You will be a Seller-Doer-Leader
As an Architectural Practice Lead for Northwest Cities & Places, you will be an important member of our team responsible for helping to define and implement our market strategy with an active role in client and industry relationship development. You will build upon your existing and new client relationships to identify new project opportunities, and you will leverage your architectural skills and buildings design experience to organize multi-discipline teams to deliver innovative planning, consulting, design, and alternative buildings solutions for our clients.
This role requires direct engagement with our clients, necessitating technical expertise related to the project scope, which can include planning/programming studies, feasibility reports, condition assessments, and other services in addition to design for construction for large and/or multiple private and public sector clients.
In this role you will:
- Help develop and implement our broader Cities & Places market growth strategy through interaction with client organizations; build and lead client service teams, bringing thought leadership to serve new clients, particularly in higher education, life sciences, healthcare, corporate, and hi-tech markets.
- Assist our Sales Teams in identifying opportunities, developing qualifications packages, and attending interviews, and taking point on leading middle and end game pursuits and proposal development
- Work with team members to share in the development and growth of our company culture, which promotes autonomy and allows for great opportunities to deliver local projects across the Cities & Places buildings platform while also supporting our mature infrastructure markets (Water, Transportation, Advanced Facilities, Federal, and PM/CM) across the Northwest Geography and West Region.
- Work closely with our clients and act as the company’s main point of contact on assigned projects and/or clients to ensure expectations are identified and met.
- Use your technical expertise to lead project teams in the development of design and project documentation by providing overall direction to the team, coordinating with external project stakeholders, internal team members, and subcontractors.
- Provide effective, skilled project management to help reduce the costs of delivering projects, adding value to the business by applying proven project management techniques. Deliver large complex and/or multiple projects on time, within budget, and per contracted scope. Draft, coordinate, and manage proposals, staffing plans, project delivery budgets / fee documents, progress schedules, and project delivery schedules to meet deliverable milestones and commitments.
- Provide office environment-based construction phase services, where scope-applicable, including coordinating Jacobs’ responses to RFIs, submittal and shop drawing reviews, construction modification documents, and site visits.
- Be responsible for the overall quality of the project deliverables in adherence with Jacobs’ rigorous Quality Program. You will manage and enhance project quality by providing ideas and suggestions to the team aimed at improving the effectiveness of their roles, and of project activities in general.
- Mentor staff and drive professional development to support delivery of the highest level of service to our clients.
- Have the opportunities to engage with other Jacobs planning and design professionals and project delivery leaders through our internal technical and social communities to help you grow your skill sets, engage with peers and mentors, and gain awareness of our global technology and project delivery platforms.
