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It’s an exciting time to join Jacobs’ New Zealand Water Infrastructure team for a position based in Napier. Our Water business is continuing to grow, and we’re partnering with established clients across New Zealand and globally to deliver major, impactful projects. By integrating a diverse range of solutions, we’re helping shape a cleaner, more resilient water future.

Ready to grow your career with us? Join our team and take the next exciting step.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to work closely with one of our key clients, to be the driver behind delivering multidisciplinary projects and liaise with the wider team to successfully deliver a broad portfolio of projects. Working with our diverse teams, you will deliver high-quality consultancy engineering services. In this role, you’ll potentially oversee projects spanning civil, mechanical, process, electrical and structural engineering.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead project and design management of water infrastructure projects
• Establish and manage project teams, ensuring quality, cost and schedule objectives are achieved
• Build strong relationships with clients including Napier City Council
• Act as a key conduit between the ANZ Water team and the client panel
• Deliver design packages on time, within budget, and to required quality
• Collaborate with the Design Manager and project team on delivery outcomes
• Oversee forecasting, cost management, and estimates
• Ensure accurate financial reporting
• Manage quality assurance and document control processes
• Forecast resource requirements
• Maintain and manage project risk registers
• Mentor and support team members

About You

You’re a collaborative and experienced Project Manager who thrives in a client-facing environment. You will be able to demonstrate:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Project Management or similar
• Strong ability to understand and respond to client needs
• Proven experience delivering projects on or under budget
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Team-oriented mindset with mentoring capability

Why Jacobs?

Join a team tackling complex water challenges, offering a supportive and inclusive environment and exciting project opportunities.

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.

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