Senior Project Manager – Highway Bridge

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Wethersfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase option

Unlimited PPTO for salaried employees

Seven paid holidays

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Deputy Project Manager/Client Service Leader in Connecticut to drive project delivery for a major transportation program and lead client relationships with CTDOT. You will oversee scope, schedule, budget, and quality while mentoring staff and aligning with Jacobs’ Northeast growth strategy.

This role offers hybrid work arrangements, strong collaboration across disciplines, and opportunities to grow into broader leadership within transportation programs in Connecticut.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related field
• Professional Engineer license in CT or ability to obtain within timeframe
• Progressive experience delivering transportation planning, design, or program management
• Proven success managing large, complex highway/transportation projects
• Strong knowledge of CTDOT standards, procedures, and stakeholder environment
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and teams
• Proven ability to develop staff and lead through influence
• Strong client-service, communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills
• Experience supporting business development, capture planning, proposals, and client interviews
• Ability to operate across project delivery, people leadership, and client development responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Serve as PM/DPM on large, complex, multidisciplinary transportation project.
• Support the Project Manager in managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, change, staffing, and client expectations.
• Coordinate roadway, bridge, traffic, drainage, environmental, rail, and supporting disciplines.
• Provide visible leadership to CT transportation team and transition to future leadership role.
• Mentor technical leads and emerging leaders to promote collaboration and career development.
• Serve as a Client Service Leader for CTDOT, building trusted relationships and coordinating Jacobs’ engagement.
• Develop and implement client account plans aligned with CTDOT priorities and Jacobs’ Northeast growth strategy.
• Identify, qualify, and shape upcoming opportunities including large design programs and on-call work.
• Lead or support capture planning, teaming strategies, proposals, presentations, and interviews.
• Apply project governance, quality management, and commercial practices to improve outcomes.
• Collaborate across Jacobs’ regional and national network for Connecticut clients.
• Represent Jacobs at client meetings, professional organizations, and industry events.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Budget & schedule management

Staff mentorship

CTDOT standards knowledge

Excellent communication

Business development support

Multidisciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Professional Engineer license in Connecticut

Job description

Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States

Capabilities

• Project Management
• Office Setup
• Hybrid

Job ID

#43087

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.

Your impact

In this role, you will provide project, people, and client leadership across our Connecticut transportation business. You will initially serve as a Deputy Project Manager on a major multidisciplinary transportation project, working alongside senior project leadership to manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client expectations.

You will also support the leadership and continued development of our Connecticut highway and transportation team, with the opportunity to transition into a broader team leadership role in the near term. As a Client Service Leader for the Connecticut Department of Transportation, you will strengthen senior client relationships, shape account strategy, identify upcoming opportunities, and help position Jacobs for sustained growth across highway, bridge, rail, and multimodal programs.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as PM/DPM on large, complex, multidisciplinary transportation project.
• Support the Project Manager in managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, change, staffing, and client expectations.
• Coordinate roadway, bridge, traffic, drainage, environmental, rail, and supporting technical disciplines.
• Provide visible leadership to the Connecticut transportation team and support an orderly transition into a future team leadership role.
• Mentor technical leads, and emerging leaders while promoting collaboration, accountability, technical excellence, and career development.
• Serve as a Client Service Leader for CTDOT, building trusted relationships across the agency and coordinating Jacobs’ engagement with key stakeholders.
• Develop and implement client account plans aligned with CTDOT’s capital priorities and Jacobs’ Northeast growth strategy.
• Identify, qualify, and shape upcoming opportunities, including large design programs, on‑call assignments, and alternative delivery pursuits.
• Lead or support capture planning, teaming strategies, proposals, presentations, and interviews.
• Apply sound project governance, quality management, and commercial practices to improve project outcomes.
• Work across Jacobs’ regional and national network to bring the right technical and delivery resources to Connecticut clients.
• Represent Jacobs at client meetings, professional organizations, industry events, and community engagements.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer license in Connecticut, or the ability to obtain Connecticut licensure within an agreed timeframe.
• Significant progressive experience delivering transportation planning, design, or program‑management assignments.
• Demonstrated success managing large, complex, multidisciplinary highway or transportation projects.
• Strong knowledge of CTDOT standards, procedures, project‑development processes, and stakeholder environment.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to develop staff, mentor project managers and technical professionals, and lead through influence.
• Strong client‑service, communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship‑management skills.
• Experience supporting business development, capture planning, proposals, and client interviews.
• Ability to operate effectively across project delivery, people leadership, and client development responsibilities.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Established relationships with CTDOT leadership, technical units, and program stakeholders.
• Previous experience leading a transportation department, highway group, or comparable technical team.
• Experience serving as a program manager, deputy project manager, design manager, or discipline lead on a major transportation program.
• Experience with large interstate, interchange, corridor, bridge, rail, or multimodal improvement programs.
• Familiarity with National Environmental Policy Act documentation, alternatives development, maintenance and protection of traffic, roadway design, traffic engineering, drainage, and construction staging.
• Experience with design‑build, progressive design‑build, general engineering consultant, or other alternative delivery models.
• A record of building teams, developing future leaders, and successfully transitioning responsibilities within an organization.
• Active involvement in Connecticut transportation industry organizations and professional networks.

If you’re ready to combine project delivery, people leadership, and client development in a role with a clear path to broader responsibility, we’ve been looking for someone like you. Join our team and help shape the future of transportation in Connecticut.

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Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well‑being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full‑time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $185,000.00 to $200,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .