Your impact
As a Project Manager, you will provide effective value engineering to analyze and improve design and construction projects, skilled project management techniques to enhance design solutions, while controlling project costs to simultaneously meet or exceed contract scope requirements and company quality and financial performance objectives. You’ll be responsible for mentoring and guiding Value Methodology Associates (VMA) and the design teams to success. You’ll play an integral role in forming positive, long-term client relationships, promoting communication and teamwork, developing the technical skills of team members, and collaborating with talented resources throughout Jacobs and with subconsultant partners.
Responsibilities include:
- Apply Value Methodology in a structured approach to improve projects, services, and processes to achieve optimum balance between function, performance, quality, safety, and cost.
- Successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously, completed on time, within project and construction budgets and in accordance with agreed client scope and of the highest quality.
- Develop project proposal fees, coordinating closely with discipline directors and design leads to determine the level of effort and responsible technical disciplines to successfully accomplish specific scope elements, and iteratively lead fee negotiations with the client to finalize a bilateral agreement on project fee.
- Facilitate the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged between key stakeholders, and conduct status review meetings with project team members and clients throughout project execution.
- Determine, monitor and manage appropriate financial metrics, schedules and staffing requirements to successfully complete each project to cost and quality standards.
- Take overall responsibility and accountability for the quality of project documents in adherence with Jacobs Quality Program.
- Acquire, understand, and apply technical and professional knowledge and skills to perform job effectively, efficiently, and safely. Stay abreast of trends and pending changes within assigned area of responsibility.
- Establish, enforce, and drive policies that promote Jacobs’ vision and culture to achieve company objectives.
- Strong business acumen. Offer excellent communication and presentation skills in an organized, professional manner.
- Nurture and maintain key relationships internally and externally through communication and diplomacy.
- Contribute to a positive and productive team-oriented environment. Offer open communication/feedback within the team. Minimize conflict and builds collaboration to maintain productive team.
- Ability to interact regularly and professionally with senior management and technical staff in other offices on business development and project execution issues
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Architecture
- Professional Registration (PE) or Registered Architect (RA)
- Certified Value Specialist (CVS) Certification
- 10+ years of experience, including experience with federal programs and managing Federal planning and design projects
- 5+years of experience managing NAVFAC and USACE building and infrastructure design projects.
- Experience as a client facing Design Project Manager managing multiple disciplines
- US Citizenship
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
- Professional Registration (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) is preferred. Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification will be considered.
- Certified Value Specialist (CVS) Certification and Registration
- Demonstrated design and project management experience within Federal and/or DOD markets.
- Experience leading design teams in Design-Build contracts
- Experience in all facets of A/E Services (e.g. programming, planning, studies, DB RFP development, Full design, etc.)
- Experience with Federal Design Criteria and policies (UFC’s, ETL’s, AFMAN’s, and AFI’s.)
- At least 10 years of Project Management Experience in Architecture and Engineering design
- At least 10 years of experience, including experience with federal programs and managing Federal planning and design projects
- At least 5 years of experience managing NAVFAC and USACE building and infrastructure design projects.
- Experience as a client facing Design Project Manager managing multiple disciplines
