Project Manager - Undergrounding Program; Chico Area

Project Manager - Undergrounding Program (Chico Area)

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• Create and maintain project plans — define activities, work breakdown structures, predecessors, successors, resources, and baselines.
• Prepare business cases, contingency releases, and manage project budgets within established project governance rules.
• Develop, monitor, and update cash flow projections.
• Ensure project scope control and documentation is maintained.
• Analyze and report on variances for project cost and schedule.
• Create and maintain Excel spreadsheets for reporting and analysis.
  
  Measure the progress of activities and milestones in project plans.
• Lead meetings for project scoping, constructability review, design review, competitive bid, construction inspection, commissioning, and as‑built incorporation.
• Negotiate and execute contracts, process change orders and report actual costs.
• Drive consensus, communicate responsibilities, and ensure ownership and accountability.
• Arbitrate and resolve conflicts within the project.
• Manage change control, involving project sponsor and stakeholders.
• Conduct design and drawing reviews on‑site with various project stakeholders to identify and mitigate any issues and challenges identified during this process.
• Prepare and present timely and actionable status updates.
• Facilitate focused and cross‑functional meetings and calls.
• Draft and communicate meeting minutes, risk registers, decision logs and status reports.
• Represent the client to government agencies and make presentations to senior management and stakeholders.
• Work with various government entities in submitting and obtaining permit approvals.
• Interact with customers concerning land rights.
• Lead the project team in identifying, tracking, and mitigating risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Escalate risks and issues in order to keep projects on schedule and on budget.
• Identify and communicate lessons learned and incorporate into projects as best practices.

This is a Hybrid role; candidate must be able to commute to the Chico area 2‑3 times a week.

• 5+ years of work experience in project management or construction management.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• A willingness to travel for site visits, kickoff meetings, and other project‑related needs.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license, Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification.
• Experience with electrical distribution, substation, or transmission projects.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• A natural tendency for taking ownership and a willingness to lead.
• A strong commitment to quality and attention to detail.
• A passion for training and building a team.

Our health and welfare benefits include 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 an Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs offers an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full‑time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave.

Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

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.