Jacobs
Deputy Project Performance Manager
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About Jacobs
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for:
- Thriving cities
- Resilient environments
- Mission-critical outcomes
- Operational advancements
- Scientific discovery
- Cutting-edge manufacturing
We turn abstract ideas into transformative realities, making a genuine impact on the world.
Your Impact
As a candidate for this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in supporting some of the UK’s largest infrastructure programmes. Your contributions will ensure:
- Efficient delivery of complex packages through lean methodologies
- Seamless support to integrated project and client teams
- Direct impact on the success of high-profile civil infrastructure construction projects
- Tangible improvements in industry standards and project delivery
Our Complex Delivery Management consultants enable:
- More efficient and reliable delivery in major programmes and strategic projects
- Unlocking innovation potential
- Embedding continuous improvement across integrated teams
The role thrives on curious, adaptable professionals who enjoy protactiveness and problem-solving, embracing opportunities to refine ways of working and foster team collaboration.
Benefits
Join a thriving working environment where your career grows alongside world-changing projects. You’ll receive:
- Competitive salary – Aligned with skills and experience
- Flexible work arrangements – Hybrid, part-time, and tailored flexible working patterns
- Holiday entitlement – 24 days + option to purchase an additional 10
- Enhanced pension contributions – Up to 10% of salary for secure retirement
- Comprehensive health coverage – Single medical cover (extendable to family)
- Family planning support – Fertility healthcare and family planning access
- Parental leave – Enhanced pay and free support via employee assistance programmes
- Life insurance – 4x salary coverage
- Income protection – Financial security in case of prolonged illness
- Wellbeing hub – Free access to mental and physical wellness resources (e.g. Calm, Daily Burn)
- Professional development – Sponsored memberships and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Community engagement – Charity matched donations, paid volunteering time, and team bonding initiatives
- Global support and values – Founded on safety, integrity, inclusivity, and belonging
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The Opportunity
Deputy Project Performance Manager
You will operate with minimal supervision, with primary responsibilities including:
- Ownership of work packages to ensure on-time delivery in line with project governance and assurance
- Coordination of teams, effortfully managing workloads and blockage resolutions
- Reporting on performance and escalating issues to workstream managers
- Facilitating critical workshops, driving problem-solving and decision-making on complex tasks
- Building stakeholder relationships to sustain seamless communication with project partners and clients
This role demands investigative thinking, tacit resilience, and organisational expertise. Jacobs fosters a dynamic, collaborative culture where you’ll have the freedom to propel projects forward while driving continuous improvement.
Key Requirements
To thrive in this role, the following skills and experiences are essential:
Technical Skills and Tools
- Lean methodologies (e.g. Collaborative Planning, Visual Management, Last Planner System)
- Hands-on exposure to civil infrastructure or construction project environments with multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary teams
- Familiarity with client engagement and expert relationship management
- Adroit presentation and communication skills
- Experience with:
- Task management tools (e.g. Asana, Monday.com, MS Planner)
- Microsoft Power Platform (Power Query, PowerApps, Power BI, Power Automate)
- Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Teams)
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Soft Skills and Attitude
- Problem-solving and meticulous attention to detail
- Resilience and organised approach in managing large packages
- Drive to inspire teams and clients with a can-do attitude
- Self-motivation, proactive approach toward quality, learning, and innovation
- Ability to question norms constructively and identify improvement opportunities
- Enjoyment of contributing to varied team and client environments
Work Schedule
- Operates within a hybrid work framework
- Standardized 40-hour work week
Company Values
Jacobs prioritises safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging. We’re committed to:
- A culture of caring where open collaboration and professional growth empower each other.
- Encouraging positive mental health and fostering sense of belonging via initiatives like Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice; intimate “Find Your Community” sessions.
- Offering flexibility, benefits, and global opportunities tailored to personal aspirations.
Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to widen talent pipelines. We are your disability-confident employer and actively welcome applications from:
- Those seeking flexible work arrangements
- Qualified candidates who may not fulfill every requirement comprehensively.
- Applications will adapt to accommodate assistive recruitment measures.
Join a stellar team at Jacobs, and help shape the future of infrastructure, here and globally. 🌍⚡
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