Principal Engineer, Smart Solutions - Transportation Technology

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

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Your Impact:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Transportation business unit delivering services centred on key transportation markets to clients principally across the United Kingdom but through our networks and growth strategies supporting projects across the world.

You will be joining the Technology Solutions group with teams across the UK this role would be based in our Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester or London offices whilst offering flexible working.

You, as a part of our ITS team will provide strategic, feasibility and designs to a range of clients including Highways England, Local Authorities’ and Private clients across the UK. The work supporting developing the vision and the technologies in providing mobility solutions for our transportation network including: -

• Planning;
• System Identification;
• Implementation;
• Commissioning;
• Operation;
• MaaS

Responsibilities will include:

• Technical lead on projects;
• Developing the Vision and solution;
• Leading the preparation of designs at feasibility, optioneering, planning and detailed design stages;
• Working with colleagues across our network of offices both in technology solutions and other disciplines;
• Preparation of technical reports, feasibility studies, designs, specifications and contract documents;
• Completing on site commissioning and monitoring;

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Grow your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, flourish, and succeed.

Why Jacobs?

We clear the way for inventive thinking so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.

Our Culture:

We’re invested in you and your success. 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.

We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent.

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.

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.