Junior Hydrogeologist Birmingham, England
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:
To meet our growing UK business needs and future development aspirations we currently have an opportunity for a Junior Hydrogeologist within our hydrogeological team in the UK. You will be joining an experienced team specialising in hydrogeology, but we positively encourage and provide opportunities for the development of complementary technical and project delivery skills. We can be flexible regarding the location of the role.
Responsibilities will include:
You will be providing hydrogeological input to support our activities across a range of sectors, including flood risk management, environmental impact assessment, engineering hydrogeology, contaminant hydrogeology, wetland assessments and water resources. In addition you will be:
- Supporting company-wide expertise in hydrogeological analysis for environmental and civil engineering problems.
- Delivering hydrogeological desk studies and risk assessments ensuring technical excellence and timely delivery within budget.
- Preparing method statements and specifications.
- Supporting in liaison with contractors, laboratories and regulators
- Field based work including monitoring and contractor supervision.
- Data collection, collation and analysis and writing technical reports.
- A minimum of a good honours degree in earth sciences and a master’s degree or doctorate in hydrogeology.
- Enthusiastic about solving problems.
- Prepared to innovate, finding new and improved ways to contribute to project excellence.
- The ability to analyse information and to present this logically and accurately in reports or verbal presentations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to use groundwater modelling packages such as MODFLOW, FEFLOW, GEOSTUDIO SEEP/W, AQUIFER Win32 and an understanding of water chemistry and pumping test analysis.
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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