Siting Professional

Jacobs; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Job summary

Jacobs seeks an Electric Transmission Siting Professional to support utility clients on transmission projects from planning through permitting and stakeholder engagement. You will contribute to siting studies, coordinate technical teams, and help manage project milestones.

The role involves leading portions of client meetings, coordinating with regulators and landowners, and preparing regulatory exhibits and strategies. Occasional travel is required.

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 experience in route evaluation, permitting, and environmental planning.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and reviewing consultant deliverables.
• 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 meetings.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute route, site, and constraint evaluations and identify opportunities or data gaps.
• Support landowner outreach, property research, access coordination, and right-of-way activities.
• Lead portions of client meetings, agency consultations, and stakeholder discussions.
• Review junior staff work and provide direction and quality control.
• Recommend solutions to routine technical, coordination, and project-management challenges.

Skills

GIS

Technical writing

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional teamwork

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GIS software

Job description

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

The Electric Transmission Siting Professional will support electric utility clients, developers, and other infrastructure clients on transmission projects throughout planning, routing, siting, permitting, and stakeholder engagement phases. The position will contribute to the successful development of transmission facilities, including overhead and underground lines, substations, interconnections, and related infrastructure. Responsibilities will range from supporting individual technical tasks to leading complete siting workstreams, managing project teams, and providing strategic client guidance. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound judgment, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across engineering, environmental, regulatory, real estate, legal, and stakeholder‑engagement disciplines.

Core functions of the job may include

• Manage assigned electric transmission siting workstreams, route evaluations, and site screening from early feasibility through project development.
• Perform constraint screening, risk analysis, and route comparisons using GIS, property data, and technical studies
• Coordinate internal technical teams, engineering consultants, environmental specialists, survey crews, real estate representatives, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Prepare and quality‑control siting study reports, routing memoranda, permitting strategies, exhibits, presentations, and regulatory filings
• Track project schedules, critical decisions, stakeholder commitments, action items, and regulatory milestones.
• Identify risks affecting route viability, cost, schedule, permitting, or public acceptance, elevating strategic issues to senior leadership.
• Contribute to siting tools, templates, workflows, and internal best practices.

Primary 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.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in planning, geography, environmental science, engineering, natural resources, real estate, public policy, or a related discipline (advanced degree or professional certification is beneficial).
• 4-8 years supporting electric transmission or other 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.

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 $75,300.00 to $117,600.00. 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.

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

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.