UK Summer Internship - Water Strategy and Regulation Intern

Kick-start your career with an 8-week Summer Internship from July 2023!

At Jacobs we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow. Our Interns are innovators, disruptors and passionate about taking on this challenge!

At Jacobs, we focus on providing solutions to challenges such as climate change, cyber security and health infrastructure. While we shape some of the largest and most challenging landmark projects in the UK and Ireland such as HS2, Thames Tideway Tunnel and the Elizabeth Line, we also deliver local projects that protect communities. We’re helping to make the world smarter, more connected and more sustainable.

The biggest questions spark our curious minds. At Jacobs, we solve the most important problems, the ones for the real world. Whether it’s projects focused on addressing the climate emergency, improving our security, or benefiting our communities by improving transportation links and infrastructure, these are just some of the ways we are working to build a better future for all.

Apply today to come and join us!

About the Internship opportunity:

At Jacobs we turn great ideas into reality, and we’re looking for the most curious minds and passionate individuals to be our next generation of leaders.

We are excited to be offering an internship position as a Water Strategy and Regulation Intern in London office.

Our Water Strategy and Regulation team helps to shape the water sector in the UK. We work for water companies and regulators and provide impartial, high-quality technical advice and analysis on matters as diverse as leakage performance, storm overflow practice and programmes, sludge to land, water resources strategy and the five-yearly price review. We also audit water company reporting processes and performance data. We are closely connected with the rest of Jacobs’ water and environment team to help solve our clients’ toughest challenges.

Your role as an intern will be to support our project teams to deliver this diverse range of project work. This will involve working on some of our broad range of exciting and challenging projects such as technical assurance, long term strategic planning, environmental assessments and innovation projects.

What will you get?

As a member of the Jacobs intern community, weekly presentations on key learning topics will be on offer and you’ll be invited to attend regular office events and Competitions! A mentor will support your learning and facilitate opportunities to network across Jacobs, allowing you to gain as much out of the experience as possible.

We are proud of our inclusive and diverse culture and work environment, embracing the variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds and lifestyles of our employees through our Jacobs Employee Networks

At Jacobs, your safety, health, and wellbeing are our top priority, emphasised through our culture of caring and positive mental health champion network. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Engineering related degree with some water aspect (geography considered)

• A flexible and innovative self-starter who’s passionate about developing skills

• Enthusiasm and curiosity to apply your skills to solve real-world problems

• Empathy and listening skills to help you truly understand our clients’ requirements

• A well-rounded person – 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!

• You must have the permanent right to work in the UK.

Closing date for applications is midnight Monday10th April 2023.

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