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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

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Jacobs are seeking a Senior Scheduler to be responsible for the direction and co-ordination of all Project Controls activities associated with the design, construction and commissioning of all plant and construction systems to deliver two EPRs at SZC within safety, quality, time and cost milestones for a specific area / scope of work. This position supports the development of an overall integrated plan and budget for the project and to establish effective and fully transparent reporting and controls across the whole project. Key responsibilities will be:

• Production and control of cost and resource loaded (where applicable) baseline and current schedule, utilising work breakdown structures

• Adherence to scheduling and project control standards across the project

• Overseeing and ensuring schedules are updated to an agreed timeframe

• Support cost control, risk and change management teams where appropriate

• Support the production of monthly reports through the provision of intelligent information and analysis

• Producing analysis of trends, generating performance indicators and providing feedback on areas of risk and opportunities

• Analysis and integration of schedules provided by contractors and suppliers

• Establish and foster working relationships with all appropriate stakeholders pursuant to the discharging of your responsibilities or in aid of theirs

• Responsible for supporting schedule management and reporting for SZC project – including cost and earned value reporting and management

• Provide ad hoc support to the wider SZC Project Controls function to develop the capability of the team

• Adherence to the current monthly Project Controls cycle and processes and support with any future development

Here’s what you’ll need :

• Degree or equivalent suitable qualification

• Experience in major construction projects

• Detailed understanding of scheduling methodologies and techniques within an enterprise environment

• Good working knowledge of P6

• Practical working knowledge of Earned Value, Scheduling and Project Control processes and tools

• High level of analytical and numerate skills

• Skilled at interfacing and operating in a large corporate environment

• Ability to work in a team as well as on their own initiative

• Strive for quality, excellence, and continuous improvement in everything you do

• Understanding of engineering design and licensing in a UK context ideally within a regulated environment

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)

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