Programme Manager

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Programme Manager to lead complex infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to work on major programmes across various sectors, including transport and energy, while providing strategic advice to clients. You'll be part of a collaborative team that values work-life balance and offers flexible working arrangements. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this innovative firm empowers its employees to grow and succeed. If you're ready to take on a challenging role that makes a real impact, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Fantastic work-life balance

24 days holiday + option to buy 10 more

Single medical cover

Enhanced parental leave pay

Enhanced pension contributions

Online Wellbeing hub access

Professional membership fees covered

Charity matched-funding

Paid volunteering time

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex infrastructure programmes.
• Strong attention to detail and experience producing high-quality reports.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects and programmes as a client-facing lead.
• Provide strategic advice to senior leadership within client organisations.
• Mentor less experienced team members and enhance industry reach.

Skills

Programme Management

Infrastructure Project Management

Strategic Thinking

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Team Leadership

Technical Report Writing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

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

Are you a Programme Manager with experience of managing complex infrastructure programmes, such as Water, Cities, Transportation, Defence, or Energy?

YES? Then develop your career with Jacobs!

Jacobs’ commitment to our employees’ work/life balance and the corporate benefits we offer are truly fantastic.

WE OFFER

1. Fantastic work-life balance and flexibility: hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations
2. 24 days holiday + option to buy a further 10 days
3. Single medical cover and Digital GP service with option to add partner and family
4. Fertility healthcare and family planning
5. Enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes
6. Enhanced pension contributions
7. Online Wellbeing hub with free access to paid apps such as Calm and Daily Burn
8. Professional membership fees and CPD
9. Charity matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations

THE WORK

We are an international leader in the set-up and delivery of Major Programmes and are currently leading over 80 of the world’s largest and most complex built environment infrastructure programmes. Our Europe team supports clients and our colleagues across the water, transport, defence, cities & places, and energy sectors. The team comprises over 500 professionals spanning capabilities such as Programme Delivery, Project Controls, Programme Initiation, and Advisory services, working closely with our Strategic Consulting teams and partners.

The Major Programmes team provides strategic advice and delivers to our clients across both private sector and government infrastructure 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.

THE ROLE

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 be part of our team developing prospects, acting as a lead on sales activity to deliver sustainable growth and supporting strategic positioning for specific opportunities. This involves working closely with our project teams to identify how best we can support our clients, building our Major Programmes market position, and winning profitable work. This includes across Europe and contributing to global opportunities as required.

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.

Here's what you'll need

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

1. The successful Programme Manager should possess significant experience managing complex infrastructure programmes across the built environment throughout the entire project lifecycle.
2. As a leader and decision maker, you will have the ability to delegate, motivate, and empower individuals and teams.
3. You will possess strong attention to detail and experience producing high-quality technical reports.
4. You will have strong organisational, management, analytical, and research skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at any one time.
5. You will be experienced in working within teams in a fast-paced environment.
6. You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to critically analyse different sources of information and draw conclusions of cross-cutting themes.
7. You will also have exceptional listening, communication, influencing, and presentation skills. Must be able to work well with people at all levels from C-Suite to external teams.
8. Bachelor or Master’s Degree in an Engineering or Construction-related subject (or equivalent).
9. Good interpersonal and organisational skills to lead meetings and build relationships across operational and sales teams.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

1. 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

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion, and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 45,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients, and communities.