2022 Summer Internship - Programme Opportunities Nationwide

Your Impact:

The world needs innovators and problem solvers who turn challenges into greater opportunities.

At Jacobs, we make the world smarter, more connected and more sustainable. Together, we’re pushing the limits of what’s possible. We stay ahead to create the new standards our future needs. Why not start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow? 

We are looking for the brightest most innovative graduates to join us to Challenge Today and Reinvent Tomorrow. Our Interns are innovators, disruptors and passionate about taking on this challenge!

Our Intern Programme offers you the chance to develop your technical, consultation and environmental skills alongside developing key business and leadership skills such as business development, people leadership, business management and digital.

With dedicated leadership support, an agile approach to learning and developing and a carefully planned rotational programme we will help you develop your skills and follow your passions and develop hands-on experience in the breadth and depth of our amazing business. 

Whatever your discipline and aspirations, the Jacobs Intern Programme offers an agile and diverse first step towards a challenging and rewarding career. What we do is more than a job, we work every day to make the world better for all. Everything we do – is more than projects outlined in proposal requests. They’re our challenges as human beings, too.

At Jacobs, we’re transforming intangible ideas into innovative solutions designing the future - today.  Be part of it – apply to join Jacobs today…

What you’ll be doing:

Our Interns work across a range of disciplines spanning Consulting and Engineering.

Our Intern Consultants work across a range of disciplines including Transport Planning, Project Management, Strategic Consulting, Digital Factory, Economic Appraisals on some of the most iconic and diverse projects across the UK.

Our Intern Engineers come from any Engineering background - Civil (Bridges/Structural Engineering/River Engineering/Water Engineering), Mechanical (Water Treatment/Building Services), Electrical, Geotechnical, Process Engineering, Fire Engineering on a wide ranging and diverse portfolio of projects. Jacobs support clients in some of the most exciting engineering projects in the country and our graduate engineers work on these projects every day!

The Jacobs Intern Programme is aimed towards giving the most agile and varied experience during their first taste of life at Jacobs.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• A passion for tackling problems
• Master's or Bachelor's in a STEM Discipline
• Excellent analytical and technical skills
• Able to produce well-presented and accurate drawings and reports.
• Interest in new, digital ways of working, technologies and automation
• Committed to work and capable of managing own tasks, costs and meeting deadlines.
• Self-motivated and able to work as part of a team.
• Good IT skills

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have:

• Proven communication skills; both verbally and written
• Demonstrated a previous interest in working in the Engineering Sector
• Full driving licence

We want you to have unlimited learning opportunities and space for growth in order for you to work towards the next stage of your career.

The Essentials

Jacobs require innovation, whether that be technology enabled or not, it requires us to use our ‘Essential Skills’ as well as our technical skills and experiences to positively disrupt and innovate.

It will be our Curiosity, Innovative thinking and Adaptability that allows us to embrace change, it will be our Empathy and Listening capability that allow us to truly understand our client’s requirements.

As we learn to automate some of the activities it will be these ‘Essentials’ that will allow us to offer competitive advantage over our clients and prepare us for the future. We believe that ‘The Essentials’ are the foundation for all of us, to equip us with not just the human skills that allow us to embrace change and bring world class innovation to our clients but also that allow us to explore and shape diverse and creative career opportunities in Jacobs.

Why Jacobs?

Recognised throughout industry as a benchmark of good practice our Graduate Development Programme offers a structured approach to Continuous Professional Development. You’ll benefit from learning that complements chartership progression that will provide both the technical skills, behavioural competencies and business acumen you require to create your future.

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