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Your impact
As an Associate Director of Pavement Design, you will lead the design and delivery of infrastructure projects that connect communities, boost economies, and improve everyday journeys. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to guide pavement design strategies and oversee integrated high-quality technical delivery.
Your technical judgement will influence decisions that affect safety, resilience, sustainability, buildability, and long-term asset performance. You will help clients solve demanding pavement engineering problems while supporting engineering teams to produce consistently high-quality work.
You will pro-actively strengthen and grow client relationships, identify and pursue opportunities and contribute to work winning, recruitment, and the growth of Jacobs' Pavement business globally.
You will be experienced in client and internal risk and opportunity recognition and management, identifying and documenting scope changes and the impact on delivery, programme and budget.
You will also have the opportunity to improve how projects are delivered. By applying digital tools, greater standardisation and leaner design processes, you will help reduce repetition, improve productivity, and give engineers more time to focus on the decisions where their expertise adds the greatest value.
Responsibilities:
Leading the pavement design elements of multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects from concept stage through to construction and operation.
Coordinating across different engineering disciplines.
Provide leadership to the team and technical support to less experienced team members.
Prepare and review design deliverables, reports, drawings and technical specifications in line with client requirements, project schedules, budgets and quality procedures.
Contributing to the planning of project scope, resources, delivery schedules and fee estimates.
Collaborating with clients, project stakeholders, and project teams in Poland and internationally.
Support digital delivery processes and contribute to BIM-compliant project delivery environments.
Deliver technical excellence, innovation, and safety in design across all project deliverables.
Work collaboratively with Capability Leads, Discipline Leads, and other project interfaces to produce high-quality deliverables and challenge established ways of working.
Interpret and apply relevant standards, specifications, and published guidance, including the DMRB, MCHW, British Standards, or international equivalents.
Produce safe, efficient, and constructable designs that are delivered on time and right first time.
Demonstrate strong interpersonal, organisational, written, and verbal communication skills.
Communicate technical ideas clearly to people with different backgrounds and levels of knowledge.
Demonstrate an aptitude for understanding how pavement materials and structures perform and fail.
Embrace digital tools and innovative approaches that improve the future delivery of projects.
We offer:
The opportunity to work in an experienced project team and contribute to prestigious international projects within a company active across all areas of infrastructure investment.
A comprehensive benefits package: private medical care, additional life insurance, flexible benefits selection via the MyBenefit platform, support for employees and their families in challenging life situations, and much more.
Flexible start times (between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM) and "short Fridays" (Monday - Thursday: 8.5 hours, Friday: 6 hours).
Option to work from the office or in a hybrid model.
University degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent related qualification.
A desire to develop and update your knowledge through CPD. Ideally you will have attained or be working towards a professional qualification such as Incorporation, Chartership, IAT Qualified Pavement Engineer or equivalent.
Minimum 10 years of professional experience in pavement design, including at least 2 years of experience working on international projects
Experience in preparing and reviewing design documentation, detailed drawings, technical specifications, and engineering documentation
Experience using, reviewing or technically overseeing appropriate pavement modelling and design tools and techniques.
Experience in leading project teams effectively and supporting technical development of teams through mentoring and coaching.
Good interpersonal,organizational and communication skills (both written and verbal) and the ability to communicate your ideas with people of all backgrounds and levels of knowledge.
Capability to manage workload in a changing environment and an ability to recognise, adapt to and communicate change.
Sound knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and a passion for fostering safety and wellbeing.
An ability to navigate and assimilate published guidance such as standards and specifications. You will be familiar with the DMRB, MCHW and British Standards or international equivalents.
An interest in future technologies and knowledge about the challenges and opportunities within the industry, including; data, artificial intelligence, carbon and sustainability.
Very good command of English, minimum B2 level
Nice to have:
Experience working on projects delivered in accordance with US, UK, or Middle Eastern design standards.
Experience working with public sector clients, local authorities, or infrastructure authorities/operators.
Professional Engineer (PE) license in the US or Chartered Engineer status and membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE) or similar in the UK.
Ability to provide technical and contractual advice to internal clients.
Experience in land side alignment elements in adjacent markets such as Water or Aviation.
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Associate Director of Pavements/ Wiodący Projektant/ Wiodąca Projektantka nawierzchni drogowych in Warsaw – pracodawca: Jacobs
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