Transportation Principal

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted to shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. This Transportation Principal role focuses on growing and delivering transportation business across Virginia, with emphasis on Richmond and statewide opportunities — supporting mega projects, on-call contracts, GEC programs, and other complex transportation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior, client-facing leader for transportation projects and programs across Virginia, with an emphasis on Richmond and key statewide clients and opportunities.
• Support the pursuit, capture, and delivery of mega projects, on-call contracts, GEC programs, and other strategic transportation initiatives.
• Build and strengthen relationships with VDOT, local and regional transportation agencies, and other key transportation stakeholders throughout Virginia.
• Partner with Virginia transportation leadership to identify upcoming opportunities, develop capture strategies, position Jacobs for future work, and support proposals, interviews, and client engagement.
• Serve as a principal-level point of contact for significant transportation programs, helping align Jacobs’ technical capabilities with client needs.
• Provide executive-level oversight and technical direction to project managers, discipline leads, and multidisciplinary teams delivering complex transportation projects.
• Oversee project delivery to ensure design deliverables meet contractual requirements, client expectations, quality standards, schedules, and budgets.
• Collaborate across highway, bridge, advanced mobility, rail and transit, and other Jacobs practices to bring the right expertise and resources to Virginia clients.
• Provide strategic oversight of project scopes, fees, staffing plans, schedules, budgets, risk, and quality.
• Participate in fee development and negotiations and support contract and task-order negotiations as appropriate.
• Mentor project managers and emerging transportation leaders, helping strengthen project delivery and client-management capabilities across the Virginia team.
• Partner with operational and project leadership to identify staffing needs and strategically align resources with major programs and pursuits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Significant experience delivering and/or managing complex multidisciplinary transportation projects and programs.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining relationships with transportation clients and stakeholders.
• Experience with large transportation programs, on-call contracts, GEC programs, task-order contracts, or alternative delivery projects.
• Strong understanding of transportation design, project delivery, contract management, quality management, project controls, and multidisciplinary team coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead client engagement while partnering with technical and project teams to deliver complex assignments.
• Ability to contribute to business development, strategic pursuits, capture planning, proposals, and interviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration in Virginia or the ability to obtain Virginia registration.
• Established relationships and experience working with VDOT and transportation clients throughout Virginia.
• Strong knowledge of the Richmond transportation market and broader Virginia transportation environment.
• Experience supporting or leading mega projects, GEC contracts, on-call programs, and/or major alternative delivery pursuits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Employee stock purchase plan at a discount
• Deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan (for eligible employees)
• Unlimited Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) for full-time salaried/exempt employees
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock (for certain roles)

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $189,100.00 to $260,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Schedule

Hybrid working policy: employees split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.