
Program Manager - Electrical Utilities (EPC)
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Job overview
Jacobs seeks an experienced Program Manager to provide strategic leadership and mentorship across electrical utility EPC projects throughout California. The role focuses on strengthening project delivery, advising utility clients and stakeholders, developing people, and supporting client relationships and business growth. The successful candidate will guide project managers and teams through complex program challenges and provide strategic recommendations to project and executive leadership.
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Full job description
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the utility industry to provide strategic leadership and mentorship across a portfolio of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) projects throughout California.
This role is ideal for a utility professional who enjoys building strong client relationships, connecting people, and staying informed on the people, priorities, and initiatives shaping client organizations. The successful candidate is naturally curious, understands how to navigate complex stakeholder environments, and is able to engage comfortably in conversations across a wide range of technical, operational, and business topics while building trust and uncovering opportunities for partnership and growth.
The ideal candidate is a proven utility industry leader who excels at developing people, strengthening project delivery processes, driving consistency across programs, and helping teams successfully navigate complex project challenges. This individual will be highly skilled at building, maintaining, and expanding relationships with clients, project stakeholders, utility leadership, contractors, and internal teams, fostering trust, collaboration, and long-term partnership success.
Key Responsibilities
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Serve as a senior advisor and mentor to Project Managers across utility EPC projects.
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Promote consistent, high-quality project delivery across programs and client accounts.
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Act as a trusted advisor and key point of contact for utility clients and stakeholders.
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Provide strategic recommendations and performance insights to project and executive leadership.
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Support business development efforts through client engagement, project reviews, and proposal support.
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Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors, and strategic partners.
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Identify opportunities to strengthen client relationships and support future business growth.
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Represent the organization in client meetings, industry events, and stakeholder engagements.
Qualifications:
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Minimum 10 years of experience managing or overseeing project management functions within the Electrical Transmission & Distribution industry.
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Extensive experience providing leadership, technical oversight, and strategic guidance for large utility capital programs and EPC projects.
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Exceptional leadership, communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
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Proven ability to influence project outcomes through coaching, collaboration, and strategic guidance rather than direct task execution.
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College degree in business or marketing related field
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,207 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$146–220K/yr1,146 salary ranges
- California median$60–77/hr66 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,441 open Program Manager jobs in California and 11,207 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 9,534 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,036 of the 11,207 open Program Manager jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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