Transaction Advisory Lead

6 months ago


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**Your Impact**:

- Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do - the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology - we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow._
- Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow._

At Jacobs, what we do is more than a job, we work every day to make the world better for all.
In our strategic advisory work, we’re empowering our clients to deliver smarter, sustainable, and more affordable solutions for tomorrow. From optimising asset performance to developing robust strategic programs, we work to bind clients’ strategies, organization and assets together to reduce risk, improve institutional outcomes and provide a return on investment.

Are you someone who is forward thinking and passionate about identifying solutions which lie outside the box? If so, we'd like you to explore a role in the Solution Centre for Strategic Consulting at Jacobs. Elevate your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow.

The Advisory teams provide strategic capital projects & transaction advisory services for major projects in the infrastructure market across all phases of the business life cycle, informed by our operational knowledge and deep functional expertise. By integrating both strategic and technical expertise we serve the “whole client” from the executive leadership to those who procure deliver projects and operations. Our group cuts across the different market sectors in the region which includes Water & Environment, Transportation, Built Environment and Healthcare.

We seek a talented and dynamic **Transaction Advisory Lead (Water) **with relevant experience working in **Water (PPP)** projects across the ME region. The role can either be based in **Dubai or Riyadh.**

**About the role**:

- As a Technical consultant, your main responsibility will be to work with the regional consulting teams by participating in the development and driving growth of the team within the Jacobs organization.
- You will work on strategic positioning and value proposition development, including internal coordination across practice network. You’ll be part of strategic technical analysis, due diligence, and high-level transaction advice on major infrastructure project development and procurement (traditional and alternative PPP models), presenting findings to clients and implementing follow-on programs.
- You will be working on key regional projects in the public-private partnerships (PPP or P3) market and assist in best practices. This includes the development, structuring and delivery of PPP projects that draw on commercial and non-commercial financing across all sectors. You will be involved in the preparation of value-for-money analysis reports which include option analysis, due diligence and benefits/cost assessments; oversee drafting and final output of technical reports, findings and responding to queries for public and/or private client work. You will support our clients to formulate policies, strategies and programs to accelerate private sector development and public-private-partnerships.
- You’ll work on time-sensitive projects such as: strategy development, due diligence, risk appraisal, project monitoring, demand, revenue and CapEx/OpEx modeling, performance modelling, business case and economic appraisal. This role is vital in helping to monitor the investment climate in the Region, as you engage financial institutions, client and other stakeholders in policy dialogue on reforms to enhance the incentive framework for increased private participation.

**Here’s what you’ll need**:
**About You**:

- A degree or professional qualification in engineering. Postgraduate degree e.g (MBA), finance, or related field will be an advantage.
- A minimum of 15 years’ experience in the water sector, of which 5 years should be in the GCC region and minimum of 10 years’ experience in the water sector for BOO(T) projects, of which 5 years should be in the GCC region.
- Extensive experience, over the past 10 years, in providing technical advisory for privatization of and / or concession-based power, water and wastewater projects in the MENA region (importance will be given to projects in the GCC region);
- Previous experience over the past 10 years in preparing feasibility studies in the power, water and wastewater sectors in the MENA region, importance will be given to projects in the GCC region;
- Extensiv



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