Senior Project Manager

Job Description

It's an exciting time to be part of the energy transition at Jacobs as our Energy & Power business continues to experience rapid growth. We are working with established clients across the globe to deliver the Energy Transition. From major renewable energy projects and firming generation to high voltage direct current inter-country interconnectors and offshore grids, we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build a cleaner and more resilient energy future.

Join our Brisbane-based Energy & Power team as a Senior Project Manager, where you'll lead complex power generation projects and help shape the future of Australia's energy infrastructure. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise and a passion for delivering high-impact energy solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex power generation projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations, technical standards, and Jacobs' quality benchmarks.
• Oversee multidisciplinary teams and engineering consultancy services, driving collaboration and high-performance outcomes.
• Manage project governance, financial performance, and technical compliance, ensuring successful and sustainable delivery.
• Implement process improvements and best practices across portfolios to enhance efficiency and consistency.
• Collaborate with delivery leads and bid managers to optimise resource utilisation and lead business development efforts, including client relationship management.
• Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of safety, innovation, and collaboration, while actively engaging with clients and stakeholders.

Here's what you'll need

• Extensive experience managing large-scale energy and power sector projects, particularly in thermal power generation (e.g., LPG, coal, hydrogen, process plants).
• Engineering background in electrical or mechanical disciplines (preferred), with strong technical acumen.
• Proven ability to drive accountability and deliver strong commercial outcomes, supported by advanced financial and risk management skills.
• Demonstrated leadership in building high-performing teams, fostering collaboration and operational excellence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite and advanced scheduling tools, ensuring effective project planning and execution.
• Well-versed in contract types such as EPC, EPCM, and OE, with diverse experience across consulting and construction-side infrastructure delivery.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact within our growing APAC Energy and Power team, with excellent prospects for career advancement.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You'll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you'll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals - all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

Our meticulously curated employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and Low T treatment.

We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

Cultural Support

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals - all at a single global company.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. 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 work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.