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At Jacobs, we’re seeking a Director of Project Services LSNA. The successful candidate will be an experienced people leader with a diverse background spanning project controls and commercial management. You’ll bring an excellent track record of delivering superior technical solutions to Clients through a combination of technical knowledge, expertise and ability to lead a team of multidisciplined professionals working together to execute a portfolio of complex large cap projects.

The successful candidate will be accountable for a team of professionals providing the following services:

• Project forecasting, commercial & project controls management

• Scheduling & Planning management for the engineering, procurement, construction management, qualification, and validation phases of major capital projects

• Progress measurement oversight through the application of earned value and commercial terms oversight

• Know Preconstruction methodology and impact to large projects.

• Supply chain management to include capital equipment buying, expediting and logistics

• Subcontracts, and contracts management in support of long range commercial focus

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing day to day supervision, guidance, and direction to team members

• Manage a portfolio of projects focusing on Commercial, project controls and project services oversight.

• Interfacing with Clients, subcontractors, project, construction, and operations management personnel as required

• Solve problems, providing solutions, and help develop innovating work processes

• Implements procedures for Project Services & Contract management in administration of compliance within company policy.

• Attracting, develop, and retaining a diverse and talented workforce

• Drafts correspondence and keeps records essential for documenting the efficient management of project services & project commercial issues.

• Support team leaders and individual team members and help them achieve their goals and objectives, while simultaneously meeting or exceeding Corporate and Client goals and objectives

• Serve as an escalation point for project teams as required

• Serve in an advisory role to senior management

• Effectively present detailed information to Client management as well as to all levels of Jacobs management

Join us and we will assist in continuing the development of your skills and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in Architecture/ Engineering, Design-Build, P3, project management, construction, project controls, Commercial and/or staff leadership or equivalent

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, business, law or equivalent work experience two years of work experience can be considered equivalent to one year of college education

• Experience in heavy industrial projects - preference towards exp in the Life Sciences, Electronics or Manufacturing facility building industry

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have:

• Demonstrated experience and expertise in multiple disciplines within the project services portfolio gained through a series of progressively responsible roles

• Experience with commercial review of large cap programs within the EPC industry

• Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset

• Customer focus with strong verbal and written communication skills

• An ability to build, lead and manage a diverse and effective team

• The courage and energy to lead and make decisions on large scale projects 100 Mil #LifeSciences, #Bio/Pharma, #EPCMV, #globallifescience

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