Senior Associate Director​/Technical Lead - Coastal Modelling

Senior Associate Director / Technical Lead - Coastal Modelling Not every technical leadership role gives you the chance to shape the future of an entire capability. This one does.

As Senior Associate Director or Technical Lead in Coastal Modelling, you'll help define how modelling is used to solve some of the most complex coastal, environmental and infrastructure challenges facing society today.

You'll be a key technical voice within our coastal and maritime business, influencing how we develop new approaches, adopt emerging technologies and respond to evolving client needs. From protecting communities against coastal change and flooding to improving water quality and supporting major infrastructure investment, your expertise will help clients make better judgements with confidence.

Just as importantly, you'll help grow the next generation of technical specialists, strengthening a capability that delivers meaningful outcomes for people, places and the environment.

This isn't a role where you inherit a fixed brief.

It's an opportunity to build on your strengths, pursue the technical areas that genuinely interest you and help shape where our coastal modelling capability goes next.

At Jacobs, you'll have the freedom, support and platform to:

Influence the future direction of a nationally recognised coastal and maritime modelling team

Develop specialist capability in areas such as coastal water quality, sediment transport, automation and digital modelling

Work on a fascinating mix of UK and international projects

Collaborate with respected experts across coastal engineering, hydro informatics, environmental science and digital delivery

Spend more time solving complex technical issues and less time navigating unnecessary bureaucracy

Grow your industry profile through technical leadership, publications, conferences and thought leadership activities

Mentor talented modellers and technical specialists, helping shape the people who will be spearheading this in the future

Benefit from flexible and hybrid working arrangements that fit around your life

Access excellent professional development opportunities and long-term career progression

Most importantly, you'll join a business that values expertise, encourages curiosity and invests in innovation.

Compensation that reflects your skills and experience

Flexible and hybrid working arrangements

24 days annual leave plus the option to buy up to 10 additional days

Enhanced pension contributions of up to 10%

Private medical cover and Digital GP access

Family planning and fertility support services

Enhanced parental leave and family support programmes

Employee Networks:
We have a commitment to hiring a diverse workforce and supporting colleagues of different backgrounds

Life assurance at four times your salary

Income protection for long-term financial security

Access to wellbeing support, including Calm and Daily Burn

Professional memberships funded and ongoing development opportunities

Paid volunteering time, matched charity funding, and community engagement programmes

Demand for coastal, environmental and water sector modelling has never been greater.

As climate resilience, environmental regulation and digital transformation continue to reshape the industry, we're expanding our capability to help clients tackle increasingly complex issues.

This role sits at the heart of that growth.

You'll work alongside an established modelling senior team members, providing technical direction across a wide range of projects while helping us identify where the next opportunities lie.

Your work could involve:

Coastal process, hydrodynamic and sediment transport modelling

Coastal water quality and environmental modelling studies

Maritime infrastructure and port developments

Climate resilience and coastal adaptation projects

Water sector and environmental improvement programmes

Development of innovative digital, automated and data-driven modelling solutions

You'll act as a trusted technical advisor, supporting project teams, reviewing complex modelling studies and helping ensure excellence across project delivery.

Beyond projects, you'll play a major role in capability building, supporting recruitment, mentoring colleagues and helping develop the tools, standards and approaches that will underpin the future success of our modelling team.

This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys thinking beyond today's challenges and wants to help define what's next. Significant experience in coastal,…