Program Manager - Large Water/Wastewater Treatment Construction

Jacobs; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Program Manager to oversee water/wastewater treatment construction programs for municipal clients. The role requires leading a program team, managing scope, schedule, and budget, and maintaining strong client relationships.

The candidate should possess extensive program management experience and a PE license, with strong communication and leadership skills. The position offers a competitive base salary with comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of project/program management experience with broad engineering background.
• BS or MS degree in related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineering license.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a program team through all phases to meet scope, schedule, budget.
• Ensure health, safety, quality, financial, risk, and policy expectations are met.
• Serve as primary interface with the client, subconsultants, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Analyze project requirements with the client to select delivery methods.
• Motivate and direct the program team through managers.
• Implement constructability and value engineering reviews during design.
• Oversee claims analysis and change orders with recommendations.
• Ensure start-up and commissioning plans with owners, designers, and contractors.
• Make key decisions on resources, scope, schedule, risk, and financial performance.
• Support business development for new program management contracts.
• Demonstrate leadership with integrity and candor.

Skills

Project management

Client relationships

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or MS degree in related engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Web-based document management platforms

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

Jacobs Water practice has a unique opportunity for a Program Manager to oversee water/wastewater treatment construction programs for municipal client organizations, executing program management processes, and developing and maintaining strong client relationships.

The Program Manager should have a minimum of ten years of project management experience and a minimum of twenty years of total professional experience. The Program Manager should have demonstrated project management and engineering expertise in water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, wastewater treatment facilities, pump station facilities, stormwater systems, utility operations, construction and contract management, claims analysis, and must have excellent communication and customer service skills.

As a Jacobs Program Manager, you can expect to

• Lead and manage a program team through all program phases with established program delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in the contract
• Complete the scope of work to the satisfaction of the client and key stakeholders, while simultaneously ensuring that Jacobs’ health & safety, quality, financial, risk management, business and policy expectations are met
• Serve as the primary program interface internally with the Jacobs program team and externally with the client, subconsultants (providing design and construction services), regulatory agencies, and community stakeholders
• Work with the client to analyze the requirements for each project and provide recommendations on the appropriate delivery method (i.e., D/B/B, progressive D/B, etc.) for each project, as applicable
• Provide motivation and direction to the program team through direct relationship with the program’s functional managers and multiple task managers.
• Establish and implement procedures to provide constructability and value engineering reviews during the design phase of projects that yield value to the owner
• Oversee resources assigned to analyze claims and change orders and make recommendations to the client regarding merit and quantum
• Ensure proper start‑up and commissioning plans are in place in partnership with the owner, design engineers and contractors/design builders as appropriate
• Be responsible for key decisions in areas such as balancing program resource requirements; the scope/schedule/sequence of program activities; client and/or team satisfaction; overall program risk profile; quality; maintain health and safety; and financial performance of a program, with commensurate impact observed at the business level
• Plays a role in the business development activities leading to the award of new program management contracts. This typically includes client relationship development, program‑specific positioning activities, teaming arrangements, proposal preparation, orals presentation, and contract negotiation consistent with established business development processes
• Demonstrate leadership by example with integrity and candor.

Here’s what you’ll need

• 10+ years of project management experience
• B.S. or M.S. degree in related engineering or applicable discipline
• Professional Engineering license
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills – Excellent team leader and team player with exceptional interpersonal skills

Ideally, you will also have

• 5 years of program management experience managing multiple projects
• Excellent knowledge of construction scheduling (P6)
• Knowledgeable with web‑based construction document management platforms

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 $230,000.00 to $285,000.00. 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.

Job posted on August 18, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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

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