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Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
Posted 19 Oct
What’s this role about? Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring they meet scope, schedule, budget, contract, quality, financial, and risk requirements. Support New England market growth through innovative solutions, staffing and completion forecasts, and mentoring developing project and design managers.
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Company
About Jacobs At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow – delivering outcomes and solutions for the world's most complex challenges. With a team of approximately 45,000, we provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design, program and lifecycle management, we're creating a more connected and sustainable world.
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Responsibilities
- We are seeking an experienced and collaborative Design Manager to support the management and delivery of water infrastructure projects in New England. Our design managers lead the scoping, planning, and execution of projects, ensuring both quality and financial performance. In this role, you’ll leverage your leadership and technical skills to optimize team performance and consistently deliver high-quality solutions for our clients. Bring your project management experience, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced design environment, and technical expertise—and we’ll provide exciting opportunities to grow professionally and make a meaningful impact.
- Project and design planning, execution, and closeout, consistent with Jacobs’ established project delivery processes, to meet scope, schedule, budget, and contract requirements
- Be accountable for successfully completing projects to the satisfaction of clients and key stakeholders, while ensuring Jacobs’ expectations are met in quality, financial performance, project delivery, and risk management
- Contribute to the development of the New England Water Market by delivering innovative, technology-driven solutions for our clients
- Provide staffing and completion forecasts to Group Leaders and Managers of Projects
- Mentor and support less experienced staff to help them grow into future Project/Design Managers.
Qualification
- BS or MS Degree in an engineering discipline with a focus on water/wastewater systems and infrastructure.
- Minimum 10 years engineering design experience in the water/wastewater field.
- PE License in MA, NH, RI, or CT or ability to obtain within 6 months.
- Experience with the design of water treatment plants and/or wastewater treatment plants greater than 20-mgd.
- Demonstrated project experience in the New England Water Market.
- Construction observation/management and field start-up services experience.
- Experience with Alternative Delivery, including Design-Build and/or CMAR.
- 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 $125,000.00 to $190,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
- 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.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Basic Life Insurance
- 401(k) Plan
- Discounted Company Stock Purchase
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Executive Deferral Plan
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Caregiver Leave
- Merit Increases
- Performance Discretionary Bonus
- Stock Awards
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