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Jacobs Associate Director - Ports UK WIDE 
United Kingdom, England, London 
738901663

17.08.2024
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We are an international leader in the engineering, planning, design and construction management of maritime structures, ports, harbours and coastal schemes. 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. As an Associate Director you will lead multi-disciplinary project teams to execute and deliver safe technical solutions to agreed standards, on-time, and within budget. You will have established your reputation for the highest standards of service and technical delivery across a broad range of major projects. You will contribute to delivering sustainable growth in line with our business strategy. This involves working closely with our project teams to identify how best we can support our clients, building our market position and winning profitable work. As a senior member of our Ports team, you will be comfortable managing our prospect portfolio, leading sales activity to deliver sustainable growth, support strategic positioning for specific opportunities, leading the delivery of projects and provide appropriate guidance and mentorship to help develop less experienced team members. You will coordinate project resources and plan tasks and will contribute to our business goals. We appreciate that by this stage in your career it is likely that you will be focussed on either technical or project delivery, we are interested in hearing from you regardless.

There are roles here for both Lead Designers and for Project or Design Managers.

Here's what you'll need
  • Chartered Civil or Structural Engineer (or other relevant professional qualification)
  • Experience of design of maritime structures
  • Experienced in working within teams within fast-paced environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and an ability to establish and meet deadlines/budgets.
  • Strong organisational, management and research skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
  • Good interpersonal and organisational skills to lead meetings and build relationships across operational and sales teams

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 orreasonable 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 #maritime24