Senior Civil Designer (LSNA-PA)

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a long and rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative architects and engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. We are looking for a driven, well organized, and client focused Senior Civil Designer at our Conshohocken, PA location to be a part of our team.

As a Senior Civil Design Professional you will collaborate closely with civil engineers, as well as architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, and MEP engineers – developing the necessary documentation in support of the required deliverables. You will be involved in all phases from Feasibility through Construction.

We are looking for someone who is comfortable working in a team environment. A person who has a firm grasp of land development, zoning, and building codes, as well as best practices, and construction detailing – plus excellent organizational skills and proficiency in Civil 3D. An individual who is able to take civil engineering concepts and follow through with the necessary construction documentation, as well as coordinate with architecture and other in-house engineering disciplines – assisting as needed with permitting efforts and construction activities.

Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit, and extreme attention to detail, and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you – so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together.

Here's what you'll need

• Minimum of 10 years of civil design professional experience.

• Advanced knowledge and experience in the design process, construction documentation, construction administration, materials and methods of construction, as well as land development, zoning, and building codes.

• Advanced understanding of civil engineering design and it’s interrelationship with other disciplines.

• Experience performing construction administration activities – responding to RFIs, reviewing submittals, preparing field observation reports, and punchlisting.

• Willingness to work remotely and engage virtually with team members in different geographic locations.

• Ability to travel to the Conshohocken office and work there in person for a minimum of 2 days per week.

• Ability to effectively balance multiple priorities; coordinating work with engineering disciplines and specialty consultants; independently as well as collaboratively.

• Ability to perform quality checking or accept and implement quality checking by others.

• Experience supervising the work of other design professionals.

• Strong interpersonal skills – speaking, writing, listening, including client presentation skills.

• Proficiency in Civil 3D - creating grading surfaces, developing grading from engineering sketches, piping networks including pressure and gravity. If selected for an interview, we ask that the candidate be prepared to share examples of their experience using this software.

• Proficiency with MS Office, and PowerPoint, and Bluebeam Revu.

• United States Citizen.

Ideally you'll have:

• Focus on Life Sciences projects including but not limited to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Light Industrial, and Light Chemical.

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) experience.

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD (or MicroStation), Revit, and AutoTURN.

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Posted Salary Range: Minimum

110,600.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

180,000.00

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 $110,600.00 to $180,000.00. 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 March 09, 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
Cincinnati	Ohio	United States
Conshohocken	Pennsylvania	United States