Project Architect - Transportation​/Transit Facilities Places

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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.

Jacobs’ Northwest Cities & Places team in Bellevue, WA is growing and strategically expanding key practice areas across the Northwest and broader West region. As part of this growth, we are strengthening our architectural design and delivery capabilities in transportation architecture, including transit stations, mobility hubs, passenger facilities, port‑related architecture, and complex public infrastructure.

We are interested in candidates across a range of experience levels. This may include a strong local Project Architect with hands‑on station design and regional agency experience, or a recognized transportation design architect with national or international expertise on major transit, rail, airport, port, or mobility infrastructure projects. Depending on candidate background and business needs, this opportunity may support more than one role.

As a Project Architect – Transportation / Transit Facilities on our Northwest Cities & Places team, you’ll help grow and deliver architectural work for transit, transportation, and related civic infrastructure projects. You will contribute to design quality, technical delivery, client confidence, and Jacobs’ growing position in transportation architecture.

The ideal candidate will bring meaningful experience with transportation facilities such as transit stations, passenger facilities, mobility hubs, port facilities, airport‑adjacent buildings, operations/support facilities, or similar public infrastructure environments. A Bellevue, Washington office presence or strong regional connection to the Pacific Northwest will be important for client engagement, team collaboration, and practice growth.

• Lead and support architectural design and technical delivery for transportation‑related projects, including transit stations, passenger facilities, mobility hubs, port facilities, and related infrastructure.
• Translate client, agency, operational, passenger‑experience, accessibility, safety, security, sustainability, constructability, and maintenance requirements into clear architectural solutions.
• Monitor the design process from conceptual phase through documentation and construction administration, ensuring the design idea is consistent and properly executed.
• Coordinate architectural work for technical resolution and coordination with other disciplines – civil, structural, MEP, rail/transit systems, security, way finding and interiors – considering aspects of sustainability, cost, constructability, operation partners and other specialties’ goals.
• Support projects delivered through traditional delivery, design‑build, progressive design‑build, and P3 / public‑private partnership models.
• Support client engagement, agency coordination, stakeholder communication, pursuit strategy, proposals, and interviews.
• Work to implement strategy for producing documents with project managers, designers, BIM leads, specification writers, and discipline leads to produce coordinated, high‑quality and accurate deliverables.
• Help strengthen Jacobs’ transportation architecture presence in the Northwest and support broader Western region opportunities.
• Foster and maintain a collaborative professional working relationship with Project Teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or equivalent in education and experience.
• 5–15 years’ architecture experience.
• Licensed Architect with current registration in Washington or ability to obtain reciprocity.
• Architectural experience with transportation, transit,…