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Jacobs Advisory Consultant in New York, New York
Here at Jacobs, we apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference. If you want to join a company invested in you, your success and the global community - join us as an Advisory Consultant to help the communities thrive.
In this role, you will support the efforts of our clients, including cities, counties, regional authorities, state departments of transportation, transit agencies, and water, wastewater and stormwater utilities and other clients and industries to develop and deliver programs and projects that create positive outcomes for our clients and their stakeholders and communities.
Key parts of this work may include assisting with planning and resourcing of program and project delivery, economic and financial models, support clients in developing competitive federal and state funding applications to secure grants and low-interest rate loans to support the projects.
You will have a multitude of advisory opportunities to collaborate with diverse teams at Jacobs including across our Advisory and Major Programs teams - grant writing experts, government relations team, planners and engineers, fellow economists, resiliency specialists, and many others - to impact our clients’ infrastructure programs and projects creation and delivery.
Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global, and local.
Typical assignments that the Advisory Consultant is envisioned to support include the following:
• Gather information and knowledge to support the development of strategies to enable projects and programs as needed.
• Support the delivery of Jacobs programs in an advisory capacity as needed
• Gather, organize and process data and information needed to conduct economic and financial analyses and studies
• Support organizational capability assessments, change management, process review and improvements
• Support program performance assessments and assist strategize how to achieve outcomes and create legacy
• Support business case analyses, financial pro forma projections, benefit-cost analyses, cost of service, rate and valuation models and other related forms of economic and financial analysis
• Support risk appraisal, risk management modeling, due diligence, strategy development, program and project monitoring as needed.
• Support development of presentations to clients and stakeholder groups
• Support development of overall funding and financing strategies, including grants for client capital and operating programs
• Communicate findings and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.
Training in principles of economics and finance, including business case analysis, benefit-cost analysis, and financial forecasting.
Strong spreadsheet and database modeling skills, preferably Microsoft Excel and Access, including modeling applied to real-world projects
Proven ability to work successfully in multi-disciplinary teams such as teams that include engineers, planners, economists and scientists all contributing to their respective elements of a project
Strong writing skills, including the ability to draft write-ups of the findings of economic and financial analyses.
Attention to detail and ability to establish and meet deadlines / budgets.
Good interpersonal skills and ability to build networks.
Knowledge of industry project and program management standards and practices including management of risk
Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field
Post graduate professional years of professional experience required.
Experience working with or for transportation agencies in the United States preferred.
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.
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.