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At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures. We’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their advanced manufacturing facilities that are changing our world.

We're looking for a Owner’s Advisor/Program Manager candidate to support our Energy and Power group. This role will be based within one of our Pacific Northwest Offices (Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Boise, or Corvallis).

The successful candidate will have a strong basis of understanding of programmatic delivery of a portfolio of Power Generation, Transmission, and/or Distribution projects and experience working for utilities in North America. The successful candidate will also have experience in a variety of construction delivery contracting approaches including design-build delivery. The selected candidate must have excellent team-player attitude, with ability to consistently demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, mutual respect and accountability to others. The selected candidate acts on behalf of the client and must be able to review the work of others for accuracy, completeness and interact to obtain any needed clarifications to effectively deliver on the client needs. Leads informational and educational meetings for various topics.

This position interacts with the senior management team in the program and must follow up with client and subcontractors management for completing projects. It requires exceptional communication and organization skills to manage multiple tasks and projects.

Technical/Functional Responsibilities:

• Drives the development of early stage design and assists client in managing design teams through the completion of 30% design deliverables.
• Assists client program leadership in developing contractor solicitation documents to complete successful solicitations
• Organizes received bid documents for comparative reviews of proposals by program team and design engineers with the purpose of supporting client contracting decisions.
• Supports client in negotiation of contracts with construction contractors.
• Leads the support teams to review contractor submittals on behalf of client and draft submittal responses.
• Drives activities related to services during construction to ensure that contractor is completing work within requirements for safety, quality, permitting, schedule, and cost as established by client.
• Works with program team to develop appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), tracks the KPI data, and prepares KPI Reporting for client program.
• Assists client in developing program forecasts for annual spending of $250,000,000+/- #LI-CC1 #epjobs #naepjobs #

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree with strong emphasis on engineering and construction management preferred, others considered
• 15+ years’ of progressive experience in energy and power design/construction with 10+ years experience in a leadership role within a program or as an Owner’s Advisor.
• US Citizenship
• Ability to work in teams and actively participate in making decisions and show problem-solving capabilities
• Capable of analyzing complex issues and evaluating alternatives to achieve quality solutions
• Strong communication skills and organization, both verbal and written are critical
• Strong detail orientation and problem solving skills
• Must have the ability to contribute in a team environment and work across multiple departments
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous simultaneous tasks
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Proven ability to work under pressure
• Sense of ownership and accountability for own work and work of team members
• Review team deliverables and coordinate feedback from stakeholders
• Facilitate team meetings and produce/distribute meeting documents
• Experience in improving methods and practices

Ideally, you'll have:

• MBA
• Power Transmission and Distribution experience
• Professional Engineer’s License in a Northwestern State

Posted Salary Range: Minimum 182,500.00 Posted Salary Range: Upper 249,000.00

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The base salary range for this position is $182,500.00 to $249,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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 June 24, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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