Sr Procurement Manager; MEP); Data Center

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.

Our Global Data Center business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for major construction trade packages and equipment.
• Personally prepare and issue subcontractor RFPs and equipment RFQs.
• Identify, source, and qualify contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers.
• Manage bidder communications, RFIs, clarifications, addenda, site walks, and bid deadlines.
• Review proposals for scope completeness, exclusions, qualifications, schedule commitments, and commercial exceptions.
• Build and maintain commercial bid analyses and award recommendations.
• Check proposal math, labor rates, quantities, unit rates, markups, escalation, allowances, and other pricing assumptions.
• Lead commercial negotiations with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Draft and negotiate purchase orders, subcontracts, exhibits, and commercial terms.
• Drive packages from initial strategy through executed contract/PO and handoff to the project team.

• Read and understand contracts rather than relying solely on summaries or direction from others.
• Review contractor and subcontractor change orders in detail, including supporting labor, material, equipment, indirect cost, and general-condition backup.
• Reconcile pricing against contractual rates, original estimates, bid assumptions, quantities, and actual field conditions.
• Identify duplicate charges, unsupported costs, scope gaps, incorrect rates, excessive hours, and other commercial discrepancies.
• Validate pay applications and supporting documentation where required.
• Track committed cost, forecast exposure, contingency, allowances, and pending changes.
• Develop defensible commercial positions and negotiate resolution of disputed costs.
• Maintain clear documentation supporting negotiations, awards, changes, and commercial decisions.

• Develop a working understanding of the technical scope being procured rather than treating procurement as an administrative function.
• Review drawings, specifications, scopes of work, equipment requirements, and construction sequencing.
• Work directly with engineering, preconstruction, estimating, project management, field operations, scheduling, and commercial teams.
• Identify mismatches between drawings, specifications, estimates, proposals, contracts, and actual project requirements.
• Understand how procurement decisions affect construction schedule, installation sequencing, logistics, commissioning, and overall project risk.
• Escalate unresolved scope gaps before award rather than allowing ambiguity to become a future change order.

• Independently investigate complex commercial or procurement issues and determine the underlying cause.
• Turn incomplete or conflicting information into a clear recommendation and path forward.
• Quantify financial exposure rather than simply identifying that a problem exists.
• Develop practical solutions that can be implemented quickly in an active construction environment.
• Build or improve trackers, workflows, controls, and processes when existing systems are inadequate.
• Follow issues through resolution rather than simply identifying or escalating them.
• Operate effectively in an environment where priorities can change quickly and complete information may not initially be available.

The ideal candidate has approximately 7-12 years of progressive construction experience, with significant exposure to MEP procurement, subcontracting, preconstruction, project management, or commercial management.

• Approximately 7-12 years of experience in construction, procurement, preconstruction, project management, commercial management, MEP, or…