Digital Delivery Leader

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

As the Digital Delivery Leader, you will play a critical role in advancing digital engineering, BIM, and information management strategies that support project certainty, collaboration, and data driven decision making. You’ll work closely with program leadership, designers, contractors, and technology teams to ensure digital delivery is consistent, compliant, and forward looking across each of our projects within our Water West Central Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage BIM and digital delivery on projects from design through construction.

• Champion the use of data-driven workflows, automation, AI, and digital twin technologies to enhance efficiency, quality, and insight.

• Oversee and coordinate consultant and contractor BIM compliance, ensuring deliverables meet Jacobs or client standards as well as contractual requirements.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all digital delivery and BIM-related matters across assigned projects.

• Work on multiple projects simultaneously with both our local and global teammates.

• Use of Bentley and Autodesk tools

• Manage and maintain federated models to support coordination, technical reviews, and data utilization.

• Work as a mentor to a high-performing digital delivery team.

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coordination of training across BIM, digital engineering, and design automation disciplines.

• Support configuration and adoption of digital collaboration platforms and construction management systems.

• Integrate BIM and digital delivery with GIS, project controls, and other program management systems to enable consistent, high-quality information and reporting.

• Work closely with DDL supervisor on project and staffing needs

Why Join Our Team

• Influence digital delivery standards at both program and project scale.

• Collaborate with leading designers, contractors, and technology partners.

• Long-term stability with opportunities for professional growth and leadership.

Here's what you'll need

• Minimum 5 years of experience with digital delivery concepts, data exchange, BIM technology, work sharing coordination and organization of multi-discipline design content in support of large facility based engineering design efforts.
• Experience with Bentley and/or Autodesk Design Applications and BIM tools.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering design and construction information through BIM and related output, including construction drawings and specifications.
• Strong leadership ability; influences and motivates teams to take on new challenges.
• Experience writing technical content for use within an organization for training, influencing teams, clients or for troubleshooting.
• Ability to understand appropriate project communication at the management level and the client level. Can conduct meeting topics as assigned with professionalism and decorum while effectively getting the topic across
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Understands the goals of the organization and the project and will self-manage to deadlines keeping supervisor and/or design or project managers apprised of progress.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Knowledge of geospatial data management, data analysis and data visualization a plus.
• Experience with the implementation of client specific CAD & Civil BIM standards on projects.
• Experience with Design Content Management including ProjectWise and ACC.
• Experience with front end digital coordination efforts, ensuring all discipline design and production teams are enabled and in compliance with project CAD & BIM requirements.
• Experience with the definition, documentation and implementation of CAD & BIM standards and execution plans.
• Experience managing and maintaining department CAD support and training services.
• Experience with a multi-format CAD & BIM production environments and corresponding interoperability challenges.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

80,900.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

126,450.00

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 $80,900.00 to $126,450.00. 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 April 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
Houston	Texas	United States