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Design Manager - Water/Wastewater

Jacobs 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

$138,000 - $210,000 Full-time Manager

Lead multidisciplinary teams through the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater design projects, ensuring delivery meets contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and financial requirements. Coordinate design decisions with clients and stakeholders, manage project risks and performance, and contribute to the water market strategy and collaborative delivery opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary teams through the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater design projects, ensuring delivery meets contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and financial requirements. Coordinate design decisions with clients and stakeholders, manage project risks and performance, and contribute to the water market strategy and collaborative delivery opportunities.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, or another engineering discipline focused on water and wastewater systems, and at least eight years of engineering experience are required, including three years managing multidisciplinary design teams. A PE license or ability to obtain one is preferred, as is experience with Design-Build or EPC projects; construction experience is also applicable.

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Basic Life Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Discounted Company Stock Purchase
  • Deferred Compensation Plan
  • Executive Deferral Plan
  • Personalized Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Caregiver Leave
  • Merit Increases
  • Performance Discretionary Bonus
  • Stock Awards

Key Skills

Design leadership Water engineering Wastewater engineering Project planning Design execution Project closeout Scope management Schedule management Budget management Quality assurance Financial performance tracking Client coordination Stakeholder management Risk management Strategic market planning Collaboration Multidisciplinary team leadership Design‑Build experience EPC project knowledge Construction experience PE licensure knowledge Agile project delivery

About Jacobs

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow – delivering outcomes and solutions for the world's most complex challenges. With a team of approximately 45,000, we provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design, program and lifecycle management, we're creating a more connected and sustainable world.

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