Design-Build Technical Director - Long Span and Complex Bridges

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Your impact

Jacobs is much more than just a traditional engineering company and we're pushing the limits of what's possible. We stay ahead to create the new standards our future needs.

Our national bridge team is seeking to expand our long-span and complex bridge practice and to be the engineer of choice for our clients. You will play a key role in positioning our team to win and deliver key long span and complex bridge projects throughout the country and be a vital member of our Transportation market that focuses on both vehicular and rail bridges.

When you join us, you'll serve in a lead technical role on national bridge projects – engaging with our clients, performing complex structural planning, analysis, and design, leading design teams, and providing construction support services on long-span and complex bridge projects across the Americas. You may be required to sign and seal contract documents, as appropriate, ensuring compliance with all applicable codes, standards and regulations.

You may also serve as Design Manager on select projects.

We'll challenge you with growth opportunities, including active engagement with business development, client presentations, proposal preparation, estimating project costs, contract negotiations, and overseeing and ensuring that project quality, schedule, and budget requirements are met - all of which help ensure the successful delivery of the project from beginning to end.

• Represent Jacob's technical capabilities within your area(s) of technical specialism in assigned locations, markets, and at industry events.
• Serve as a Technical/Task Lead on projects, including for Design-Build projects, and lead staff for engineering analysis, design and development of contract documents of long span and complex bridges. Sign and seal contract documents, as appropriate, ensuring compliance with all applicable codes, standards and regulations.
• Establish work plans and multidisciplinary staffing for bridge projects and assisting on assignment of project personnel. Plan, direct and coordinate staff, often involving multi-office execution.
• Directing and coordinating the activities of Project Engineers, Engineers and Technicians to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budgets.
• Ensure the overall quality and coordination of the work performed, manage client interfaces as needed, utilize staff efficiently, and uphold the reputation of the team and Jacobs.
• Guide technical best practice and be actively involved with mentoring and upskilling of staff level engineers.
• Serve as a representative of Jacobs at key client or contractor meetings, presentations and public hearings/reviews relative to assigned projects as needed.
• Active involvement with thought leadership including participation on technical committees and submission of papers/presentations to major bridge conferences.

The final candidate could be located near any Jacobs' office across the US including but not limited to New York, New York, Morristown, NJ, Philadelphia PA, Washington DC, Baltimore, MD, Reston or Richmond, VA, Atlanta, GA, Nashville, TN, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Miami or Orlando, FL, Dallas or Austin, TX, Tempe, AZ, Bellevue, WA, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, CA, Milwaukee, WI, Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH, Denver, CO, Tulsa, OK, Fargo, ND and Albuquerque, NM.

• Master's Degree in structural engineering or a related discipline.
• PE License with ability to obtain license in multiple states, SE License is desirable
• A minimum of fifteen years of demonstrated professional experience including Engineer of Record or Lead Engineer in charge of final design, preparation of construction documents and construction support services.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas of technical specialism
• Cable-stayed bridges
• Arch bridges
• Segmental…