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Jacobs Associate Director - Systems Engineering 
United Kingdom, England, Birmingham 
417020262

17.08.2024
Your impact

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow. 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 Jacobs’ Strategic Consulting team provides strategic advisory in all phases of the business life cycle, informedby our operational knowledge and deep functional expertise. By integrating strategic and technical expertise, we support the full spectrum of client functions from executive leadership project delivery and operations. Our Intelligent Asset Management & Assurance team works with our clients to help them realise value from their assets. Working at all levels of client organisations across multiple sectors and industries; we act as a critical friend providing strategic thinking and practical, resilient, and assured solutions that deliver whole life value. By combining traditional consultancy skills with data driven solutions we increase our clients understanding of their asset base, helping them to work smarter and realise tangible benefits. We are looking for a Requirements Derivation, Verification and Validation Management Specialist with experience of configuring and using IBM Doors. You can expect to be working on Major Projects and Programmes in a variety of sectors. You will be responsible for: · Supporting the requirements management process for a major programme. · Providing expertise in the capture and development of the wider project requirements set. · Derivation and management of requirements using DOORS process for a major programme. · Setting up and configuring DOORS database and reporting. · Verification and Validation management of requirements · Owning Requirements, Verification and Validation Management plan · The dashboard and reporting toolsets, as well as providing training to project team members on IBM DOORS.

Here's what you'll need

To thrive in this role, you’ll be self-motivated, inquisitive, and willing to challenge established practice. Excellent oral and written communication skills are key, along with the ability to collaborate as a team, and across Strategic Consulting. You’ll also have: · Proven experience in implementing DOORS configurations in a client environment. · Demonstrable experience of working in a major infrastructure project in a similar industry and/or to working in a matrix and dispersed team · Demonstrated expertise in overseeing the requirements lifecycle process as a requirements manager. · Experience in managing dashboard and reporting toolsets within DOORS. · Previous experience in delivering training sessions, preferably on IBM DOORS Next. · Track record of delivering projects to time, cost quality standards across all stages of project lifecycle. · Demonstrable experience of successfully working in/adapting the philosophy of a 'One Team' environment within an NEC contract context. · To be able to work across diverse stakeholders. · Significant experience in systems engineering. · Chartered Engineer in the UK or equivalent. Desirable · Ability to lead projects or workstreams with support · Experience of business development such as proposal writing or developing commercial propositions. 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, faithor 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 If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team. Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know. #LI-Hybrid #StratCon