Project Manager

Jacobs Musselburgh, Scotland This week

Type Contract
Pay Not listed
Work Hybrid

Project Manager focuses on be someone who can break down complex problems into clear, practical plans, and bring teams with you to deliver them.

What the role involves

  • Be someone who can break down complex problems into clear, practical plans, and bring teams with you to deliver them.
  • Also build strong relationships, understand what your clients need, and keep projects moving in the right direction.
  • If you’re someone who likes improving how things are done and finding better ways to deliver, you’ll fit right in.
  • Leading multidisciplinary teams through all stages of a project, from early planning through to delivery.
  • Managing scope, budget, programme, and risk to keep projects on track.
  • Develop practical delivery plans that align with client goals.

Skills and requirements

  • Use your experience leading complex projects to shape how key infrastructure is planned and delivered across the UK.
  • Ultimately, your experience will help deliver better outcomes — for clients, communities, and the environment.
  • Experience delivering projects, ideally with the Environment Agency or local authorities.
  • Experience with project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Primavera).

Confirmed role details

  • Up to 10% pension.
  • We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best.

Candidate fit

  • ownership, planning discipline, stakeholder communication, and practical delivery judgement

Additional role context

  • Here's what you'll need We’re looking for someone with a strong track record in designing and managing large infrastructure projects, who brings a mix of the following.
  • 24 days (+10 days bought) holidays.
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