Senior Project Manager - Commuter Rail

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Your impact

Are you a seasoned professional with a passion for commuter rail 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 Senior Project Manager - Commuter Rail and make a significant impact on Broward County’s transportation infrastructure!

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 and rail challenges. You'll initiate or escalate the correction of any conditions that may adversely affect the project's timely completion.

This role requires part-time on-site presence at the client’s office. Candidates currently residing in South Florida (Palm Beach, Broward, or Miami-Dade counties) or those willing to relocate are preferred. However, weekly travel to the site—ranging from 2 to 5 days per week—will also be considered.

What You’ll Do

• Provide leadership and technical expertise specific to commuter rail transit projects.
• Manage development of solicitation package scopes.
• Participate in contract negotiations, including scope, fees, and schedules, in compliance with Transit Authority, County, State, and Federal requirements.
• Coordinate project requirements with third‑party agencies and stakeholders.
• Lead activities related to grant applications, funding strategies, and financial requirements.
• Lead project communications, branding, and public‑facing messaging requirements.
• Define project scope, budget, schedule, and quality expectations.
• Manage deliverables from designers and construction management partners (CMPs/CPMs).
• Provide input for Monthly Program Reports and dashboards related to cost, schedule, progress, and issues.
• Review and recommend approval of designer and contractor proposals, invoices, and earned‑value documentation.
• Evaluate, coordinate, and recommend changes or modifications to designer, CPM, and contractor scopes of work.
• Oversee deliverable reviews and coordinate resolution of review comments with designers and CPMs.
• Review and recommend approval of change orders.
• Provide technical management of assigned design and construction teams.
• Lead and participate in regular progress meetings to review Work Package status.
• Participate in the Monthly Project Coordination Meeting with the Senior Runway Project Manager.
• Lead and support design review and comment‑reconciliation meetings with design consultants.
• Facilitate resolution of technical and contractual issues among design and construction teams.
• Participate in contractors’ weekly progress meetings.
• Review and respond to contractor Requests for Information (RFIs).
• Monitor Work Package scope, budget, schedule, and quality compared to approved baselines and report deviations to the Program Director and design/CPM teams.
• Lead corrective actions to address scope, budget, schedule, or quality issues.
• Manage design and construction support activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Partner with designers on evaluations, studies, reports, and alternative analyses.
• Manage the design consultant’s construction‑phase services and CPM activities during construction.
• Facilitate phasing and operations coordination meetings.
• Manage technical and administrative support staff assigned to project Work Packages.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 20 years of experience managing transit construction projects or related public works capital projects, covering all phases (planning, design, procurement, construction, and commissioning). Experience may be accumulated across multiple projects
• Registered Architect or Professional Engineer in Florida is listed as highly desirable.

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

160,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

240,000.00

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 $160,000.00 to $240,000.00. 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 February 04, 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
North Miami Beach	Florida	United States
Miami	Florida	United States