Electric Transmission Siting Lead

Jacobs; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 750 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Stock purchase plan

PPTO for full-time salaried employees

Seven paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an Electric Transmission Siting Professional to drive route and site evaluations across transmission projects, from early feasibility to project development. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams and lead client meetings, with emphasis on permitting strategies and stakeholder engagement.

You will contribute to siting reports, exhibits, and regulatory filings while balancing schedule and budget considerations, and you may travel for site visits and meetings as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in planning, geography, environmental science, engineering, natural resources, real estate, public policy, or related discipline.
• 4–8 years supporting electric transmission or linear infrastructure projects, with demonstrated experience in route evaluation, permitting, and environmental planning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and reviewing consultant deliverables.
• Working familiarity with utility siting, transmission permitting, agency coordination, landowner outreach, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong technical writing, problem‑solving, prioritization, and GIS/project‑management tool skills.
• Willingness to travel periodically for site visits and project meetings.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute route, site, and constraint evaluations; apply professional judgment to identify opportunities, data gaps, and alternatives.
• Support landowner outreach, property research, access coordination, and right‑of‑way activities.
• Lead portions of client meetings, agency consultations, stakeholder discussions, and field activities
• Review junior staff work, providing task‑level direction, coaching, and quality control
• Recommend solutions to routine technical, coordination, and project‑management challenges while maintaining budget and schedule awareness.

Skills

GIS

Project management

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in planning, geography, environmental science, engineering, natural resources, real estate, public policy, or related discipline

Job description

Jacobs is seeking an Electric Transmission Siting Professional to drive route and site evaluations across transmission projects, from early feasibility to project development. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams and lead client meetings, with emphasis on permitting strategies and stakeholder engagement.

You will contribute to siting reports, exhibits, and regulatory filings while balancing schedule and budget considerations, and you may travel for site visits and meetings as needed.