Project Manager (Infrastructure)

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Ireland is seeking a Project Manager to lead infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring safety, timeliness, budget adherence and high quality across sectors.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage scope, schedule, cost and risk, build strong client relationships and support bid activities, all while complying with governance and regulatory requirements and driving collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering infrastructure projects in consultancy, client-side or contractor environments.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
• Commercial and financial management experience.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary project environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion.
• Develop and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead multidisciplinary project teams across a range of sectors.
• Manage project scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality.
• Monitor project performance and implement effective controls and reporting processes.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and opportunities.
• Support bid and business development activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with governance, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive collaboration across internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Risk management

Communication

Budget & finance

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Education

Degree-qualified Engineer

Chartered status (or toward Chartership)

PM/PRINCE2/APM certification (preferred)

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

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the delivery of infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion.
• Developing and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Leading multidisciplinary project teams across a range of sectors.
• Managing project scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality.
• Monitoring project performance and implementing effective controls and reporting processes.
• Identifying and mitigating project risks and opportunities.
• Supporting bid and business development activities as required.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant governance, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Driving collaboration across internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.

About You

We're looking for a motivated and collaborative project professional with a proven track record of delivering infrastructure projects in a consultancy, client-side, or contractor environment.

You'll ideally bring:

• Experience managing complex infrastructure or capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies and best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder and client relationship management skills.
• Commercial and financial management experience.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary project environments.

Locations: Dublin, Cork or Belfast (Hybrid Working)

Here's what you'll need

• Degree-qualified Engineer with Chartered status (or actively working towards Chartership).
• Proven project management experience across major infrastructure projects, including transport, development, housing, and urban regeneration schemes.
• Demonstrated experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong working knowledge of NTA and TII Project Management Guidelines and their application to infrastructure project delivery.
• Experience administering and managing both Employer-Designed and Contractor-Designed Public Works Contracts, and/or NEC contracts.
• Strong commercial, contractual, programme, and risk management capabilities.
• Experience managing project scope, cost, schedule, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience delivering projects within consultancy, client-side, or contractor environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Project Management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2, APM, or equivalent.
• Experience delivering projects across transportation, active travel, highways, water, utilities, or wider infrastructure sectors.
• Knowledge of Irish planning, consenting, and infrastructure delivery processes.
• Experience working within public sector and semi-state client organisations.
• Commitment to mentorship, team development, and fostering collaborative project environments.

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With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs .

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