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Are you a seasoned professional with a passion for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects? Do you have the skills to lead complex transit initiatives and a strong connection with the South Florida region? If so, join our team at Jacobs as a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Manager and make a significant impact on our team!

In this role, you will bring your knowledge, experience, and ability to lead technical experts and apply innovative solutions in planning, design, construction, and operations to tackle transit challenges. You'll initiate or escalate the correction of any conditions that may adversely affect the project's timely completion.

As a BRT Project Manager, you will:

* Maintain close coordination and communication with project team members, the client, multiple stakeholders. You will oversee the project through planning, design, and construction phases.

* Communicate with and present to clients, project stakeholders, and the public.

* Manage external clients and stakeholders, as well as internal staff, to complete work on time and within budget, including interfacing with teams working on related programs and projects.

* Manages the activities in evaluating contractor and consultant bids and contracts and prepares selection criteria for hiring consultants and contractors.

* Coordinate and/or oversee preliminary and final design, procurement construction, and readiness activities with clients, consultants, and stakeholders.

* Oversee interdisciplinary teams and provide review and guidance during the development of deliverables.

* Coordinate with regulatory agencies and serve as a liaison between clients and other agencies when necessary.

* Mentor and lead other transit staff while fostering an environment where innovation and differences are openly shared, embraced, and incorporated into the team's activities.

* Assist with proposal development and participate in interviews and presentations.

* Engage in the Jacobs growth process and collaborate with Sales teams.

Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit, and attention to detail, and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you - so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together.

This position will initially follow a hybrid work model, requiring an average of 2 days per week at either a local Jacobs office or the client’s office during the planning phase. Once the project kicks off, it will transition to a 100% onsite role. Relocation to or current residence in South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, or Miami-Dade) is preferred.

* Relevant degree in Planning, Engineering and/or Construction Management

* 10+ years of experience overseeing or delivering BRT projects or large-scale transit programs

* Federal Transit Administration (FTA) project planning and implementation processes and procedures

* Demonstrated experience managing large scale infrastructure delivery operations with varying degrees of technical, financial, strategic, team and client/external stakeholder complexity

* Demonstrated understanding of transit assets, capital programming, program controls, program delivery, commercial management, scheduling, cost control and other key disciplines necessary to deliver a complex transit capital improvement program

* Ability to articulate complex concepts and demonstrate extensive experience in partnership-building, agency coordination planning, and program experience

Ideally, You'll Also Have:

* Master’s degree

* Registered Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Operations Engineer, or applicable certification

* Domestic and/or international experience on major transit projects/programs

* Experience with program governance and a variety of program management organizational models

* Technical expertise in one or more areas of transit infrastructure

* Previous work experience navigating local, state, and federal permitting agencies and requirements

* Experience collaborating with stakeholders and end users

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