Energy & Power Program Manager – Transmission Projects

Jacobs; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Project Manager in the Energy & Power sector to lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering high voltage transmission, substations, and distribution projects from concept through close-out. You will ensure scope, budget, and schedule alignment with client expectations in this dynamic utility environment.

You will manage client relationships, prepare forecasts and reports, and coordinate engineering design, procurement, and construction activities while advancing

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ of project management experience in managing power delivery projects from initiation through financial project close out as part of any CapEx, or OpEx portfolio.
• Experience delivering greenfield/brownfield OH T-line (138kV to 765kV), Rebuild/Reroute, Substation, Protection & Control, P&C, SCADA, Telecom and/or IPP, Data Centers, Industrial Customer, Battery Storage projects.
• Ability to work with project controls on cost analysis, forecast, risk identification, assessment, and mitigation plan.

Responsibilities

• Lead project meetings, arrange for meeting minutes and distribute notes and actions to all project team members.
• Monitor assigned projects to minimize risk and adhere to project budget, schedule, scope, and quality and identifying / mitigating risks as they arise.
• Coordinate engineering design development, drawing submittals and quality review process.
• Manage client relationships to ensure all expectations are understood and met.
• Facilitate contractor sourcing activities including issuing RFPs, bid analyses, and award recommendations.

Skills

Project management

Power delivery

Client relationship management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Advanced management/business degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Project Manager in the Energy & Power sector to lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering high voltage transmission, substations, and distribution projects from concept through close-out. You will ensure scope, budget, and schedule alignment with client expectations in this dynamic utility environment.

You will manage client relationships, prepare forecasts and reports, and coordinate engineering design, procurement, and construction activities while advancing