Sr Project Manager - AI Data Centers

About the role

This opportunity is available at any location in the United States, ideally near a Jacobs U.S. based office. Jacobs' Data Center Digital Twin solution, built on NVIDIA's Omniverse DSX Blueprint, was highlighted in Jensen Huang's GTC keynote in March 2026, placing Jacobs at the technical frontier of gigawatt-scale AI factory design. This is your opportunity to lead complex, multi-discipline programs as a Senior Project Manager (CA) Lead, across OE, EPCM, and Design-Build delivery, working alongside hyperscale owners, colocation operators, and advanced manufacturing clients.

You will manage engineering-side project execution from basis of design through IFC, construction administration, commissioning, and turnover. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage scope, schedule, budget, fee, risk, quality, client commitments, and field coordination—while serving as the connection between design intent and site execution.

Key responsibilities

• Own the project management plan scope, schedule, budget, fee forecasting, staffing, contract administration, risk register, and change controls across the delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, deliverable lists, staffing plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and client reporting; monitor progress and implement recovery actions when needed.
• Manage Jacobs engineering fee budgets, subcontract scopes, cost-at-completion, variances, change orders, and commercial impacts with appropriate project-controls support.
• Lead schedule development in P6, MS Project, or comparable tools; coordinate critical-path milestones across BOD, 30%/60%/IFC design, permits, procurement, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through construction administration across Civil, Structural, MEP, process, controls, fire protection, and telecommunications/ICT systems, as assigned.
• Serve as the primary coordination point among the client, Project Engineer, discipline design teams, construction management, commissioning teams, vendors, and subcontractors.
• As Owner's Engineer or CA lead, represent the client's interests through design review, RFI response, submittal processing, construction observation, field issue resolution, document issuance, and schedule adherence.
• Perform and coordinate field walks, engineering inspections, field checks, equipment and system verification, and line walkdowns; document observations with photos, sketches, markups, and action items.
• Verify that installed conditions, equipment identification, tags, room names, system references, and drawing information are accurate, current, and traceable.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, design changes, technical queries, nonconforming work, field change documentation, and potential change-order impacts through documented resolution.
• Enforce the Jacobs quality management plan; facilitate design QA/QC, constructability reviews, interdisciplinary coordination, and key issuance reviews at 30%/60%/IFP/IFC milestones.
• Champion Jacobs BeyondZero® safety culture; review contractor safety plans and conduct site safety observations during construction-administration activities.
• Support construction readiness, third-party testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, punch-list development, system turnover, and operational handover.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and auditable project records, including reports, inspection and test documentation, walkdown packages, redlines, RFIs, NCRs, meeting minutes, change logs, and closeout information.
• Serve as a primary client point of contact for assigned work; manage coordination meetings, dashboards, issue escalation, action closure, and executive-level communication as appropriate.
• Support project staffing, onboarding, mentoring, lessons learned, continuous improvement, proposals, estimates, basis-of-estimate development, and client presentations.
• Promote Jacobs' culture of safety, quality, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion in all interactions with project teams, contractors, clients, and partners.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 10 years or more of progressive project management, construction administration, engineering coordination, field engineering, or technical project-delivery experience on complex facilities
• Demonstrated project-management or CA experience supporting Data Center, Advanced Technology, Semiconductor, mission-critical, industrial, or similarly complex facility projects; direct hyperscale experience is preferred
• Fluency across at least one Jacobs delivery mode — OE, EPCM, or Design-Build; ability to coordinate design, construction, commissioning, and client teams
• Knowledge of project controls, including scheduling, cost tracking, fee forecasting, change management, risk, action tracking, and project reporting; proficiency with P6 or MS Project preferred

Preferred qualifications

• PMP (Project Management Professional) PMI certification preferred or in progress
• Professional Engineer — Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Structural; multi-state reciprocity valued
• Master's degree in engineering, Project Management, or Construction Management
• Experience on hyperscale cloud (AWS, Azure, Google, Meta) or advanced semiconductor fab (TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron) programs
• LEED AP BD+C, CEA, or DBIA credential — differentiates on sustainability-driven and Design-Build pursuits
• Familiarity with hyperscale design standards — ASHRAE 90.4, Uptime Institute Tier classification, BICSI TDMM, NEC 708

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan and the 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 and 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 $134,500.00 to $185,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Schedule

Jacobs empowers employees with a hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.