Water Conveyance Project Manager

Jacobs Solutions Inc. • Bellevue, WA

69d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Your impact At Jacobs, we don't settle - we're always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don't settle until we give our best and know that we're making a difference. We're seeking a Water Conveyance Project Manager to support delivering world-class water and wastewater conveyance projects for our municipal clients in our Bellevue, WA office. As a Water Conveyance Project Manager, you'll be charged with leading a team of highly qualified and motivated engineers through the design process, interacting directly with clients to develop and deliver technical conveyance solutions, and mentoring ambitious mid-level engineers. We'll ask you to grow your career by acting as a highly competent seller-doer that will be empowered to develop and manage projects in a trusting and supported environment. You'll 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. Your responsibilities may include 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. Additional assignments may include other water-related civil infrastructure evaluations. You'll have the opportunity to grow professionally through participation on project teams delivering challenging projects while serving and developing clients. We'll rely on you to lead business development activities in order to grow the Bellevue office. You'll work with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects as well as perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio. You'll 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. Using your conveyance technical expertise, you'll 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. You'll help others discover what drives them, nurturing their purpose and guiding them forward. Your role will keep our company connected, and we'll support you with what you need to be successful. But you're not just a leader - you're an achiever.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Environmental Engineering.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) is required. If not a Washington State PE, must be able to obtain this within one year of hire.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive civil engineering experience.
• Ongoing Project Management / Design Management experience providing leadership and oversight of project delivery.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of highly qualified and motivated engineers through the design process
• Interacting directly with clients to develop and deliver technical conveyance solutions
• Mentoring ambitious mid-level engineers
• Acting as a highly competent seller-doer that will be empowered to develop and manage projects in a trusting and supported environment
• Leading a technical team, performing technical tasks, and coordinating the use of resources to accomplish multiple, concurrent water infrastructure projects
• 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
• Leading business development activities in order to grow the Bellevue office
• Working with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects as well as perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio
• Effectively leading and managing 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
• 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

Benefits

• health and welfare benefits
• medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• a 401(k) plan
• the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
• Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave
• certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees