Roadway Project Engineer/Task Manager

About the role

Your impact At Jacobs, we challenge today to reinvent tomorrow by delivering transportation solutions that improve safety, enhance mobility, and connect communities. As a Roadway Project Engineer / Task Manager, you’ll join a collaborative team delivering impactful roadway and highway projects for WisDOT and local agencies throughout Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and delivery of roadway and highway improvement projects for WisDOT, including urban and rural corridors, freeway and interchange improvements, reconstruction projects, intersection improvements, and multimodal transportation facilities
• Prepare and oversee the development of plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E), design calculations, technical reports, quantities, and cost estimates
• Utilize Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD), MicroStation, and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D to develop roadway geometry, corridor models, alignments, profiles, and construction plans
• Serve as a task manager for transportation design projects, supporting scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, and client coordination
• Collaborate with WisDOT staff, municipalities, and other project stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
• Perform and oversee quality reviews to ensure compliance with WisDOT standards, the Facilities Development Manual (FDM), and applicable federal guidelines
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to early-career engineers and designers
• Support project planning, proposal development, and client relationship activities
• Provide engineering support during construction, including design clarifications, field reviews, and resolution of project challenges

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• EIT with ability to obtain PE within 6 months
• Previous professional experience in roadway design, highway design, transportation engineering, or civil transportation projects
• Experience delivering WisDOT transportation projects and working with Wisconsin design standards and specifications
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, experience with MicroStation platforms is a plus
• Strong understanding of roadway geometrics, corridor modeling, intersection design, plan production, quantities, and PS&E development
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary project teams and managing project tasks and deliverables
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Experience serving as a task manager or taking a lead role on design projects
• Knowledge of WisDOT project development processes, permitting requirements, and construction administration support
• Experience mentoring engineers or designers and coordinating with clients and project stakeholders

Qualifications

• Experience with Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD), MicroStation, and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Understanding of WisDOT project development processes, permitting requirements, and construction administration support
• Experience mentoring engineers or designers and coordinating with clients and project stakeholders

Skills

• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD)
• MicroStation
• Project management
• Quality assurance
• Client coordination
• Technical guidance
• Mentorship

Benefits

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 $70,000.00 to $95,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.