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Jacobs Principal/Technical Director - Program Project Controls 
Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 
827957424

14.12.2024
Your impact

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead your technical discipline across Australia and New Zealand in Program and Project controls, delivering innovative solutions that provide superior value to our clients.
  • Support the strategy and growth of ANZ focus markets, ensuring our technical professionals are globally and regionally connected, engaged, and inspired.
  • Drive the strategic capability development of professionals in program and project disciplines to meet future business requirements.
  • Foster an inclusive and dynamic culture that prioritises innovation and encourages teams to challenge the accepted.
  • Drive achievement and performance within your technical discipline across five mission elements: Talent Management, Strategy and Growth, Connectivity, Drive Innovation, and Project Delivery Excellence.
  • Ensure Jacobs’ technical reputation and risk management through project reviews by qualified professionals in accordance with our Quality Management System.
  • Build and lead a team of Technical Leaders and from that cohort, select and leverage a smaller team of Technical Leads on whom you will rely on to help you deliver and achieve the above responsibilities.
  • Grow and oversee the ANZ community of practice in Program and Project Controls

What We Offer:

  • Opportunity to shape the future of our ANZ businesses by fostering growth and driving innovation.
  • Lead the design and implementation of client-centric, fit-for-purpose solutions and global best practices in Project, Program, and Portfolio Controls.
  • Maintain alignment with national and global professional standards and frameworks (e.g. ISO21500, ISO 21508, ISO 19650, PMBoK, MSP, P3M3, PRINCE2, Agile, Project13).
  • Engage with major project pursuit and delivery teams to ensure professional Controls solutions and technical oversight.
  • Represent ANZ on Global Communities of Practice and Global Program Management Team initiatives.

Technical Leadership and Assurance:

  • Provide leadership across ANZ for Jacobs’ client-side delivery of Schedule Planning & Estimating, Schedule Management, Cost Management, Financial Management, Change Management, Document Management, Reporting, Digital Controls Systems, and 4D & 5D BIM Integration.
Here's what you'll need

Ideal Candidate Profile:

  • Strong technical background, preferably in large and complex infrastructure delivery.
  • Expertise in in project and program controls systems, processes and leading-edge solutions.
  • Skilled in communicating complex technical concepts to clients, executives and non-technical people.

No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Please contact the team if you require support or reasonable adjustments regarding our recruitment process (for example, you need the application form in a different format).

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Jacobs, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.