Project Coordinator jobs in United States, Oregon, Portland

Your impact :

As a key member of our collaborative team, you’ll work with the industry’s most innovative professionals. You’ll set up project management contractor systems and use your expertise in schedule management, forecasting, change management, cost management, project budget analysis, earned value measurement tracking, document management, field management, risk management, proposals, cashflow, and reporting tools. Join us and we will assist in continuing the development of your skills and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

Periodic travel will be necessary.

What you’ll do:

• Provide solid project controls, scheduling, forecasting, cost engineering, and reporting.
• Manage overall program controls and reporting functions, providing updates and presentations at all management levels.
• Use e-Builder, Prism-Contruent, Procore, Power-BI, Unifier, Primavera P6, Oracle, Kahua, Python, and SQL coding.
• Develop intuitive and informative dashboards using Excel Macro level, Databases (MS Access, SQL), XML, and Power BI.
• Coordinate and execute project issues, with a focus on CPM Scheduling using Primavera P6 and cost engineering functions.
• Periodic travel will be necessary.

You will lead complex, multidisciplinary projects supporting energy transition, including initiatives in renewable energy, transmission and distribution infrastructure, and battery storage. You’ll also have the opportunity to lead the siting and permitting of advanced facilities including data centers. You will play a key role in expanding our environmental planning business by identifying and pursuing new opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and building strategic partnerships. Your ability to grow our business and position Jacobs for future work will be essential to our continued success. Mentorship is also a key part of this role, you’ll contribute to the development of junior and mid-level staff and help foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead multidisciplinary teams in the successful execution of complex projects, with a focus on aligning project outcomes with client strategic goals.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent projects and teams, with a focus on quality, efficiency, and client satisfaction.
• Identify industry trends and provide strategic insights to shape Jacobs’ positioning in the evolving energy transition market at both regional and national levels.
• Drive business development efforts by identifying and securing new project and program opportunities, leveraging established relationships with clients.
• Expand service offerings by identifying opportunities to introduce new capabilities and solutions that align with client needs and market demands.
• Anticipate client needs and proactively respond to emerging challenges and opportunities in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
• Advance Jacobs’ capabilities by contributing to geographic expansion, technical innovation, and integrated service delivery.
• Represent Jacobs’ externally through thought leadership, including authoring white papers, presenting at industry conferences, and participating in professional seminars.
• Support the development of high-performing, cross-functional project teams.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, regulatory requirements, and industry standards throughout project execution.
• Pursue continuous professional development, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of industry practices, technologies, and regulatory changes.
• Champion a culture of safety and well-being, promoting Jacobs’ values and commitment to employee health and workplace safety.

Jacobs is seeking Staff Archaeologists to support a variety of projects in Northern California. This position provides cultural resources support for planning, engineering, and construction services to commercial clients. We offer flexible hours and benefits, and this position is available as either depending on candidate availability and organizational needs:

• part-time, on-call (without benefits), or
• part-time at 21+ hours per week (with benefits), or
• full-time (with benefits)

The archaeologist career path provides the opportunity to work on projects that require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and state regulations. All work will be conducted under the guidance of senior cultural resources staff.

As a Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager, you will lead environmental permitting and related efforts to support project development and meeting client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals. Your analytical and writing skills will be called upon as you lead development of quality client deliverables. Your project management or task leadership will include permit strategy and impact avoidance and minimization, preparing permit applications and environmental compliance documents, and client communication. You will provide motivation and direction to project teams while you in turn are partnered with experience project delivery leaders, technical leaders, and mentors to facilitate your project and career priorities. Our global team provides you with the tools to keep your career growing as well as those around you.

Key Responsibilities of this Position Include:

• Serve as Senior Environmental Planner/Project Manager in the successful planning and execution of primarily infrastructure development projects.
• Develop permitting strategies, provide regulatory guidance, and coordinate environmental resource surveys (biological, cultural) to document existing conditions and to identify sensitive resources on a project site.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of technical documents.
• Lead coordination with clients and regulatory agencies to discuss and negotiate project impacts, permitting requirements, and mitigation strategies.
• Provide mentorship, growth, and direction to junior and mid-level staff, and aid in their career growth.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to complete projects on time and on budget.

Strategy And Business Development Responsibilities:

• Work with Jacobs Client Account Managers and Operations on strategic pursuits, including proposals and business development.
• Conduct business development activities through direct client contact.
• Lead proposal and cost development activities for environmental tasks.

Choose Your Path

As a seasoned water professional, you have options. At Jacobs, you’ll lead transformative projects—large and small—across planning, design, and delivery (Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, and Design-Bid-Build). With a robust local and global backlog, you’ll have the flexibility to grow into leadership, technical excellence, or client-focused roles—

Grow Your Career

We invest in your success. With formal mentoring, dedicated training and conference budgets, and personalized career planning, you’ll thrive in a culture that values both technical mastery and project leadership. You’ll be supported by project assistants, portfolio managers, and a global network of subject matter experts—many based right here in the Northwest.

Our Bellevue, Seattle, Corvallis, and Portland offices are home to some of the industry’s top talent. You’ll work side by side with global leaders in water innovation, gaining exposure to cutting-edge technologies and best practices that keep you at the forefront of the field.