Job Description

Transportation 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

Join our team and you'll be responsible for leading project teams in the overall implementation of transit projects or contracts.  We'll ask you to administer contracts, meets client requirements, regulatory agency criteria, and company commitments.  You'll work as the client’s representative, providing oversight guidance and/or direction for the project team, contractors and subcontractors.  Lead important business development activity by presenting the organization’s project capabilities, establishing client relationships, and procuring work. 

Responsible directly or through staff for the quality of services performed, client satisfaction, utilization of staff, ing, reputation of the company in the place, contract management, billing and collection, and project delivery. 

Coordinate work share with other offices in Jacobs to deliver projects.  Build relationships within Jacobs to determine unique technical skills that can be delivered to the . 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities 

• Managing transit projects involving bus and rail facilities and service planning as well as assisting in preparing assessments, strategic plans for discipline growth, assisting in key hires, preparing scopes of work, conducting quality control reviews, and participating in lead roles in business development including proposal preparation and interviews.   

• Manages transit and transportation planning/engineering and project development activities.  

• Leads moderate to large projects for planning and implementation of bus and rail transit including light rail, streetcar, commuter rail, BRT and bus programs and projects.  

• Manages projects of all significance, including developing solutions for difficult problems/tasks of unusual complexity and scope that require a high degree of innovation and ingenuity.  

• Directs other planners/engineers and project team members in performing their project responsibilities. 

• Supervises related support staff.   

• Leads major projects and provides overall project leadership, including responsibility for QA/QC, and provides role of project director.  

• Performs all levels of client contact, both internal and external.  

• Overall responsibility for commercial or public sector projects, including technical, contractual, budget and schedule activities on medium to large projects and the development of client interfaces to promote continuing relations.   

• Senior Project Manager duties also include responsibility for management and contract performance across multiple disciplines.   

• Plans, directs and coordinates activities of projects to ensure the goals or objectives of these projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.  

• Establishes and maintains relationships with clients. 

• Establishes and maintains relationships with other engineering and architectural firms to partner on potential projects. 

• Provides operational supervision and technical guidance to Project Manager(s) and other project or ing personnel as required. 

• Maintains contact with senior client management, office management and managers of applicable departments within Jacobs engaged transit projects. 

• Regularly monitors the progress of projects or tasks through project management reviews. 

• Works with ing in preparation of contract proposals. 

• Directs and supervises the activities of assigned personnel and provides for and enforces proper delegation of management authority, responsibility and accountability.   

• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of projects to ensure that goals or objectives of these projects are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. 

• Establishes work plan and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel. 

• Directs and coordinates activities of Project Engineers, Engineers, and Technicians to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. 

• Initiates and reviews price proposals.  Participate in interviews and presentations as applicable. 

• Maintains positive relationships with current and past clients as assigned.  Informs Operations Manager or Sales Manager of potential opportunities to Jacobs’s services. 

• Serves as a representative of Jacobs at meetings, presentations, and public hearings/reviews relative to assigned projects. 

• Develops reviews and obtains confirmation of financial and project delivery schedule activities of design and construction as they relate to all disciplines involved. 

• Assures that the project team complies with the contract agreement and exercises cost control to implement the approved design within established budget restraints. 

• Other duties as assigned.

Here's what you'll need

• Substantial years experience as a Project Manager of rail/track projects in Massachusetts 

• Experience should include managing transit programs and projects for planning/engineering and implementation of bus and rail transit improvements.

• Requires extensive progressive technical experience in transit planning/engineering including bus and rail modes. 

• Requires knowledge and experience of Federal and State transportation regulations and programs, including FTA, FRA, FHWA, DOT and NEPA.

• Must have developed the following skills; engineering knowledge, leadership, oral and written communication skills, planning, teamwork, decision making, judgment and problem solving.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

175,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

200,000.00

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, 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 $175,000.00 to $200,000.00. 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 April 06, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Boston	Massachusetts	United States

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, For contractors, For subcontractor, Work at office, Remote work

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