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Thriving communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. What we do is more than building roads, we work every day to make the world better for everyone. If you want to join a team invested in you and your success, join us as a Senior Transportation Engineer based in our Chicago office.

As part of our Urban Mobility Solutions Team, you will have the chance to work on exciting and engaging transportation infrastructure projects in the Midwest and nationally utilizing your design experience. Our Chicago-based Urban Mobility Solutions Team challenges ourselves every day to find new solutions to complex, multi-modal transportation problems. We incorporate safety, equity, and usability into every step of our projects to keep our design at the cutting edge. We work with planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and engineers to find answers that work for all users.

Your knowledge will be used to advance the transportation team and build relationships with our clients. Through this assignment, you will be exposed to many different opportunities to grow your career at Jacobs. We look forward to you growing within our organization where you will have a voice. Typical duties will vary based on experience level but will include:

• Leads design tasks for transportation solutions for all users including bike facilities, pedestrian safety improvements, transit infrastructure, and vehicular infrastructure

• Manage multi-discipline infrastructure engineering design tasks and projects

• Leads development of plan sets for the construction of the above

• Manages task/project budgets and scope

• Applies expertise in Complete Streets design principles

• Applies federal, state, and local standards

• Mentors junior engineers

• Work with clients and stakeholders to find innovative solutions to their issues

• Cultivating and maintaining client relationships; identifying new business opportunities

• Represents Jacobs at client meetings, public meetings, and professional organizations

Jacobs offers a flexible hybrid work environment with some work performed in the office and some from home. Employees are encouraged to coordinate with their Team to find the correct balance depending on work needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Transportation Focus)

• Ten or more years of related experience in transportation work

• Professional Engineer license (PE)

• Previous public Department of Transportation (DOT), county, or municipal experience, preferably previous CDOT experience

• Strong MicroStation (or other CADD) background

• Strong managerial, analytical, conceptual, organizational, and communication skills

• Ability to deliver creative solutions to complex transportation challenges

Ideally, you’d also have:

• Project or Task Management experience including budgets or scopes

• Experience with NACTO and other Complete Streets guides

• Demonstrated success in client relationship management during long-term business development initiatives

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.