Transportation Principal

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At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re looking for an opportunity to influence some of Virginia’s most significant transportation programs while building trusted client relationships and helping shape future opportunities, Jacobs is where you belong.

We are seeking a Transportation Principal to help grow and deliver our transportation business across Virginia, with a strong focus on Richmond and statewide opportunities. This highly visible role will support the pursuit and delivery of mega projects, on-call contracts, General Engineering Consultant (GEC) programs, and other complex transportation initiatives.

The successful candidate will bring a combination of transportation project delivery expertise, client leadership, and business development experience. You’ll work across Jacobs’ multidisciplinary transportation teams to strengthen client relationships, position Jacobs for strategic opportunities, and help successfully deliver major programs throughout Virginia.

• 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.

• 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,…