degree (or equivalent) in a coastal/ maritime/ numerical modelling relevant discipline ideally with a relevant Masters or post-graduate qualification.
- Desire to learn new skills and further develop your existing modelling abilities.
- Experience in CFD, preferably in maritime/coastal applications and/or Experience in the use of software such as MIKE by DHI, SWAN, Delft3D or TUFLOW
- Good academic knowledge in waves, tidal hydrodynamics and sediment transport in open coasts and estuaries
- Skilled in use of GIS software such as Mapinfo/ArcGIS/QGIS
- Computer programming ability e.g. Python, R, Matlab, C++ etc
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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