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.
Our Transportation business within P&PS Europe currently comprises 1400+ staff spread across 23+ offices, delivering more connected, sustainable solutions for our UK, European and international clients across Aviation, Highways, Rail, and adjacency markets.
In addition to your people leadership role, you will also be responsible for project delivery. Our Bridges and Structures Capability is part of our wider Transportation business. We take pride in delivering technically complex schemes across the UK and internationally. As a key member of our team, you will support our transition to a solutions provider, transforming how we deliver through the implementation of new technologies and lean, digital processes, to increase efficiency and add value for our clients.
As a Team Lead, you will support the Bridges & Structures Leadership Team on the following key areas:
- Growth and winning work – From both existing and new Clients
- Delivering for our clients – Ensuring project delivery excellence and standardisation, championing our culture and contributing to risk management.
- Looking after our people – Creating a positive, inclusive environment where all feel belonging, is safe, supportive and enjoyable. Facilitating effective communication, supporting line management, demonstrating visible leadership on Health, Safety and Environment and being accountable for the training and development of the team.
- Running our business – Resourcing, retention and recruitment, salary review and promotions and effective management of our investment budget.
Further, you will:
- Work in partnership with your Head of Capability and People Leaders to achieve our culture vision
- Providing visible and proactive leadership to the local team, be the go to person for the team and the local point of contact for other local teams
- Achieving team contribution to the Business Plan
- Driving office attendance through creative initiatives
- Communication with the team including regular office-based team briefings
- Supporting and performance management of team People Leaders
- Local recruitment in line with the Bridges and Structures Solutions Group recruitment plan and contribution to strategic long-term resource planningTeam promotions and salary reviews
- Ensuring adequate project delivery supervision for team membersProactively raising any people or project issues to your Head of Capability
- Competency management and development, including support to our Global Integrated Delivery approach, succession planning
- Identify training and development requirements for the team and leading on implementation
- Make business and group messaging relevant to the local team, improving engagement and compliance
Strong leadership is expected in support of our Global Programmes, including:
- Beyond Zero : Our global Health, Safety, Security and Environment programme. Demonstrate clear leadership on BeyondZero, embedding a culture of safety, health, and wellbeing in the team; where our people feel safe and empowered to take decisions that reflect BeyondZero and our culture of caring.
- TogetherBeyond: Our approach to living inclusion every day and enabling diversity and equity globally. Drive a step change in inclusion, influencing and creating an environment that recognises the diverse talents of our people, that diverse individuals want to join, where they feel they belong, and they will thrive. Your style of leadership will help contribute to our aspirational gender balance goal to achieve an employee population that is 40% male, 40% female, and 20% any gender, and to a more engaged, committed and talented team of people to drive delivery excellence.
- PlanBeyond: Our approach to sustainability. Demonstrate clear leadership on PlanBeyond, embedding a culture of thinking and doing that embodies the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, our company mission to deliver a more connected sustainable world, and embraces decarbonisation in technical delivery to our Market customers.
- BeyondExcellence: Our global programme focused on quality, performance excellence and recognising those who set the new standard. You will contribute to the development of the Bridges and Structures local office team and their performance on projects.
Further, with a strong focus on project delivery, you will be expected to undertake the role of technical/discipline lead on a range of bridge and structural related projects:
- Lead and mentor teams on tasks such as structural analysis, feasibility studies, tender designs, detailed designs and the production of contract documents and technical reports.
- Use your knowledge and skills to lead a team and other disciplines in providing an integrated service to clients.
- Proactively identifying and implementing innovative solutions through leveraging data, automation, lean and standardisation to improve efficiency/productivity and project outcomes.
- Project delivery excellence, commercial or technical, or both depending on role (i.e. delivery to time, budget and quality)
- Work with our UK and Global Integrated Delivery teams to best use our resources and ensure efficient and successful delivery.
- An experienced people leader who can drive vision, purpose and engagement
- Inclusive and diverse with a global mindset thinking beyond your office
- Proficient in relationship management, strategic influencing and engagement, fostering trust and collaboration
- Good interpersonal and communication skills and an active listener
- Be driven to deliver an inclusive culture where all team members are engaged, feel valued, have an equal voice and have equal access to development opportunities
- Resilient and resourceful
As part of the Team Lead role you will be expected to be deployed on related project work for at least 90% of your time (reduced for part time team members). For that, we would expect the following qualifications and experience:
- A professional qualification
- Project management and leadership skills related to bridge design (or other disciplines) You may have a background in bridge engineering, however, we are equally interested to hear from candidates from other disciplines and industries.
- We are happy to discuss job share, part-time and flexible hours patterns to suit you and our business.
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