Advanced Water Treatment Project Manager – Santa Monica, CA

Jacobs Solutions Inc. is seeking an Advanced Water Treatment Project Manager in Santa Monica, CA. The role involves overseeing the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program, ensuring health and safety, permit compliance, and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include employee management, budgeting, and maintaining client relationships. The ideal candidate should possess strong communication skills, technical problem-solving abilities, and experience in operations management within the water treatment sector.
Market

Water

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 advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through the delivery of our operations and maintenance services, you'll make it simpler and more seamless for our municipal clients to operate safely and efficiently, empowering communities to focus on what matters most to them - people.

Join our advanced water treatment facility in Santa Monica, CA as the Project Manager of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Program (SWIP). SWIP provides a drought resilient water supply for the City of Santa Monica by producing up to 1,680 acre-feet per year of advanced treated recycled water through the advanced water treatment facility, stormwater harvesting, and upgrades to the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility. Treatment process include membranes, cartridge filters, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet advanced oxidation.

Jacobs has a unique opportunity in the Operations and Maintenance business group for a dynamic, savvy, and highly motivated Project Manager for a new advanced water treatment facility in Santa Monica, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for the overall management including health and safety, permit compliance, process control, profit and loss, quality, and internal/external reporting. You'll also be responsible for employee supervision and management including staffing, compensation, training, performance management, and workforce development. Collaborating with other members of our team, you'll build and maintain positive business and client relationships, and be accountable for the planning, organization, operations, maintenance, and improvement of the facility.

Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we'll help you grow what drives you - and deliver the world's most challenging Operations Management projects, together.

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Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Excellent verbal and written communications, self-motivation, team-oriented work practices, strong technical problem-solving skills.Capable of working independently and maintaining an orderly schedule.Understanding of the technical aspects of the AWTF.Demonstrate interpersonal relations and personnel management skills.Experience in developing and working within an approved budget. Specifically tracking costs, adjusting activities to stay on budget, and optimizing labor and materials.Proficiency in preparing operational reports for both internal and external purposes.Knowledge of the laws and regulations relating to system operations.Knowledge and ability to analyze data and maintain computer records.Knowledge of and ability to perform standard laboratory sampling and testing.Available for stand-by duty and emergencies as needed.Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals and/or SOPs.Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as chemical dosing, flow calculations, pipe or tank capacity.Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and factual variables.Knowledge of the principles and practices of water and/or wastewater treatment plants operations.Proficiency with computer software including but not limited to Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.Experience working with, overseeing, and developing other employees and supervisors.Experience with SCADA systems.Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).Experience developing budgets, tracking actual expenditures vs budget and variance.Here's what you'll need

Possess a valid SWRCB Grade IV Wastewater certificate and AWT-4 Certifications.Must have and maintain a valid CA Driver's License with no major infractions.Ability to travel 25-percent of the time.Ten (10) years' experience in wastewater/advanced water treatment operations or related field, including two (2) years of supervisory experience.High School Diploma or equivalent is required.Ideally, you'll also have:

* Bachelor (BA/BS) degree in related field is preferred.

Working Conditions:

Safety is a core value at Jacobs. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. This position will spend a substantial amount of time performing safety sensitive labor or services

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

166,500.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

185,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $166,500.00 to $185,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on January 14, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

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