You have purpose. And at Jacobs, you can live it. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals all at a single global company.
The Graduate Development Programme (GDP) is a global two-year initiative crafted to fast-track your professional growth, enhance your skills for the future and help you discover your true purpose.
The programme is more than just a steppingstone. It’s a launchpad for your career, offering you the tools, experiences and support you need. Join us and unlock your potential as you work on complex projects, collaborate with industry leaders and make a meaningful impact.
Your GDP Journey is unique to you. At Jacobs, we empower our graduates to tailor their GDP experience by selecting skills that ignite their passion and align with their career aspirations. From the outset, you’ll choose programme elements from a diverse range of topics, including consulting skills, digital innovation, sustainability, human skills, and technical excellence within your discipline.
Our GDP framework blends experiential learning, curated content, and reflective exercises to enhance your skill development. The programme is designed to be immersive, with a significant portion of your learning happening on the job. You’ll collaborate with your manager and mentor to gather the most impactful learning experiences tailored to your growth.
Join a global programme with over 2000 participants and become part of our vibrant global graduate community. You’ll have the chance to connect with peers worldwide through various social and professional development events. These opportunities will expand your network, cultural awareness and understanding of Jacobs’ diverse business areas and projects.
For approximately eight weeks starting in early July, you’ll work in one of our hub office locations across the UK or Ireland. Here, you’ll collaborate with world-class professionals in a dynamic environment, applying the skills you’ve honed in the classroom to real business challenges.
In this fast-paced, professional setting, you’ll gain invaluable experience that will set you apart in your future career. Throughout the programme, you’ll receive personalized guidance from mentors, people leaders and Programme Champions. They’re all here to help you make the most of your experience.
You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues and fellow interns from different disciplines, broadening your professional network and gaining insights from across the business.
Our goal is to ensure that your time with Jacobs leaves you with a positive, impactful learning experience. Depending on your performance, you may have the opportunity to continue your journey with us and be offered a position on our Graduate Development Programme, giving you a head start on your career as soon as you finish your degree.
All our degree apprenticeship opportunities have been designed to give you an outstanding opportunity to work alongside an immensely talented workforce in an exciting and rapidly expanding industry. However, this isn’t just a fixed term learning experience – this is an opportunity to embark on a career pathway, an opportunity to make an incredible difference at Jacobs as you help support colleagues deliver on world class projects, learning new knowledge, skills, and behaviours along the way.
We have a range of degree apprenticeship opportunities that will help you to develop all the skills needed for a flourishing career in Jacobs. Opportunities exist across the business and examples include Building Services, Civil Engineering, Data Analyst, Town Planning, Project Controls, Transport Planning, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Environmental Practitioner, Architecture, Chartered Surveyor, and many more.
Jacobs degree apprentices learn real world skills and have the opportunity to work on some incredibly large and complex projects. They build fantastic and exciting careers, and they do some amazing things along their journey to completing their apprenticeship.
