Project Manager - Water

Jacobs; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Performance discretionary bonus

Job summary

A global engineering and construction firm is seeking a Project Manager for their Kansas City office to lead drinking water and wastewater projects. This role involves managing project teams, mentoring staff, and building client relationships. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in engineering and project management experience, particularly in water utility projects. This position offers a competitive salary range between $115,000 and $175,000 and promotes a hybrid working policy to enable optimal work delivery.

Qualifications

• Understanding of drinking water treatment, reuse, and/or distribution.
• Experience with process mechanical design.
• More than 8 years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to provide innovative solutions for Clients.
• Mentor staff and build long-term client relationships.
• Pursue new work through strategy development and contract negotiation.

Skills

Project management experience for water utility projects

Strong communication skills, both written and oral

Self‑motivated, initiator

Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with clients

Multi‑discipline design management experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) License

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

We’re seeking a Project Manager to work with our Drinking Water and Wastewater Clients in our St Louis, MO office. You’ll grow your career by leading our project teams to provide innovative and sustainable solutions for our Clients. You’ll play an integral role in leading and mentoring staff, forming long‑term relationships with clients and pursuing new work, including strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts. You’ll be a part of diverse multi‑discipline teams, allowing you to both share what you know, as well as learn, so you can grow. Join us and we will assist you in continued development of your skills and exploring all that you can do across our global company. Your most impactful mission in this role is to embrace living inclusion every day and enabling diversity and equality globally. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives. An inclusive culture with many perspectives through diverse backgrounds allows us to leverage knowledge, leadership and connection to bring forth opportunity, creativity and growth. At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering.
• Demonstrated understanding of one or all of the following drinking water treatment, reuse, and/or distribution, wastewater treatment, and/or treatment processes and technologies.
• Multi‑discipline design management experience
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Self‑motivated, initiator; demonstrated through professional society involvements or related activities
• Project management experience for water utility projects
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with clients and to win work
• Professional Engineer (PE) License

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Experience with process mechanical design and willingness to perform as the discipline lead role on an as‑needed basis
• More than 8 years of experience
• Experience with industrial water
• Master’s Degree in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering.

Benefits

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.

Base Salary

The base salary range for this position is $115,000.00 to $175,000.00. 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 March 25, 2025. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Workspace

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.

Application

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.