Senior Project Manager

Jacobs; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead high-profile municipal projects, build strategic partnerships, and ensure delivery excellence across all project phases.

You will manage teams, uphold safety, quality, and financial targets, and contribute to business development while aligning with Jacobs' Culture of Caring. A hybrid working model is supported to balance office and remote work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 15+ years of project management experience with Water/Wastewater treatment and Conveyance projects.
• P.Eng. designation preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication, self-motivation, teamwork, data analysis, and problem solving.
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining client relationships to win consulting work.
• Ability to lead diverse teams and resolve conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage teams through all project phases to meet scope, schedule, budget and contract requirements.
• Ensure health, safety, quality, financial, delivery, and risk management policies are followed for projects.
• Drive business development through client relationships, positioning, proposals, and negotiations.
• Model Jacobs' Culture of Caring through leadership, integrity, and candor.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data analysis

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We're looking for an experienced and collaborative Senior Project Manager who will build strategic business partnerships and deliver high profile projects with key municipal clients. As a project manager, you will need to understand client organizations and processes, develop and maintain consistent relationships at all organizational levels, and work to ensure that Jacobs is the consultant-of-choice for our clients.

Here’s What You Will Be Doing

• Lead and manage teams through all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in the contract.


• Be accountable for successfully completing projects to the satisfaction of clients and key stakeholders, while simultaneously ensuring that Jacobs’ business and policy expectations are met in the areas of health and safety, quality, financial, project delivery, and risk management.


• Play a leadership role in business development activities that result in the award of new contracts. This typically includes client relationship development, project-specific positioning activities, teaming arrangements, proposal preparation, oral presentations, and contract negotiations consistent with established business development processes.


• Demonstrate leadership by example with integrity and candor and in support of Jacobs Culture of Caring work environment.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering.


• 15+ years of progressively responsible Project Management experience with Water/Wastewater treatment and Conveyance projects and municipal consulting


• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation preferred


• Attributes that include good oral and written communications, self-motivation, team-oriented work practices, strong data analysis and technical problem solving, and a strong organizational approach


• Proven track record in developing and maintaining strong client relationships that result in the creation and procurement of new and repeat consulting work


• Adept at interpersonal relationship building, conflict resolution, and leading diverse teams.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.