Jacobs is recruiting for a Soil Scientist to join their Land Quality team to enhance their team strength in providing high quality soil science advice to their clients.
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Your Impact
Due to an increasing workload in our soils capability, we are recruiting Soil Scientists to join our Land Quality team to enhance our team strength in providing high quality soil science advice to our clients.
The individual we seek should have expertise in soil science, including its application to areas such as agricultural land classification (ALC), environmental impact assessment, soil/peatland management, ecosystem restoration, landscaping and environmental research. The ability to provide input to the design, coordination and completion of soil surveys for a range of purposes is essential. A willingness to develop some technical expertise in geo-environmental work is also desirable. This role is for candidates in the early years of their career.
You will need to be a team player, capable of developing a network of contacts with clients and within the wider Jacobs team. You will need to be willing to work away from your base office, with a high level of personal responsibility and show an adaptable and flexible approach to a range of project requirements. Commercial awareness is essential.
Here’s What You’ll Need
- A good undergraduate degree which provided a strong understanding of soils science, a relevant MSc would be an advantage.
- Demonstrable track record in soils science consultancy or similar, ideally including a mixture of site and office-based work.
- Good digital skills including excel, with experience of GIS.
- Demonstrable commitment to health and safety.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team and build positive working relationships with colleagues, clients, regulators and site-based personnel.
- The ability to produce well-presented and accurate reports and a willingness to learn new skills and apply them in a consultancy setting.
- A full driving licence.
The UK and Ireland Land Quality team includes over 50 soil and contamination specialists that provide strategic advice and innovative solutions to manage our clients’ subsurface environmental liabilities and opportunities. Jacobs are keen to embrace the ‘new way of working’ with a mixture of home and office-based work supported. It may be necessary to be based in other Jacobs’ offices or at our client offices or sites as projects require. Applicants are required to have a UK passport or valid work visa.
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:
- Up to 10% company contribution into their pension
- 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships
- Support to their local communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations
- Opportunity to buy/sell annual leave.
Wellbeing support and resources
- Free employee medical cover and digital GP service
- Mindfulness Platform
- Dedicated Workplace Support 1:1 Counselling Consultations,
- Confidential information & counselling service provided by Optum. Emotional Wellbeing Solutions is a free confidential information and counselling service available 24/7 via phone or online. Experienced consultants are available to discuss finance, legal, family matters and counselling can be provided for personal support
- Online demand fitness platform provided by Daily Burn
- Personalised financial planning and support provided by Origin, with 1:1 access to dedicated certified financial planners.
Fertility and family benefits and support:
- Enhanced parental leave pay
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefit provided by Carrot. With Carrot, you can virtually chat with experts, explore educational resources, find a vetted provider, and use employer-sponsored funds to pay for care. Get support with: understanding fertility health, preservation (egg, sperm, embryo), assisted reproduction (e.g., in vitro fertilisation), adoption, gestational surrogacy, donor assistance, pregnancy, menopause, and low testosterone.
- A free parental success solution and neurodiversity training benefit provided by RethinkCare Family. The family solution gives you and your family 24/7 access to behavioural health support tools and resources to help parents or caregivers of children raise happy, healthy and resilient children: 1:1 digital & live support – unlimited access to Board Certified Behaviour Analysts and thousands of clinically validated audio/visual trainings, including support with ADHD & developmental disabilities.
- Bridge the Gap is our parental transition programme which aims to make Jacobs employer of choice for working parents, supporting them before, during and after the life-changing milestone of becoming a parent. Bridge the Gap supports our efforts to create an environment where we can bring our authentic selves to work and achieve our full potential.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss the different working patterns we offer:
- Hybrid working
- Part-time role
- Flexible working hours including compressed hours (working full time hours over fewer days), and
- Annualised hours contract (working a defined number of hours over a year with an estimated average weekly hour pattern).
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Locations
| CITY | STATE | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | Bristol City | United Kingdom |
| Bristol | Bristol City | United Kingdom |
| London | Greater London | United Kingdom |
| Birmingham | West Midlands | United Kingdom |
| Manchester | Greater Manchester | United Kingdom |
| Wokingham | Berkshire | United Kingdom |
| Edinburgh | East Lothian | United Kingdom |
| Manchester | Greater Manchester | United Kingdom |
Visit Jacobs’ Website for more details.