Water Conveyance Project Manager Job Bellevue area,Washington USA,Engineering

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we're driven by a shared purpose—to deliver innovative, technically excellent water infrastructure solutions that strengthen our communities. As a Water Conveyance Project Manager in our Bellevue, WA office, you’ll have the opportunity to lead complex and meaningful conveyance projects, shape long‑term client relationships, and influence the growth of our regional water practice. This role offers the autonomy to lead, the support to succeed, and the career runway to make a lasting impact.

As a Water Conveyance Project Manager, you’ll be charged with leading a team of highly qualified and motivated engineers through the design process, interacting directly with clients to develop and deliver technical conveyance solutions, and mentoring ambitious mid‑level engineers. You’ll serve as a Project Manager/Design Manager leading a technical team, performing technical tasks, and coordinating the use of resources to accomplish multiple, concurrent water infrastructure projects.

Your responsibilities may include planning and design‑related management and technical support roles for various types of conveyance systems such as open channel flow and low‑pressure conduit, flow control structures, and pump stations and force mains. Additional assignments may include other water‑related civil infrastructure evaluations.

We’ll rely on you to lead business development activities to grow the Bellevue office. You’ll work with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects and perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio. You’ll effectively lead and manage project teams throughout all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout in accordance with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements as stated in each contract.

Using your conveyance technical expertise, you’ll play an integral role in leading and mentoring staff, forming long‑term relationships with clients, pursuing new work, building water client portfolios, and engaging in strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts. You’ll help others discover what drives them, nurturing their purpose and guiding them forward.

Here’s what you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Environmental Engineering.
Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) is required. If not a Washington State PE, must be able to obtain this within one year of hire.
Minimum of 7 years of progressive civil engineering experience.
Demonstrated ability to manage scope, budget, schedule, and technical quality across complex infrastructure projects.

Ideally, you’ll also have

A Master's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience serving various clients involving a wide variety of fields, including conveyance pipeline design, project management, and water/wastewater pump station design.
Demonstrated ability to lead the design and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, studies, proposals and/or reports.

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.

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