Graduate Architectural Assistant

Are you ready to start your career in an inclusive, flexible, and dynamic work environment?

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Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Programme (GDP) to start your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, environment and communities. As a Jacobs Graduate you will be part of a larger network of talent who are Challenging Today and Reinventing Tomorrow.

What we do at Jacobs

Our People & Places Solutions (P&PS) business focuses on providing solutions to future challenges such as climate change, the need for renewable energy, low carbon economies, transportation, and material resource and waste management. While we shape some of the very largest and most challenging landmark projects in the UK, we also deliver local projects that protect communities. We lead with the environment and make social and natural capital central to how we solve our clients’ challenges. We are helping to create the sustainable and resilient cities and communities of the future, making attractive places for all to live and work.

What’s in it for you?

As a Jacobs Graduate you will join a structured 2-year programme aimed at progressing Graduates into global project leaders and problem solvers. Our GDP provides the framework, mentoring and expertise, supporting you to reach your full potential. On joining our programme in September 2023, you will rapidly gain knowledge of how our company works, what motivates us and how you can make innovative contributions to our projects, helping us build a more connected and sustainable world.

About the opportunity

Jacobs is looking for a Graduate Architectural Assistant to join their central London Design Studio.

Jacobs is hiring a Part 1 Architectural Assistant to support an expanding portfolio of UK and international projects. You will part of design teams providing design solutions across multiple design sectors from commercial, transportation, defence, energy, technology, to local government. Joining us will allow you to build upon your design skills and gain experience on a wide variety of projects at varying stages of development from appraisal, feasibility, concept, through to detailed design delivery.

Working within our Cities & Places business unit, the successful candidate will have a degree in Architecture gaining RIBA Part 1 exemption. As a graduate you will be enrolled on our in-house Graduate Development Programme (GDP) which focuses on continual learning and development through a structured approach of achieving key competencies. Our GDP competencies include learning about Project Delivery, Personal Effectiveness, Business Acumen, Innovation, and HSE in addition to architecturally related learning. The two-year mentored course will provide you with a breadth of professional knowledge and experience in different subject areas.

You will have a collaborative problem-solving mindset and be able to work within a team-based delivery, including working closely with architects, interior designers, urban designers, engineers and other in-house design professionals. The position will involve engaging with clients therefore excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to help build client relationships.

You will be an integral part of the London Architectural team where design thinking, ideas, and solutions are shared openly within an inclusive working environment. You will be given the opportunities to be part of our project execution which focuses on design quality, innovation, and digitally focused delivery.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Promoting the principles of good design, whilst bringing inspiring and innovative design solutions to our increasing diverse project portfolio.
• Achieving technical quality and technical excellence.
• Assisting Jacobs deliver our diverse UK and International project portfolio.
• Being part of our multi-disciplinary design teams.
• Producing design models, sketches, drawings, and visualisations to suit project delivery.
• Helping to deliver design solutions to reduce carbon for a more connected and sustainable world.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated with the ability to work as part of a team. You will be an excellent communicator, capable of presenting your ideas, and be able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve optimum design solutions.

Other key skills and desired characteristics required for this position include:

• Being inclusive and upholding a culture of caring within the team.
• Acting with honesty and integrity at all times.
• Adopting a flexible design-focused mindset to problem solving.
• Having a working knowledge of BIM related processes.
• Modelling experience using Sketch-up, Rhino, and preferably Autodesk Revit.
• Experience with rendering software.
• Good communication and listening skills to communicate effectively with team members, clients, and stakeholders.
• Embracing digital technology, innovation, and automation to drive efficient design solutions.
• You must have the permanent right to work in the UK.

We want you to bring your whole, authentic self to Jacobs - have you travelled around the world? Worked in a bar? Been captain of a sports team or volunteered for a charity? Tell us - we’re looking for people with interesting stories and experiences!

What else we provide

In addition to work-life balance and flexibility, UK employees also receive;

• Free single medical cover and digital GP service

• Reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships

• An inclusive and diverse environment, embracing the variety of cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through Jacobs Employee Networks

• A focus on safety, health, and wellbeing, prioritising our people through a culture of caring and a network of positive mental health champions

• Opportunities to give back to our communities through our Collectively program, incorporating matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

We are truly passionate about inclusion and diversity and recognise that this application and selection process may not suit all candidates. If this is the case for you, please get in touch with us to discuss how we can make this process more accessible.

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