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strong team and collaborative culture of support & assistance as required

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good team environment, well supported by colleagues backed by management as required. Broad range of opportunities and industry exposure. Able to transition across sectors, industries if preferred.
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Body shop

The Jacobs defence business is just a body shop for APS positions. There is no Jacobs work culture and your role and careeer development is very much dependent on Defence - very little opportunity for Jacobs to manage or facilitate this.

Pros

Nil

Cons

No career advancement, poor management who have no say over your day to day job
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Very good place to work

Excellent work culture.Managers look after their people.Great team working. Monthly company drinks.Relaxed working atmosphere. Excellent technical and management competencies in employees
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Top Tier Company

Excellent place to work. The work is tough but very interesting, you always feel you’re making a difference to make the world a better place. The culture is diverse and that breeds tolerance of all people.

Pros

Top management
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I learned a lot working for Jacobs Group

The most enjoyable part about working for Jacobs was being able to work with great people. I learned how to process invoices and upload receipts to the management system.
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Good EPCM company

Diverse market various disciplines and functions. geographically diverse. Does defense, Aerospace, infrastructure, Energy, Chemicals and resources. Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management
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Jacobs Engineerin is a workplace to works.

Jacobs Engineering is a one of the good design engineering firm in Western Australia, like Access, Select, Develop and Execute Projects for the Mining Plants .
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Great company.

Great company with a positive new direction. New management is great. Moving up the value chain. Professional work environment. Great opportunities for everyone.
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General overview

As above, poor working environment, only importance is keeping clients happy, to the detriment of staff well-being. Big corporate feel, not a relaxed place to be.
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Flexible friendly workplace

Flexible friendly workplace contributing to willingness to go to work at Jacobs each and every day Different sectors and disciplines do not communicate available resources efficiently throughout company

Pros

Flexible

Cons

Vertically integrated management structure
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Challenging Projects

Working for large scale EPCM projects in the resources sector in WA. Has its challenges with long hours and meeting tight schedules. It has a good balance of office and site based work.

Pros

Retention Bonuses

Cons

Long hours
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excellent company

have nothing bad to say about the company. the organistation is world class they take good care of the employees. the compensation is competitive. safety-focused.
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Highly integrated and collaborative

Hardest part of job was managing and reporting on changes that had impacted over the design phase. Management was very interactive with plenty of regular coordination and progress meetings

Pros

Supportive

Cons

Long Hours
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Production and engaging place to work

Busy and an engaging place to work. Plenty of scope to try new roles and the company that has a great culture of caring I like leading a team of 4 and being part of the Asia Pacific finance team. The hardest part is keeping up to date with the changing landscape of the engineering sector

Pros

Exposure to a global company with international travel

Cons

Time differences working with a firm run firm
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Jacobs Engineering

Management need to give more support the the project managers Workplace culture has suffered in recent years and currently there is no motivation in the Engineering and Drafting Personnel to achieve and surpass previous stds and working to achieve, When deadlines are presented the Culture should be to achieve and bring in the project early, There is no support mechanism and a high turnover of staff personnel from burnout,

Cons

Disparency between Management and Employees
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Productive workplace but lacked senior mângment

Typical day at work started at 6am until 5pm. I had done it all before Senior Management lacking Workplace and culture excellent Being there at 6am 6 mornings a week after travelling for more than an hour The Synchronizing Party

Pros

Very pleasant local staff

Cons

Long hours
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Productive with collaborative team work

- Productive environment with collaborative team work. - Flexible schedule and good work-life balance. - Great work environment , very supportive of emplyees.
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great experience

Duties include to provide all staff kitchens with daily stock, order stock and check that Kitchens are cleaned & maintained on a daily basis and All meetings booked via Catering Booking are serviced ,Meeting rooms set up with equipment and catering and room cleaned at the end of each meeting and Assisting Events Manager to place stock orders
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Harsh

fun and enjoyable but there is always have favoritism, too much gossip, and you have to be hard hearted if you are encharged of doing the dept collection.

Pros

none

Cons

long hrs
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Typical construction job

This was a temporary JV for the construction of the CCPP, and isn't an ongoing concern, it was typical JV on a large gas and oil job in Australia in 2017.

Pros

Good crew

Cons

Bus Travel
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A typical day at Jacobs

A busy day starts with smiling from colleague so you feel encouraged. You can always learn something from a giant company who is leading the industry and interacting with society with great influence.

Pros

culture, cooperation

Cons

too large for quick communication
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3.8 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3.8 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
3.3 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.5 out of 5 stars for Management
3.7 out of 5 stars for Culture

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