Fisheries Market Lead - Northwest Region

Industry

Water

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

We’re seeking a Fisheries Lead to help share and grow our fisheries business across the Northwest region. In this role, you will drive growth, project excellence, and team development, which serving as a trusted partner to clients and a leader within our organization.

As a seller-doer, you’ll play a central role in advancing our fisheries practice – balancing hands-on technical delivery with strategic business development and client engagement. You will lead high-performing teams, strengthen key relationships, and help expand our presence across Washington, Oregon, and the broader Northwest.

Your responsibilities may include planning and design related management and technical support roles for upstream and downstream fish collection and sorting facilities, fish passage and screening, acclimation facilities, and aquaculture water treatment. Primary responsibilities include design of process water supply and treatment systems, utilities, wastewater, hydraulics, pipelines, pump stations, and coordination of design team activities.

Here's what you'll need

•    Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Environmental Engineering.

•    Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) is required.  If not a Washington State PE, must be able to obtain this within one year of hire.

•    Minimum of 7 years of progressive civil engineering experience. 

•    Ongoing Project Management / Design Management experience providing leadership and oversight of project delivery.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

•    A Master's degree in Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. 

•    10+ years of progressive civil engineering experience. 

•    Experience serving various clients involving a wide variety of fields including in engineering design projects related to fish hatcheries, aquaculture, drinking water systems or treatment, wastewater systems or treatment, water intakes, pump stations, or water resource projects.

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

Our Commitment to You 

• Mentoring: Access to formal and informal mentoring programs, including dedicated budget for professional development. 
• Training: Opportunities to grow your technical, project management, and leadership skills. 
• Career Development: A personalized career path aligned with your interests and the breadth of opportunities across Jacobs’ global water business. 
• Hybrid Work: Flexibility to balance in-office collaboration with remote work to support your best performance.

This is a unique opportunity to build a , lead a team, and accelerate your career while delivering meaningful projects that support fisheries, habitat restoration, and resilient aquatic systems.

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

111,500.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

224,400.00

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 $111,500.00 to $224,400.00. 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 August 20, 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.

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
Portland	Oregon	United States
Spokane	Washington	United States
Yakima	Washington	United States
Corvallis	Oregon	United States
Boise	Idaho	United States
Bellevue	Washington	United States