Operational Readiness, Activation & Transition; ORAT) Specialist

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

We are seeking an Operational Readiness, Activation & Transition (ORAT) Specialist to contribute to the planning and delivery of operational readiness programs for complex aviation and infrastructure projects. This role may lead a defined workstream - such as operational trials or organizational readiness, including familiarization, induction and training activities while working collaboratively with senior ORAT professionals and project teams. Location will be tailored to portfolio needs.

Projects are located throughout the United States, and frequent travel is required.

In this role, you will

• Contribute to the planning, mobilization, and execution of ORAT programs across the project lifecycle, supporting or leading assigned work streams as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain work plans, schedules, trackers, deliverable inputs, and coordination materials for assigned ORAT activities.
• Support stakeholder engagement and operational interface planning and build effective working relationships with clients, operators, airlines and tenants, designers, contractors, vendors, regulators, and other project partners.
• Gather, validate, and document operational requirements and contribute to Concepts of Operations, procedures, transition plans, responsibility matrices, and opening strategies.
• Support or coordinate Familiarization, Induction and Training activities, including needs assessments, content development, logistics, delivery, and completion tracking.
• Support or lead, as appropriate to grade and assignment, tabletop exercises, operational trials, simulations, and readiness evaluations, including scripts, logistics, observations, findings, and follow-up actions.
• Track ORAT dependencies and interfaces with design, construction, testing and commissioning, systems integration, turnover, permitting, and operational milestones.
• Maintain readiness controls and collaboration tools, including risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, actions, decisions, dashboards, evidence, and SharePoint content.
• Prepare clear status reports, dashboards, presentations, meeting materials, and recommendations for project teams and client review.
• Facilitate or support working sessions and project meetings; document decisions, owners, due dates, constraints, and required escalations.
• Manage assigned tasks and workflows to agreed scope, schedule, quality, and documentation standards and promptly communicate risks or blockers.
• Contribute to quality reviews, lessons learned, project closeout, and transition-to-service activities.
• Provide coordination, mentoring, or guidance to junior staff and project team members when assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in aviation management, Engineering, Construction Management, Operations Management, Planning, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience consistent with the applicable job grade.
• Experience contributing to ORAT, activation, airport or facility operations, construction, commissioning, training, trials, stakeholder engagement, project controls, or other complex capital-program delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate assigned ORAT activities and contribute to workstream delivery, with the capability to independently lead defined work streams such as operational trials, organizational readiness, or Familiarization, Induction and Training activities as experience and assignment require.
• Experience…