Associate Director - Ports UK WIDE 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: 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. 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 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. [1] 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, 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, Women and Vetnet. [2] 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 [3] 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 [4] 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 [5] please let us know. LI-Hybrid LI-Hybrid maritime24 References