Senior Project Manager

at  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

YOUR IMPACT:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.
Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.
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 have an exciting opportunity to join our fun loving, sociable Water Infrastructure team. We have an exciting pipeline of work, and we are delivering the most sought-after water infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand. As a result, we are growing ostensibly and regularly collaborate with our Australian peers for both learning and project work. We will encourage and support your career journey with a flexible work environment and exciting range of projects and challenges to work on.
Jacobs is rare within the water industry in that we use a global team of experts to deliver local projects. Our team regularly work with our specialists over in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. There are not many projects we deliver using only Australia-based resources, working for Jacobs means access to this global expertise and world leading innovation.
The power of Jacobs is that we do almost everything – we even work with NASA. That means if there’s a complex problem you are faced with, there’s always someone helpful within our 50,000 strong team you can call on for advice.
Due to current business opportunities, we are looking to appoint a Senior Project Manager to join our fast-growing Water Infrastructure team. This is an opportunity to join a dedicated and high-performing team of water professionals to deliver a range of significant projects for both public and private sector clients both locally and nationally.
The role is based in our Regional Water team to lead resources based in the Tatura office with a primary remit for water industry clients in regional Victoria. We have a diverse base of water clients across the region and this role will contribute to setting and implementing strategy and capability for this client base, with support from the metropolitan water business.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

Relevant tertiary education. Maintains professional body accreditation (e.g. CPEng, CEng).
Experience in the planning, design and construction of water infrastructure.
Contribute to successful operation of the Water Infrastructure Section through technical and business leadership.
Knowledge and application of appropriate Health and Safety practices.
Provides leadership to the Water team members, including coaching and mentoring on project delivery.
Takes a leadership role in quality assurance of projects, fully familiar with and apply Jacobs QA procedures.
Provide leadership in own area of specialisation, sharing and applying technical knowledge to address problems and determine actions.
People management skills including effective communication; authentic and empathetic leadership; change management and ability to build high functioning teams.
Determines and addresses underlying client needs. Sets up client feedback systems and confirms satisfaction.

ACCESSIBILITY

Please contact the team if you require support or reasonable adjustments regarding our recruitment process (for example, you need the application form in a different format).
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Jacobs, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Project Manager is responsible for senior leadership and project / design management in our ANZ Water business. Responsible for leading the delivery of water engineering projects, supported by the Water Infrastructure Section as well as the wider Jacobs business. You will provide engineering management, technical engineering input, business development and leadership to internal and external projects. Work closely with the Water Leadership Team and provide project delivery leadership and supervision of other engineers.
Specific tasks for the Project Manager include:
a) Management and leadership of project teams to interpret and meet client needs through coordination of various internal engineers and professionals, subconsultants and subcontractors.
b) Develop relationships and effectively liaise with clients and stakeholders.
c) Responsibility for management and oversight of project financial and schedule performance, including effective change and risk management.
d) Effective management of our contractual obligations on projects.
e) Monitoring and management of Jacobs and client risks as appropriate to the engagement.
Adherence to Jacobs internal project delivery procedures and requirements including HSE, quality, commercial and sales processes.

TEAM LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Team Leader supports the Section Leader (SL) and Director of Operations (DO) to provide leadership to a team within a Performance Unit (PU). The Team Leader role sits alongside your core role and should makeup approximately 20-25% of your day to day responsibilities.
You will support the SL and DO to instil an inclusive culture with the team that value diversity of thought and lives Jacobs’ Culture of Caring. Under your supportive, empathetic and authentic leadership you will use the E3 framework to link the career and performance goals of team members to key business objectives, supporting individuals to build satisfying and meaningful careers while contributing to the profitable growth of the company.
You will support your team to be engaged, resilient and adaptable, and inspire them to strive for innovation while maintaining outstanding project delivery and making disciplined investment decisions aligned with the Focus 20/100 client strategy.
Specific tasks for the Team Leader include:
a) Facilitate day to day workload balancing for the team
b) Review weekly timesheets
c) Support the DO and SL in reinforcing communications
d) Provide day to day guidance to team members on Jacobs processes and systems
e) Conduct assigned E3 conversations with team members and provide coaching and mentoring to individuals to support meaningful career development
f) Working with Client Account Managers and Sales Team to develop teams that support existing and new client relationships.
Here’s what you’ll need: