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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

The successful candidate will be based primarily in our Warrington laboratories (with a specific requirement to be present on site at least 3 days of the week) and will focus on providing technical and scientific expertise to support our clients with addressing a variety of challenges associated with the disposal of radioactive wastes. The successful candidate will work to on geochemistry and environmental radiochemistry projects to support understanding of radionuclide behaviour in the geosphere. More broadly, the successful candidate will support our consultancy business in the areas of decommissioning and radioactive waste management. The post offers the opportunity to apply your skills to solving real world problems in a customer-focused environment. The vacancy provides an excellent opportunity for those wishing to develop their careers in a technically challenging and commercially focussed business.

The candidate will work on a range of experimental and desk-based consultancy projects for owners and prospective owners of radioactive wastes, both in the UK and overseas. Our established client portfolio includes government organisations in the UK and abroad, including the NDA, NWS, Sellafield Ltd, Magnox, SKB, Nagra and ONDRAF-NIRAS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execution of radiochemistry and geochemistry experiments and associated data analysis and interpretation.

• Provision of desk-based scientific consultancy services.

• Working in our radiochemistry laboratory facilities to take an active part in the setup and execution of key experiments.

• Contributing to the routine operation of our laboratory facilities, including radiological protection duties.

• Demonstrating and promoting the highest levels of health and safety in all aspects of the role.

• Producing high-quality technical reports, as main author and/or in collaboration with other senior technical resources.

• Supporting successful interactions with clients, including presentation of key results and their interpretation in the context of client needs.

• Supporting business development activities (including competitive bidding) in relevant technical areas.

• Taking ownership of agreed work areas, and delivering work to agreed timescales, quality and cost.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• A good first degree OR higher degree in a science or engineering discipline OR equivalent training/experience.

• A PhD in chemistry or geochemistry, OR equivalent working experience.

• Excellent experimental skills with focus on radiochemistry or geochemistry.

• A proven understanding of analytical chemistry with an appetite to learn new analytical methods.

• Experience working with open sources of radioisotopes in a supervised or controlled laboratory.

• Numerate with excellent technical writing skills.

• Flexible, innovative, and eager to learn.

• Adaptable, able to work on and/or coordinate a number of varied projects at the same time, prioritising as appropriate.

• Able to work within multi-disciplinary teams.

• Keen to apply skills to the solution of real-world problems.

• The successful applicant will need to be able to obtain appropriate security clearance.

Desirable

• Understanding of the UK programme for geological disposal of radioactive waste.

• Experience utilising analytical radiochemistry techniques.

• Track record of publishing technical work in industry reports and/or scientific literature.

If you are looking for a new challenge and are passionate about developing yourself then we want to meet you.

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. (https://careers.jacobs.com/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. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

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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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.