"Alerted.org

Here at Jacobs, we apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference. If you want to join a company invested in you, your success and the global community - join us as an Advisory Consultant based out of New York, New York, to help the communities thrive.

In this role, you will support the efforts of our clients, including transit agencies, state departments of transportation, cities, counties, regional authorities, and water, wastewater and stormwater utilities and other clients and industries to develop and deliver programs and projects that create positive outcomes for our clients and their stakeholders and communities.

This position will require you to fulfill a role within a project of program that applies your Advisory skills to the benefit of clients and Jacobs team. Key parts of this work may include assisting with planning and resourcing of program and project delivery, program advisory services, process mapping, organization change and transformation projects.

You will have a multitude of advisory opportunities to collaborate with diverse teams at Jacobs including across our Advisory and Major Programs teams - global organizational effectiveness & performance improvement team, grant writing experts, government relations team, planners and engineers, economists, resiliency specialists, and many others - to positively impact our clients’ mission, and their infrastructure programs and projects creation delivery.

Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global, and local.

Typical assignments that the Advisory Consultant is envisioned to support include the following:

• Gather information and knowledge to support the development of strategies to enable successful projects and programs as needed

• Support the delivery of Jacobs programs in an advisory capacity as needed

• Support and lead organizational capability assessments, change management, process review and improvements

• Support and lead program performance assessments and assist strategize how to achieve outcomes and create legacy

• Support and lead development of presentations to clients and stakeholder groups

• Gather, organize and process data and information needed to conduct economic and financial analyses and studies

• Support business case analyses, financial pro forma projections, benefit-cost analyses, cost of service, rate and valuation models and other related forms of economic and financial analysis

• Support risk appraisal, risk management modeling, due diligence, strategy development, program and project monitoring as needed

• Support development of overall funding and financing strategies, including grants for client capital and operating programs

• Communicate findings and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field.

• Post graduate professional years of professional experience.

• 2 or more years of Project Management experience, including tracking project budget and schedule and managing risks.

• Training in principles of management consulting, change and stakeholder management, economics and finance, program delivery.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with ability to independently track communicate to and positively manage multiple stakeholder relationships

• Strong process improvement and organization transformation skills

• Manages individual time by building due dates into assignments and then prioritizes work to accomplish more in less time.

• Continually seeks new functional knowledge and looks to build technical expertise.

• Excels in a team setting by clearly communicating project information and by listening effectively and inviting responses.

• Basic experience and understanding of estimating and benchmarking.

• Good interpersonal and collaborating skills.

• Excellent organization and prioritization skills to execute work accurately and largely self-directed, handle multiple priorities, and analyze reports and trend activities.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint

• Proven ability to work successfully in multi-disciplinary teams such as teams that include engineers, planners, economists and scientists all contributing to their respective elements of a project

• Strong writing skills, including the ability to draft write-ups of the findings of economic and financial analyses.

• Attention to detail and ability to establish and meet deadlines / budgets.

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build networks.

• Knowledge of industry project and program management standards and practices including management of risk.

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.