Streamlining and Collaborating for Smart, Sustainable Solutions: Meet Lynette Baker

Lynette Baker is a dynamic leader who seamlessly blends environmental experience with strategic business acumen. 

With over 30 years in the environmental industry — including 25 at Jacobs — Lynette has earned a reputation as a trusted leader, shaping policy and infrastructure, steering operations and driving strategic initiatives, all while championing our most valuable asset: our people. She prides herself on being known as a dedicated and inspiring leader who can bring the right teams together using limited resources and creating extraordinary results.

Her influence extends far beyond technical excellence. Recognized seven times in the past eight years by Engineering Georgia as one of the “100 Influential Women to Know,” Lynette’s career reflects a rare combination of technical depth, visionary leadership and a passion for people.  

From the field to the frontlines

Lynette’s journey began in the wilds of the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska in 1995, shortly after earning her bachelor’s degree in environmental biology from Colgate University. Starting as a fisheries biologist, she quickly transitioned into wetland science — a move that launched a career spanning continents and disciplines.  

Since joining Jacobs in 1999, Lynette has built a robust technical foundation — conducting wetland delineations, endangered species surveys and cultural resource investigations across the U.S. and Europe. Her career evolved from environmental compliance into operational leadership, where she managed performance units and oversaw profit and loss as the transportation infrastructure operations leader in Georgia. She later moved into strategic sales, securing millions of dollars in contracts with the Georgia Department of Transportation, local governments and agencies.

Eventually, Lynette joined Jacobs’ Operations Management and Facilities Services (OMFS) practice and returned to her roots, serving her own community as program manager and Public Works director for the City of Johns Creek, Georgia. There, she sharpened her understanding of how politics and business intersect, a skillset that would prove invaluable in her next chapter.

Operational excellence at scale

Today, she serves as vice president of delivery solutions, a team of over 150 professionals supporting OMFS. Her leadership brings together specialized teams in maintenance and asset management, environmental compliance, technical specialists, professional training and development, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and digital services, and more, creating a unified, high-performing group focused on innovation and efficiency.

By streamlining best practices and fostering cross-functional collaboration, Lynette maintains Jacobs’ delivery of smart, sustainable solutions, while empowering staff to grow and succeed. 

Strategic growth through talent development

Lynette also plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of OMFS through strategic workforce planning. She focuses on developing talent, identifying strategic hires and building long-term staffing plans that reflect Jacobs’ commitment to quality and excellence.

Her approach to people development is both strategic and personal — mentoring managers, optimizing systems and ensuring that Jacobs remains a place where professionals grow, thrive and lead. 

Building more than infrastructure

Throughout her career at Jacobs, Lynette has worn many hats — project manager, consultant, business developer, administrator and technical specialist. This experience equips her with a comprehensive understanding of complex challenges and a client-focused mindset that drives results and makes her a leader. 

Lynette Baker isn’t just shaping infrastructure — she’s shaping the future of how we lead, build and grow.