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Jacobs Transportation Highway & Bridge Practice Lead in Los Angeles, California

We’re seeking a Highway/Bridge Practice Leader to join our team based out of Irvine, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose or Oakland, California, who can apply their experience in the Highway/Bridge industry to today’s challenges.  

You will work in collaboration with our California Market Growth Director and Director of Operations to develop and implement a Highway/Bridge strategy for California. This effort includes building a team of Highway/Bridge engineers and planners to deliver our client's most challenging projects and to foster the growth of our California Highway/Bridge team.  

As a practice leader, you are responsible for driving the growth of the Transportation practice to advance our transportation business unit's strategic goals. In this role, you will also be responsible for understanding the unique trends in the market and using that knowledge to work with our team to create technical differentiation from that of our competitors while serving as an important conduit between our National Market Solution (technology) Leaders, California Sales Leaders, and our operations (delivery) leadership and practice staff in our Transportation Business Unit. 

As an experienced member of our team, you will manage our largest and most complicated projects and client services in planning, design and services during construction. In addition to leading projects, you’ll play an integral role in mentoring more junior staff, forming long-term relationships with clients and pursuing new work, including marketing and strategy development, positioning, procuring, and negotiating contracts. As Project Lead, you will lead multidiscipline planning and design teams to complete tasks within established schedules and budgets and help advance our business development strategies. You will have direct access to Jacobs’ well-known, vast network of technical specialists and senior project managers to support your success and career advancement. Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed.

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries in their perspective geocodes for the position, across all listed California locations.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Civil engineering or a related discipline. 

  • Professional Licensure from the State of California in a transportation related field.

  • Demonstrated understanding of transportation project implementation. 

  • Strong communication skills. 

  • Demonstrated self-starter. 

  • Project management experience for Highway/Bridge projects. 

  • Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with clients and win work.

Ideally, you’ll also have:  

  • At least 15 years of experience. 

  • Strong network with local transportation agencies

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.

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