Cbtc Program Manager jobs at Jacobs in Canada, Burnaby

Responsibilities include:

• Working with our strong technical team, you will be responsible for meeting internal and external client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals.
• Budget preparation and tracking, schedule, task management, and delivery on environmental projects within western Canada.
• Providing motivation and direction to project teams, interacting with clients, and providing mentoring opportunities to help the team thrive.
• Developing project strategy in conjunction with senior technical staff, effectively communicating it to clients, and driving the strategy with project teams.
• Expanding our client portfolio in a collaborative manner, including support for Business Development and proposal efforts.
• Be a Safety Leader for your projects and promote Jacobs Beyond Zero and our Culture of Caring.

As a key member of our program support team, you’ll be interacting with engineering and construction to understand and communicate issues and conflicts that impact the schedule. You will also analyze CPM schedules and recommend work-arounds and schedule improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Revise the Safety Plan developed during pre-construction as needed.
• Monitor the construction contractor’s safety program and verify compliance with contractual obligations.
• Conduct weekly Progress and Project Management Meetings and prepare detailed construction updates, including weekly and monthly summary reports for senior management.
• Review contractor submittals, shop drawings, and other design documentation, providing required interpretation of specifications and design elements.
• Coordinate activities and input from the client’s staff, regulatory agencies, and the Design Engineer Team.
• Lead partnering/team-building sessions with the construction contractor to align on objectives and resolve issues proactively.
• Maintain accurate project records, including daily photographs, inspection reports, and documentation of contractor performance and progress.
• Oversee and document on-site inspections, Quality Assurance Monitoring, and testing activities.
• Monitor compliance with permit conditions and coordinate environmental inspections, ensuring adherence to consultant recommendations.
• Manage stakeholder engagement, including interfacing with regulatory agencies, affected utilities, and technical/maintenance staff.
• Resolve construction-related challenges promptly and effectively, ensuring minimal project disruption.
• Support commissioning activities and coordinate with internal teams to ensure a smooth transition to operations.
• Participate in public consultations and communications as required to facilitate project transparency and community engagement.

Writer/Editor

• Independently lead the writing, editing/tailoring, and research for sections on complex, strategic pursuits, or to independently work with capture teams on small to medium-sized proposals
• Serve as the section lead for strategic proposals, with overall responsibility for the quality and content of section(s)
• Ensure compliance in all work; proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate potential issues/variances
• May participate in pursuit win strategy development process, kick-off meetings, storyboard/strategy sessions, and other milestone meetings, throughout Middle Game and End Game as appropriate
• May partner with CAM, Account Strategist, or Sales Operations staff to drive and lead proposals, qualification statements, and presentations

Proposal Management

• Lead the End Game coordination and preparation of proposals of all sizes independently, working directly with technical staff; may support large, strategic opportunities, working under the guidance of senior Sales staff
• Lead and/or support planning and development of small to mid-sized presentations and interviews
• Coordinate, write, edit/tailor, and perform research for non-technical proposal sections with no supervision; ensure compliance; proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate potential issues/variances
• Participate in kick-off meetings and other milestone meetings, as appropriate
• Participate in opportunity planning/Middle Game activities as required
• Develop knowledge of Jacobs’ Markets and suggest teaming partners/subconsultants, as well as qualified Jacobs staff during kickoff/strategy sessions and organization chart development

General to Both Functions

• Possess detailed understanding of business objectives, priorities, and sales strategy, especially as they relate to the proposal process
• Actively apply Sales Operations procedures, policies, protocols, and best practices, including standard file management and archiving procedures, as well as Branding Guidelines
• Employ and populate/update (as appropriate) business development-related tools and databases
• Foster strong, mutually beneficial working relationships with Operations, other Sales Operations staff, Creative Solutions, Geographic Sales, Global Integrated Delivery (GID), and Sales Enablement teams both locally and across the network
• May coach and mentor junior staff within Sales Operations
• In addition, this role will be expected to demonstrate the following progressive skills in Leadership, Sales Strategy, Sales Functions and Processes, and Jacobs/Industry Acumen

Leadership

• Provide direction to graphic designers, publishing technicians, other editors, translators, reprographics specialists, and other support staff, as appropriate; independently coordinate with and collect information from internal and external (i.e., teaming partners and subconsultants) sources
• Manage own contributions or proposal team, monitoring progress and adherence to proposal schedule
• Solve issues independently; identify and implement creative solutions to challenges; escalate to leadership as necessary
• Guide, influence, and convince others with advanced communication and negotiation skills
• Share best practices and lessons learned to improve or streamline processes, procedures, and tools/databases

Sales Strategy

• Lead a variety of business development assignments, ranging from managing proposals and qualification statements, as well as edit or tailor sections for large, strategic, complex efforts
• Lead variety of sales/business development writing and editing assignments, supporting qualification statements to highly strategic, large, and complex proposals and presentations
• Serve as a section lead or in key support role for the largest and most strategic, complex efforts in partnership with other Sales Operations staff
• Support the pursuit team to refine and integrate pursuit strategy/win themes in proposal documents
• Apply sophisticated analytical thought to develop strategies, win themes, and solutions to challenges
• Seek opportunities to enhance company image/brand on proposals and presentations
• Ensure quality control, promote breakthrough technologies, and drive best practice initiatives

Sales Functions and Processes

• Demonstrate advanced oral and written communication skills; possess effective active listening skills
• Understand the proposal development and review process
• Understand proposal time commitments and time management
• Write and update project descriptions/summaries, qualifications, success stories, and lessons learned, as well as resumes and other documents independently
• Present suggestions to leadership for improvements/additions and lessons learned to streamline processes, procedures, and tools/databases
• Provide QA/QC check of assigned work for self

Responsibilities include:

• Working with our strong technical team, you will be responsible for meeting internal and external client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals.
• Budget preparation and tracking, schedule, task management, and delivery on environmental projects within western Canada.
• Providing motivation and direction to project teams, interacting with clients, and providing mentoring opportunities to help the team thrive.
• Developing project strategy in conjunction with senior technical staff, effectively communicating it to clients, and driving the strategy with project teams.
• Expanding our client portfolio in a collaborative manner, including support for Business Development and proposal efforts.
• Be a Safety Leader for your projects and promote Jacobs Beyond Zero and our Culture of Caring.