Transportation Market Leader - Highway/Roadway

Jacobs; Wethersfield (CT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Stock purchase option

PPTO for full-time salaried employees

Seven paid holidays

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Transportation Market Leader to guide highway and roadway projects from concept through detailed design. You will lead a multi‑discipline team, manage budgets and schedules, and advance business development with CTDOT and other stakeholders.

Ideal candidates hold a Civil Engineering degree, a PE, and substantial highway design experience, with proven leadership in project delivery and client engagement in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is required.
• Substantial years of designing highway and roadway projects.
• Experience delivering infrastructure projects with project management expertise.

Responsibilities

• Guide client strategies and track key developments.
• Lead relationships with CTDOT and stakeholders to support sales and win strategies.
• Develop and maintain client relationships, coordinate pursuits with sales and operations.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Project management

Stakeholder relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Overview

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

As a key member of our team, you’ll have the chance to work on challenging projects as the Transportation Market Leader for highway and roadway projects – planning, directing, and monitoring all aspects of projects with high degrees of technical complexity from the concept stage through detailed design. You will be leading a multi‑discipline design team to complete tasks within established schedules and budgets and help advance our business development strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Help guide client strategies and keep track of key happenings and new developments.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and advancement of the client relationships with CTDOT and other stakeholders, supporting sales leads in account strategy, pipeline decisions, go/no‑go processes, and win strategies.
• Build and grow relationships with CTDOT’s key staff through face‑to‑face meetings, participate in debriefs, client satisfaction surveys, and industry organizations. Remain apprised of client‑related meetings to influence and guide conversations at the direction of the sales lead.
• Determine teaming partners to add to teams and obtain teaming arrangements accordingly.
• Lead key pursuit activities during opening, middle and end game, working closely with sales.
• Track and share client relationship and project delivery status with relevant internal stakeholders through call plans, call reports, client account planning, and CSP. Distill feedback and other indicators that may influence middle‑game actions.
• Advocate in the client’s interest, maintaining and enforcing client confidentiality (if applicable), procurement integrity, etc.
• Work directly with the CTDOT CAM and CAP on overall client strategy, with operations for project delivery, and coordinate pursuits with sales operations.
• Identify and maintain the pipeline with accurate information.
• Partner with CAM and CAP to ensure we give the clients the attention they deserve and ultimately grow our business.
• Work with the sales team to ensure we are in front of clients on important issues or topics they have noticed coming up by connecting the right folks to follow those topics – whether that is our local transportation team, our S&T folks, or cross‑business staff.
• Drive growth with CTDOT by prioritizing overall client satisfaction from relationship through final project delivery.

Relationship‑Based Sales Training

Complete relationship‑based sales training, maintain a general understanding of services offered by Jacobs, keep up to date with company news, developments, acquisitions/mergers, and remain aligned with overall corporate strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• CT Professional Engineer (P.E.)
• Substantial years of designing highway and roadway projects.
• Expertise with project management in delivering infrastructure projects for ConDOT.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Benefits

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you: 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. Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $250,000. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and additional factors such as job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Application

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 to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regard to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.

Job posted on July 10, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.