People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
(Water, Cities, Transportation)major programmes. This covers all phases of the programme life cycle, informed by our operational knowledge and deep functional expertise. By integrating both strategic and technical expertise we serve the “whole client” from the executive leadership to those who procure, deliver projects and operations.
Job Responsibilities
As Programme Manager within the team, you will lead complex projects and programmes as a client facing lead. You will be experienced in and responsible for leading multi-disciplinary project teams, drawn from across the Jacobs business to execute and deliver solutions for clients. You will be comfortable providing strategic advice to senior leadership within client organisations as a trusted advisor; this could include managing design teams, acting as part of an integrated client team, providing strategic advice, managing specific packages or projects or overall programmes of work.
You will provide appropriate guidance and mentorship to help develop less experienced team members and be an active member of our communities of practice, providing thought leadership and enhancing our reach and role in the wider industry.
- Leader and decision maker with the ability to delegate, motivate and empower individuals and teams
- Experienced in working within teams within fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail and an ability to establish and meet deadlines/budgets, and experience of producing high quality technical reports
- Strong organisational, management, analytical and research skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at any one time
- Strategic thinker with the ability to critically analyse different sources of information and draw conclusions of cross-cutting themes
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills to lead meetings and build relationships across operational and sales teams
- Exceptional listening, communication, influencing and presentation skills. Must be able to work well with people at all levels from C-Suite to external teams
- Recognised Qualification such as Chartered Civil Engineer, Chartered Project Professional (or other relevant professional qualification) or be working towards one and experience of industry project and programme management standards such as - MSP and PRINCE2, Management of Risk
Our Culture
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