Senior Site Acquisition Lead - Telecom Infrastructure

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; Monterey Park (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Monterey Park, California seeks a seasoned Site Acquisition SME to lead access rights, permits, and entitlements for a large communications infrastructure program.

You will guide project teams, advise leadership on strategies, and manage negotiations with public agencies, owners, and regulators to ensure compliant, timely site access and deployment. This role demands broad multi-site program experience and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 15+ years in site acquisition, telecommunications, infrastructure, public works, utilities, or related programs.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale communications infrastructure or public-sector programs.
• Extensive experience negotiating and administering site access agreements, rights of entry, easements, leases, permits, and entitlement documents.
• Proven experience working with public agencies, executive leadership, legal counsel, regulatory authorities, and property owners.
• Demonstrated expertise managing complex, multi-site infrastructure programs.
• Strong understanding of permitting, entitlement, environmental compliance, and jurisdictional approval processes.
• Exceptional negotiation, presentation, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the program's lead authority on site access agreements, rights of entry, permits, entitlements, and property-related requirements.
• Lead negotiations with property owners, public agencies, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders to secure and maintain site access rights.
• Advise program leadership on entitlement strategy, contractual obligations, compliance risks, and dispute resolution.
• Direct the review, execution, amendment, renewal, and administration of SAAs, ROEs, and related documents.
• Coordinate with environmental and technical SMEs to identify regulatory, environmental, and jurisdictional requirements and develop compliance strategies.
• Lead co-location application reviews from initiation through agreement execution and entitlement approval.
• Develop and maintain program-level tracking systems for agreement compliance, renewals, deadlines, permits, and documentation.
• Prepare executive briefings, Board materials, recommendations, and decision support documents.
• Work with legal counsel to negotiate and finalize agreement terms and conditions.
• Provide leadership to project teams regarding site access requirements, entitlement processes, and regulatory compliance.
• Serve as primary contact for complex site access issues and escalated stakeholder concerns.
• Deliver weekly executive-level status reports on site acquisition, entitlement, permitting, and compliance activities.

Skills

Site acquisition

Telecommunications

Public works

Negotiation

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. in Monterey Park, California seeks a seasoned Site Acquisition SME to lead access rights, permits, and entitlements for a large communications infrastructure program.

You will guide project teams, advise leadership on strategies, and manage negotiations with public agencies, owners, and regulators to ensure compliant, timely site access and deployment. This role demands broad multi-site program experience and executive communication.