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Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

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Job Information

Jacobs Senior to Associate Coastal CFD Modeller in Bristol, United Kingdom

Your Impact:

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.

Our Maritime team are experiencing a rapid growth in the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for analysis of wave loads on coastal structures, overtopping assessments, scour and rock protection design, ship mooring studies, floating vessel response, hydraulic structures performance and thermal dispersion modelling.

To meet this growth we are looking for a Principal CFD modeller to join our established maritime modelling team to drive application and innovation of CFD to our current and future portfolio of projects and opportunities.

The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities including major projects within the renewables, oil and gas, maritime transport and coastal resilience markets.

The role will include:

Working as part of a national CFD team the role will involve:

  • Providing a Technical Lead and review role on projects involving CFD modelling including wave loads on coastal structures, overtopping analysis, assessment of floating bodies, industrial outfalls and intakes, hydraulic structure design and thermal dispersion modelling

  • Supervising, assisting and developing junior CFD modellers within the UK national team working with other experts within the business

  • Managing the preparation of technical reports. Undertaking checking / reviewing of reports prepared by others

  • Project Managing modelling projects / tasks orders, assuming delivery on time and within budget

  • Support our CFD lead with the preparation of scopes and budgets for execution of CFD activities both for internal and external Clients

  • Leading the Maritime strategy for the technology required to increase capability and grow the business, for example: cloud computing, software, hardware, training etc.

  • Providing company-wide expertise and support the development of CFD for fluvial, coastal and provide international expertise, link with Academic institutions and develop relationships that support the research and development of new CFD applications and capability.

Here’s what you’ll need :

  • Extensive experience in CFD maritime/coastal applications in a commercial environment.

  • Track record of research publication in the application of CFD in relevant maritime / coastal markets.

  • Excellent knowledge and practice of modelling software e.g. OpenFoam, Ansys CFX etc

  • A degree in a relevant discipline ideally with a relevant Masters degree or higher.

  • Computer programming skills e.g. Python, Matlab, C etc

  • Chartered with CIWEM, ICE or other relevant organisation Good leadership, supervision and mentoring skills,

  • Experience of liaising with Clients and managing projects,

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present and communicate confidently and effectively with colleagues and clients

  • Right to work in the UK. 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.

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.

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