Design-Build Design Manager (SE Transportation)

If you are ready to bridge the gap between our world and our people, join Jacobs. Let’s build a brighter future together. Jacobs is much more than just a traditional engineering company. We continue to earn top recognition from Engineering News-Record (ENR), ranking No.1 on the 2026 top 500 Design Firms list as well as other highly ranked designations in Airports, Bridges, Ports & Maritime as well as Rail & Transit. Our Design Build Transportation practice is experiencing exciting growth and now is a great time to explore a new career with us!

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Design-Build Design Manager to lead transportation infrastructure projects throughout the East Region. This role is central to delivering innovative design-build and other alternative delivery solutions that drive excellence for our clients and strengthen the communities we serve. Supported by local and national resources, including Jacobs extensive network of technical experts, you will work with our geographical leadership to strengthen our competitive presence across the East Region and beyond.

What you’ll do

• Build upon your existing and new client relationships to organize and develop teams to pursue planning, consulting, design, and alternative delivery work. Assist our Sales Teams in identifying opportunities, developing qualifications packages, and attending interviews.

• Work closely with our clients and act as the company’s main point of contact on assigned projects and/or clients to ensure expectations are identified and met.

• Overseeing the delivery of large-scale Design-Build and other alternative delivery transportation projects (such as CM/GC and PDB).

• Use your technical expertise to lead project teams in the development of design and project documentation by providing overall direction to the team, coordinating with external project stakeholders, internal team members, and subcontractors.

• Provide effective, skilled project management to help reduce the costs of delivering projects, adding value to the business by applying proven project management techniques. Deliver large complex and/or multiple projects on time, within budget, and per contracted scope. Draft, coordinate, and manage proposals, staffing plans, project delivery budgets / fee documents, progress schedules, and project delivery schedules to meet deliverable milestones and commitments.

• Provide office environment-based construction phase services, where scope-applicable, including coordinating Jacobs’ responses to RFIs, submittal and shop drawing reviews, construction modification documents, and site visits.

• Be responsible for the overall quality of the project deliverables in adherence with Jacobs’ rigorous Quality Program. You will manage and enhance project quality by providing ideas and suggestions to the team aimed at improving the effectiveness of their roles, and of project activities in general.

• Cultivating an inclusive, collaborative team culture and mentor emerging professionals.

• Ability to recruit additional design team resources and help build a transportation presence within the East Region

By joining our team, you’ll have the opportunity to utilize your transportation design and/or construction management expertise to serve as a lead on exciting and engaging large-scale infrastructure projects.

• Substantial experience leading design-build projects, preferably in the transportation market

• Substantial experience leading multidisciplinary design teams and coordinating closely with contractors, joint-venture partners, consultants, and construction teams to deliver practical, constructable solutions

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or related degree

• Registration as a Professional Engineer

• Substantial years' experience on transportation projects with DOT and established local relationships

• Understanding of experience applying applicable industry and agency design standards throughout the transportation design-build lifecycle, from preliminary design through construction support

• Demonstrated communication and writing skills including technical report writing

• Willingness to support multi-state pursuits and delivery across alternative project delivery models

Ideally, you’ll also have

• DBIA Certification

• Experience supporting transportation infrastructure growth initiatives within a regional market

• Experience mentoring technical staff and developing high-performing project teams

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