The Jacobs team is seeking a creative, highly motivated Senior Bridge Project Leader to lead and support the delivery of local and regional projects. Our Virginia and District of Columbia transportation practice encompasses world-class professionals located in multiple offices including Washington DC, Herndon, Arlington, Richmond and Virginia Beach. We are seeking to hire a Senior Bridge Project Leader with a proven track record of delivering projects for our top DC and Virginia transportation clients such as VDOT, DDOT and local county and city governments. As a key member of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on challenging projects as the Project Leader/Task Manager for bridge, highway and roadway projects – planning, directing, and monitoring all aspects of projects with high degrees of technical complexity from the concept stage through detailed design. You will be a Project Manager on large transportation projects throughout the DC and Virginia geography and will have the opportunity to provide senior transportation engineering expertise, negotiate hours, develop and maintain schedules and budgets, direct and mentor project staff, and ensure quality reviews are completed. You will assist in managing external client relationships as well as lead and participate in business development initiatives as required.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provides technical leadership and oversee all aspects of bridge and highway design projects including design-build transportation projects and assist with business development opportunities.
• Have overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Be responsible for communication, status reporting, decision making regarding technical approaches, risk management, and escalation of issues that cannot be resolved by the team.
• Lead the planning, staffing, scheduling, budget management, quality control, safety, and organization of internal technical and support staff, and subcontractors for the project.
• Focus on client service and satisfaction that leads to repeat business.
• Maintain a close relationship with clients, track upcoming project opportunities, and collaborate on project pursuits.
• Responsible for the quality of project work performed, client service, utilization of staff, marketing, contract management, billing collection, and project profitability for transportation projects.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of transportation projects to ensure that goals and objectives of these projects are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Assists in the development and execution of local marketing and business development, researches and tracks future project opportunities, initiates and reviews proposals and participates in interviews and presentations.
• Represents Jacobs at meetings, presentations, and public hearings relative to assigned projects.
