Design Manager Group Leader

Design Manager Group Leader (GL)

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

As a Design Manager Group Leader (GL), you'll be called upon to use your inspirational leadership skills to provide mentoring and coaching to staff aligned to you, including development of goals and performance reviews. GLs are also responsible for promoting inclusion and diversity and for working to provide meaningful and equitable opportunities for all staff to progress their careers within Jacobs. This is an opportunity to provide leadership and support staff as part of our broader West Central Water Team.

In this role you'll:

• Manage and grow the Design Manager Specialist team located across West Central and global aligned staff
• Coordinate with design staff within the Infrastructure Design Department, other West Central staff, and design staff outside of West Central to fill resource needs on projects and identify potential projects for staff
• Participate in West Central and other relevant design staff coordination meetings so that you are knowledgeable of the projects, resources, availability, and opportunities for West Central staff
• Be a point of contact for West Central Water for staffing requests on design projects and requests for scope and fee development
• Promote a culture of quality for all design managers to improve our overall quality in delivery
• Promote a culture of caring, quality, safety, and Inclusion and Diversity
• Build team culture in concert with overall performance unit and company goals/strategy
• Shape a high-performance culture centered on design quality and excellence, driving consistency, innovation, and continuous improvement across design teams in alignment with company goals/strategy.
• Champion BIA Technical Improvements Initiative objectives on delivery of West Central Water design projects
• Communicate with aligned staff about career goals, performance expectations, and workload management
• Work out of a Jacobs or client office at least 3 days a week
• Hold monthly or quarterly team meetings
• Hold 1:1 meetings with staff
• Manage staff performance and help grow and develop talent
• Manage staff utilization and partner with PMs and other project execution staff to deliver on project needs and contractual terms
• Coordinate across geographies, regions and globally to optimize resource management and provide opportunities for staff development
• Act as hiring manager for required staff, working in concert with others around established hiring plans; including helping our business achieve TogetherBeyond goals and integrate new hires
• Conduct internal team meetings to coordinate staff workloads and needs as well as convey management and HR communications, policies, procedures and industry norms
• Participate in West Central Water Team and West Central Leadership meetings
• Coordinate requests for training and conference attendance for aligned staff
• Review and approve time sheets, expense reports, and time off requests for aligned staff, as wells as IT requests

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or higher in applicable field
• Demonstrated experience leading interdisciplinary design teams for infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated aptitude, ability, and capacity to build and support a team
• Must be a team player possessing strong social, communication, planning and organizational skills
• Ability to formulate and convey a vision and collaborate with West Central Leadership and lead the team towards business objectives
• Reputation as an ethical employee capable of handling sensitive personnel issues that require patience, sensitivity, and discretion
• Ability to successfully perform Group Leader duties in concert with ongoing client billable work
• Ability to travel to other offices as required

Posted Salary Range: Minimum 124,500.00 Posted Salary Range: Upper 226,000.00

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 $124,500.00 to $226,000.00. 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 June 23, 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

• Henderson - Nevada - United States
• Reno - Nevada - United States
• Holladay - Utah - United States
• Tempe - Arizona - United States
• Albuquerque - New Mexico - United States
• Omaha - Nebraska - United States
• Oklahoma City - Oklahoma - United States
• Tulsa - Oklahoma - United States
• Dallas - Texas - United States
• Houston - Texas - United States
• Austin - Texas - United States
• San Antonio - Texas - United States
• Colorado Springs - Colorado - United States
• Denver - Colorado - United States