Senior Ferry Terminal Design Lead

Jacobs; Spokane (WA); Hybrid; USD 142,200 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase

PPTO (unlimited for full-time)

Paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead Ports & Maritime design teams in the Northwest Region of the Americas, covering Washington State projects and broader Pacific Northwest initiatives. You’ll coordinate with clients, discipline leads, and external partners to ensure on-time, high-quality design deliverables through all phases, including detailed design and construction if needed.

The role requires extensive ports/maritime design experience, strong leadership, and ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• 10-15 years of ports and maritime facility design, design management or design delivery experience, construction, and implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects involving multi-disciplinary teams and valued $50M USD or more.
• Experience in Ferry Terminal Projects in WA, AK, PNW region or nationally is a plus.
• Experience in the design and/or construction of ports and marine terminals, ferry/cruise terminals, shore power projects, related infrastructure, and challenging seismic/geotechnical conditions (quayside and landside structures).
• Knowledge of US ports and marine engineering design and construction codes and standards, including Washington State/WSDOT/ADOT design and construction standards and practices is a plus.
• Proven design delivery experience for transportation-related infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge in design and construction, project delivery methods, and team building.
• Excellent working knowledge and understanding of design risk management.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams based in multiple locations and managing remote project delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior design leadership for a multi-disciplinary team of design professionals for delivery of multi-year infrastructure projects.
• Provide direction for all facets of design to the design team, and provide mentorship to a multi-disciplinary, and at times, multi-office team.
• Coordinates with subject matter experts and team members to inform deliverables with the experience of knowledgeable team members.
• Provides senior leadership and guidance for project design scoping, project development and design reviews.
• Establishes work plan and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of project and arranges for assignment of project personnel.
• Assures that project team complies with the contract agreement as well as exercises cost controls to implement the approved design within established budget restraints.
• Work with internal and external Discipline Leads to ensure the timely and quality delivery of the project design documents.
• Manage the project design schedule and program in accordance with program objectives.
• Review and monitor project design progress and work with the program manager to proactively resolve delivery issues.
• Resolve internal design conflicts and issues by working collaboratively with the Discipline Leads, client, and subject matter experts as needed for effective conflict resolution
• Ensure completion of the design scope of work to the satisfaction of the client, while simultaneously ensuring that Jacobs’ safety, environmental, and project performance expectations are upheld.
• Establish and implement procedures to provide conflict resolution, design integration, constructability, and value engineering reviews.
• Provide a high level of responsiveness and coordination among the design teams to minimize design delays, rework, and conflicts.
• Present and communicate to the program manager and client the progress on design and any design issues that need resolution.
• Work with our digital delivery and production teams (CAD, BIM, etc.) and quality manager to ensure that proper procedures and guidelines are in place to facilitate the design process

Skills

Design leadership

Stakeholder comms

Mentorship

Conflict resolution

Multi-office coordination

Team building

Maritime design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Tools

CAD

BIM

Job description

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead Ports & Maritime design teams in the Northwest Region of the Americas, covering Washington State projects and broader Pacific Northwest initiatives. You’ll coordinate with clients, discipline leads, and external partners to ensure on-time, high-quality design deliverables through all phases, including detailed design and construction if needed.

The role requires extensive ports/maritime design experience, strong leadership, and ability to