Project Manager - Water Conveyance

About the role

As a Water Conveyance Project Manager, you'll have the opportunity to lead complex and meaningful conveyance projects, shape long-term client relationships, and influence the growth of our regional water practice. This role offers the autonomy to lead, the support to succeed, and the career runway to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of highly qualified and motivated engineers through the design process
• Interact directly with clients to develop and deliver technical conveyance solutions
• Mentor ambitious mid-level engineers
• Act as a highly competent seller-doer that will be empowered to develop and manage projects in a trusting and supported environment
• Serve as a Project Manager/Design Manager leading a technical team, performing technical tasks, and coordinating the use of resources to accomplish multiple, concurrent water infrastructure projects
• Provide planning and design related management and technical support roles for various types of conveyance systems such as open channel flow and low-pressure conduit, flow control structures, and pump stations and force mains
• Conduct other water-related civil infrastructure evaluations
• Support business development activities in order to grow the local conveyance group
• Work with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects
• Perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio
• Effectively lead and manage project teams throughout all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout; consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in each contract
• Play an integral role in leading and mentoring staff, forming long-term relationships with clients and pursuing new work, building water client portfolios, including strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Environmental Engineering
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) is required or ability to obtain
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive civil engineering experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, budget, schedule, and technical quality across complex infrastructure projects

Preferred qualifications

• A Master's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Experience serving various clients involving a wide variety of fields including conveyance pipeline design, project management, water/wastewater pump station design
• Demonstrated ability to lead the design and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, studies, proposals and/or reports
• Experience with Design-Build and/or EPC projects

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
• Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $145,000.00 to $195,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Schedule

Employees split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations, enabling them to deliver their best work.