Rail Transit PM

Transportation 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

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 to the future with great optimism and focus.  

We are looking for a Project Manager – Rail Transit to join our team of dedicated professionals. As a PM, you’ll have the chance to work on exciting and engaging impactful infrastructure projects with a focus on design, installation as well as testing of rail. Being responsible for project priorities, staffing forecast, and providing quality review, you’ll be able to demonstrate your business acumen both to internal as well as external clients.

Your most impactful mission in this role is to embrace living inclusion every day and enabling diversity and quality globally. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives. An inclusive culture with many perspectives through diverse backgrounds allows us to leverage knowledge, key team members, and connection to bring forth opportunity, creativity and growth.

Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global and local.  

If you’re interested in joining a company invested in, you and your success- explore Jacobs!

Here's what you'll need

• CA Professional Engineer License (PE) or PEng
• Strong mathematical, analytical, time management skills

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a related field is often required.
• Extensive project management experience, min 10 years, to handle project elements such as planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery
• Rail Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with rail track, rail signal, or rail grade crossing design and construction
• Project Management: Proficiency in planning, coordinating, and handling multiple railroad projects within the area of responsibility
• Transit Experience: min 15 years of rail track, signal, or grade crossing design or construction experience
• Leadership Abilities: Ability to work in a dynamic matrix environment, collaborate with regional and local managers, and manage ing and production efforts

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

164,800.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

257,500.00

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 $164,800.00 to $257,500.00. 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 September 04, 2025. 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.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Oakland	California	United States