Senior Transmission Siting Lead

Jacobs; Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Jacobs in the United States seeks an Electric Transmission Siting Lead to manage transmission projects from planning through routing, siting, permitting, and stakeholder engagement, delivering safe, compliant, high-impact solutions.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, review technical deliverables, and provide strategic guidance to utility clients and project leadership across complex, multi-jurisdictional scopes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline is required.
• 8+ years of experience in electric transmission siting or related work.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex siting projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Advanced experience with GIS, transmission routing, permitting strategy, regulatory filings, budget/schedule management.
• Established ability to communicate with utility executives, regulators, communities, landowners, and technical specialists.
• Willingness to travel periodically for site visits, agency consultations, and public hearings.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transmission-line, substation, and infrastructure siting assignments involving high-risk or multi-jurisdictional issues.
• Serve as a senior advisor to utility clients and project leadership on routing, permitting, regulatory, property, stakeholder, and constructability considerations.
• Guide agency strategy, public engagement, and responses to critical project risks.
• Resolve complex technical, agency, and stakeholder conflicts, determining when strategic adjustments or escalations are required.
• Support proposal development, client relationship management, business development, and industry forum presentations

Skills

Transmission siting experience

Leadership

GIS

Routing

Permitting strategy

Regulatory filings

Budget/schedule management

Client relationship management

Stakeholder communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree required

Job description

Jacobs in the United States seeks an Electric Transmission Siting Lead to manage transmission projects from planning through routing, siting, permitting, and stakeholder engagement, delivering safe, compliant, high-impact solutions.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, mentor junior staff, review technical deliverables, and provide strategic guidance to utility clients and project leadership across complex, multi-jurisdictional scopes.