Assistant Project Manager

Jacobs; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Flexible working arrangements

Extended leave options

Wellbeing events and initiatives

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support planning, scheduling, risk management, and delivery of complex engineering projects across global and local offices. The role involves stakeholder management, financial tracking, and ensuring contractual commitments are met through effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will coordinate with project offices, suppliers, and clients, while maintaining schedules and progress reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 6-10 years of experience in project management or engineering project delivery.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering projects and international delivery preferred.
• PMP or equivalent certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Maintain project schedules, action trackers, and deliverable registers.
• Coordinate communication between clients, project teams and management.
• Assist in project forecasting, budgeting, cost tracking and resource utilization.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Financial tracking

Client communication

Scheduling

Budgeting

Resource coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

PMP Certification desirable

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Excel

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

The Assistant Project Manager (APM) supports the Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, and Design Manager in the successful planning, coordination, execution, monitoring, and delivery of projects. The role involves project coordination across global and local offices, stakeholder management, project controls support, and ensuring timely delivery of project requirements in line with contractual commitments, quality standards, and business objectives.

The APM contributes to project performance by supporting project planning, scheduling, resource coordination, financial tracking, reporting, risk management, and client communication while maintaining effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

• Assist in developing project execution strategies and resource plans for proposals.
• Support Project Managers and Senior Project Managers in the overall planning, execution, monitoring, and control of projects.
• Coordinate project activities among project offices, local offices, lead offices, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Assist in developing and maintaining project schedules, action trackers, and deliverable registers.
• Ensure timely completion of project tasks and contractual deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and highlight potential schedule, resource, or delivery risks
• Support project forecasting, budgeting, cost tracking, and resource utilization monitoring.
• Prepare project status reports, performance dashboards, and management presentations
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate effective project execution.
• Coordinate communication between clients, project teams, and management.
• Assist in project financial management activities, including invoicing, revenue recognition support, and budget monitoring.
• Coordinate with suppliers, subcontractors, and vendors as required.
• Support procurement and vendor management activities related to assigned projects.
• Support preparation of proposals, bids, presentations, and opportunity pursuits.

Here's what you'll need

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in project management, project coordination, project controls, or engineering project delivery.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering and design projects.
• Exposure to international projects and global delivery models is preferred.
• Experience working with project scheduling, forecasting, budgeting, and reporting processes.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Certification in Project Management (PMP, or equivalent) is desirable.

AtJacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients’ expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation.

To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

• Jacobs flexible working arrangements
• extended leave options
• host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives
• 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.

At Jacobs it’s all about what you do, not where you are, which counts!

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.