Water Conveyance Practice Leader

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we don’t settle – we’re always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference. Our teams commonly engage at the forefront of large, complex projects to help navigate the competing challenges of reliable water supply and protection of natural resources.

We’re seeking a California Conveyance Practice Leader to support delivering world-class water and wastewater conveyance and storage projects for our municipal, private, and agricultural clients in any of our California offices: San Francisco, Ontario, Redding, Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine, Oakland, or San Jose, California .

As a California Conveyance Practice Leader, you will work in collaboration with our California Water Growth Director and Water Director of Operations to develop and implement a conveyance growth strategy for California. This effort includes retaining and building a team of conveyance engineers and planners to deliver our clients’ most challenging projects and to foster the growth of our California conveyance team. You will also be responsible for understanding the unique trends in the and using that knowledge to work with our team to create technical differentiation from that of our competitors while serving as an important conduit between our National Solution (technology) Leaders, California Sales Leaders, and Operations (delivery) leadership and practice staff in our Water Business Unit.

We’ll also rely on you to lead business development activities with key clients resulting in acquisition of new projects as well as perform the role of Project Manager supporting various projects and programs within a defined client portfolio. You’ll effectively lead and manage project teams throughout all phases of project planning, execution, and closeout; consistent with established project delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, and other specified requirements stated in each contract. 

Using your conveyance technical expertise, you’ll play an integral role in leading and mentoring staff, forming long-term relationships with clients and pursuing new work, including strategy development, positioning, proposing, and negotiating contracts. 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. 

The salary range below reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all listed California locations.

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Here's what you'll need

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience related to the water or wastewater industry in civil engineering role or similar role.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Calfornia. 
• Demonstrated track record of delivering multiple conveyance related projects regarding water or wastewater.
• Proven ability to manage and motivate a multi-disciplinary team.

• Ability to lead the design and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, studies, proposals and/or reports. 

Ideally, you'll also have:

• A Master's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience serving various clients involving a wide variety of fields including conveyance pipeline design, project management, water/ wastewater pump station design.
• A desire for both personal and team growth.
• Ability to serve as the technical liaison/leader between the project towner and the design team.
• Business development, interpersonal, and networking skills that can be combined with the significant resources that we have available across Jacobs to gain share.
• Experience supporting business development activities with local municipalities.
• Comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

192,600.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

348,650.00

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 $192,600.00 to $348,650.00. 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 March 16, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment

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
San Jose	California	United States
Oakland	California	United States
Los Angeles	California	United States
San Diego	California	United States
Sacramento	California	United States
Redding	California	United States
Ontario	California	United States
Irvine	California	United States
Irvine	California	United States