Sr Project Manager - AI Data Centers

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.

This job opportunity is available at ANY location in the United States. Ideally, selected candidates will be near a JACOBS U.S. based office, but we intend to hire the "best" candidates.

Jacobs is the #1-ranked design firm on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list - for the seventh consecutive year - and the #1 Program Management firm globally (ENR, 2025). We are not riding the data center wave; we are engineering it. Jacobs’ Data Center Digital Twin solution, built on NVIDIA’s Omniverse DSX Blueprint, was highlighted in Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote in March 2026, placing Jacobs at the technical frontier of gigawatt-scale AI factory design.

This is your opportunity to elevate your career to the next level - leading complex, multi-disciplinary programs as a Senior Project Manager (CA) Lead, across OE, EPCM, and Design-Build delivery, working alongside the most recognized hyperscale owners, colocation operators, and advanced manufacturing clients in the industry. At Jacobs, you will do what you are most passionate about, at a scale and with a client roster that defines the future of AI infrastructure.

You will manage engineering-side project execution from basis of design through IFC, construction administration, commissioning, and turnover. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, manage scope, schedule, budget, fee, risk, quality, client commitments, and field coordination-while serving as the connection between design intent and site execution.

• Own the project management plan scope, schedule, budget, fee forecasting, staffing, contract administration, risk register, and change controls across the delivery lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain project execution plans, deliverable lists, staffing plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and client reporting; monitor progress and implement recovery actions when needed.
• Manage Jacobs engineering fee budgets, subcontract scopes, cost-at-completion, variances, change orders, and commercial impacts with appropriate project-controls support.
• Lead schedule development in P6, MS Project, or comparable tools; coordinate critical-path milestones across BOD, 30%/60%/IFC design, permits, procurement, construction administration, commissioning, and turnover.
• Delivery, Construction Administration & Technical Coordination
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through construction administration across Civil, Structural, MEP, process, controls, fire protection, and telecommunications/ICT systems, as assigned.
• Serve as the primary coordination point among the client, Project Engineer, discipline design teams, construction management, commissioning teams, vendors, and subcontractors.
• As Owner’s Engineer or CA lead, represent the client’s interests through design review, RFI response, submittal processing, construction observation, field issue resolution, document issuance, and schedule adherence.
• Perform and coordinate field walks, engineering inspections, field checks, equipment and system verification, and line walkdowns; document observations with photos, sketches, markups, and action items.
• Verify that installed conditions, equipment identification, tags, room names, system references, and drawing information are accurate, current, and traceable.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, design changes, technical queries, nonconforming work, field change documentation, and potential…