Healthcare Deputy Program Director – Infrastructure & Utilities

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. seeks an experienced Healthcare Deputy Program Director to lead design and construction oversight for a new mega hospital program in Austin, TX.

As Owner's Representative, you will align design, scheduling, budgets, and safety with the client’s Planning Committee. You’ll supervise project managers across campuses, coordinate hospital executives, architects, engineers, and contractors, and ensure programs stay on time and within budget while complying with health

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Architecture/Engineering/Construction Management or related field.
• 15+ years of healthcare design and construction project management experience.
• Strong knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, building systems, and technology.
• Contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support Program Director in managing scope, multi-year capital budgets, cash flow projections, and master schedules.
• Lead coordination between hospital executives, clinical user groups, architects, engineers, contractors, and authorities.
• Monitor program-wide risk logs and implement mitigation plans to protect schedule and budget.
• Ensure compliance with health standards, including FGIs guidelines, life-safety codes, and infection prevention protocols.
• Supervise project team, schedulers, and managers, stepping in as needed.

Skills

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Integration

Schedule & Budget Control

Risk & Change Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Healthcare Deputy Program Director – Infrastructure & Utilities

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

At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures, we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, executing the construction, and operating their various facilities that shape our world.

We are seeking an experienced and collaborative Healthcare Deputy Program Director who excels in synchronizing teams and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. This position is based at our client's office in Austin TX, reporting directly to our Project Director and the client’s Planning Committee, and supervising other project and construction managers.

You will be responsible for supporting the Program Director with managing and delivering a new mega hospital program, as well as managing part of the project development from design through completion in alignment with program objectives.

You will oversee design and construction, addressing and resolving complex project-related issues while aligning multiple stakeholder interests. As the Owner's Representative and strategic expert, you will ensure the progress and technical performance of the project, in addition to its schedule, cost, scope, and team safety. Your role is crucial for maintaining connectivity within our company, and we will provide the necessary support to ensure your success.

Core Responsibilities:

• Program Governance: Support the Program Director in managing overall scope, multi-year capital budgets, cash flow projections, and master schedules.
• Stakeholder Integration: Lead coordination between hospital executives, clinical user groups, architects, engineers, contractors, and local authorities having jurisdiction.
• Risk & Change Management: Monitor program-wide risk logs, identify potential schedule or budget bottlenecks, and implement proactive mitigation plans.
• Healthcare Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all design and construction workflows conform to strict health standards, including Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) guidelines, life safety codes, and infection prevention protocols.
• Team Leadership: Supervise project team, scheduler(s), and package-specific project managers, stepping in for the Program Director as needed.
• CUP Integration: Direct mechanical and electrical tie-ins to the Central Utility Plant (CUP).
• Tunnel Coordination: Oversee routing, structural fit-out, and rack installations inside utility tunnels. Coordinate electrical ductbanks building entrances. Manage the design coordination and field construction of reinforced concrete walk-through or-non-walk-through utility tunnels routing critical thermal distribution lines.
• Site Utilities Management: Manage wet and dry site utilities across multi-acre campus expansions. Coordinate civil, structural, and MEP contractors across complex campus zones. Liaison with hospital facilities teams, clinical staff, and local municipal utility providers.
• Schedule & Budget Control: Track critical path milestones for underground infrastructure and the network of utility tunnels. Oversee subconsultants and contractors, tracking requests for information (RFIs), submittals, change orders, and schedule baseline health via Primavera P6 software.
• Project Oversight: Monitor scope, cost, and schedule performance across multiple project delivery teams. Direct, mentor, and evaluate project managers assigned to individual campus components (ambulatory surgery, support, and parking garage buildings). Drive risk mitigation strategies and integrate program-wide scheduling and cost controls.

Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multitasking in a fast-paced environment. We will help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what inspires you, so together, we can make significant impacts on the world.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 15 + years of related healthcare design and construction project management experience.
• Strong working knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, building systems/components and technology,
• Contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationship building.
• Proven Experience managing $1 Billion+ hospital projects.
• Reside in the Austin area or willing to relocate to be onsite daily.

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• Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about.
• Your health.
• Your well-being.
• Your security.
• Your future.
• Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan.
• Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave.
• And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $170,400.00 to $270,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.