Senior Roadway Engineer/Task Manager

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Jacobs’ Transportation team is seeking a Senior Roadway Engineer / Task Manager to lead and deliver highways-related infrastructure projects. This is an exciting opportunity to work on multi-disciplined transportation projects focused on highway, roadway, and interchange design. In this role, you will serve as a senior-level roadway design engineer and task manager on large transportation projects across the region, performing and overseeing preliminary and final design engineering and preparing documentation to meet local and state requirements for clients such as the Virginia DOT and local municipalities.

As a Task Manager, you will provide technical leadership and manage roadway design tasks, ensuring quality, schedule, and budget compliance. You’ll coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (roadway, drainage, structural, traffic, public involvement, and environmental), supervise engineers and technicians, and participate in project decisions regarding technical approaches, cost, and scheduling. You’ll also play a key role in client engagement, tracking upcoming opportunities, and supporting project pursuits.

Key Responsibilities:

•Lead roadway design tasks for major transportation projects, including design-build and traditional delivery.

•Prepare roadway design using local (State, County, or City) and AASHTO standards at conceptual, preliminary, and final design levels.

•Develop specifications, cost estimates, and final bid packages.

•Perform plan quality reviews and participate in value engineering studies. Thoroughly understand and implement the Jacobs Quality Management Systems requirements, processes, and procedures.

•Manage task budgets, schedules, and deliverables while mentoring junior staff.

•Collaborate with project managers and discipline leads to ensure successful project delivery.

•Assist in the development and execution of local ing and business development, researches and tracks future project opportunities, initiates and reviews proposals and participates in interviews and presentations.

•Staff training

Here's what you'll need

•Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

•Extensive experience in highway/roadway design and task management for large transportation infrastructure projects.

•Experience with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, PPP).

•Proficiency in MicroStation, and OpenRoads

•Professional Engineer (PE) in Virginia

•Demonstrated experience with VDOT design standards and criteria.

•Strong technical background in roadway/highway geometrics, traffic engineering, and drainage design.

•Knowledge of AASHTO, FHWA, and MUTCD standards.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

•Working knowledge of ProjectWise.

•Active involvement in professional organizations.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

150,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

186,600.00

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 $150,000.00 to $186,600.00. 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. Job posted on January 14, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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.

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Locations

City State Country
Reston	Virginia	United States