Location
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Capabilities
Project Management
Office Setup
Hybrid
Job ID
#37131
Industry
Energy
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 don’t settle – we’re always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We work together and give our best to make a difference in our world.
Join us as a Program Manager in Energy and Power, where we are using our solutions across multiple markets to create a more connected and sustainable world, environmentally and socially.
As a vital leader in our Energy & Power Program Management team, you’ll work on challenging programs that depend on your vision, expertise, intuition, and leadership to plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of complex program delivery.
We’ll rely on your leadership and passion for delivering multidisciplinary complex systems and Energy & Power-related programs and on your experience serving as the company’s primary contact with the client, responsible for overall work progress and technical performance on the program. Your experience should include extensive experience in Program Controls (planning, scheduling, cost controls, etc), including serving at some point during your career in a Program Controls Lead role, or comparable role.
Capitalizing on your strategic foresight, we’ll ask you to serve as an innovative thought-leader while utilizing both innovative and well-established program management procedures. As an inspirational leader, you’ll be responsible for oversight and mentoring of the program team through all phases of program planning, procurement, delivery, and closeout consistent with program delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified contractual requirements.
Utilizing your business acumen and communication skills, you’ll be asked to develop and maintain meaningful client partnerships, successfully complete the scope of work, and simultaneously ensure that Jacobs’s health, safety, environmental, security, quality, financial, risk management, business, and policy expectations are also met. Additionally, we’ll ask you to play a key role in business development activities leading to the award of the contract. 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.
We’ll look to your technical expertise for knowledge and the innovative application of design, construction, and operations to structure approaches to solving programmatic challenges. As needed, you’ll initiate or escalate the correction of any conditions which may adversely affect the completion of the project on schedule and within budget.
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.
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This role requires extensive travel of at least 50%
Here's what you'll need
Clarify the program’s vision and strategy, and ensure efforts are prioritized to support them
Manage external client and stakeholders, as well as internal staff, to complete work on-time and within budget, including interfacing with teams working on other related programs/projects
Coordinate and/or oversee design, construction, and readiness activities with clients, consultants, and stakeholders
Oversee interdisciplinary teams and provide review and guidance during development of deliverables
When necessary, coordinate with regulatory agencies and serve as a liaison between clients and other agencies
Mentor and lead other staff while creating an environment in which innovation and differences are openly shared, embraced, and incorporated into the team’s activities
Assist with proposal development and participate in interviews and presentations
Participate in the Jacobs growth process and work collaboratively with Sales teams
Take an active role and participate in appropriate industry trade organizations, including presentation of papers, publications, and serving on select committees
Partner with the Global Program Management team on leadership best practices
Here's what you'll need
Relevant four-year degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or related field; Graduate degree a plus
Substantial years of experience overseeing large scale programs
Demonstrated experience managing large scale Energy & Power programs with varying degrees of technical, financial, strategic, team and client/external stakeholder complexity
Demonstrated direct experience leading a program controls team, including responsibility for planning, base-line scheduling, and cost controls
Demonstrated understanding of capital programming, technical design and construction oversight, program delivery, commercial management, health and safety, and other key disciplines necessary to deliver a complex program
Experience with a variety of delivery methods, including Delivery Partner, Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, and Public Private Partnerships/AFP delivery
Ability to articulate complex concepts and demonstrate extensive experience in partnership-building, agency coordination planning, and program experience
Ideally, You'll Also Have:
Registered Professional Engineer, PMP, PgMP and/or equivalent
Experience with program governance and a variety of program management organizational models
Technical expertise in one or more areas of Energy & Power
Experience collaborating with stakeholders and end users
Posted Salary Range: Minimum
144,600.00
Posted Salary Range: Upper
189,825.00
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 $144,600.00 to $189,825.00. 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 17, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.
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.
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.
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 .
