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Design Manager - Water/Wastewater

Jacobs 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

$125,000 - $190,000 Full-time Manager

Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring they meet scope, schedule, budget, contract, quality, financial, and risk requirements. Support New England market growth through innovative solutions, staffing and completion forecasts, and mentoring developing project and design managers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, execution, and closeout of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring they meet scope, schedule, budget, contract, quality, financial, and risk requirements. Support New England market growth through innovative solutions, staffing and completion forecasts, and mentoring developing project and design managers.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in an engineering discipline focused on water/wastewater systems and infrastructure, at least 10 years of water/wastewater engineering design experience, and a PE license in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Connecticut—or the ability to obtain one within six months. Preferred qualifications include experience with treatment plants over 20 MGD, New England water projects, construction observation or management and field start-up, and alternative delivery methods such as Design-Build or CMAR.

Benefits

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

Key Skills

Design Management Water Infrastructure Design Wastewater Systems Design Project Planning Schedule Management Budget Management Contract Management Quality Assurance Risk Management Financial Forecasting Staffing Forecasts Mentoring Leadership Stakeholder Communication Regulatory Compliance PE Licensing (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut) Design‑Build Delivery CMAR Delivery Method Treatment Plant Design (20+ MGD) Construction Observation Field Start‑up Coordination AutoCAD Civil 3D GIS Hydraulic Modeling Water Resources Engineering Team Collaboration Strategic Planning Problem Solving Presentation Skills

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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