Jacobs to Receive Private Sector Employer of the Year Award From COMTO Northern California

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has been named Private Sector Employer of the Year by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) of Northern California. The award will be presented at the Fifth Annual COMTO Industry and Awards Recognition Reception at the Carnelian Room in the Bank of America Building Aug. 13, 2009, in San Francisco, Calif.

This annual event honors outstanding women and minorities, minority business enterprises, organizations and companies for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the transportation industry in the Bay Area, and for furthering the goals of COMTO.

Jacobs Engineering Group is being recognized as one of the largest global providers of professional transportation services with a culturally diverse workforce. Jacobs also partners with small and disadvantaged businesses to maximize resources and expertise, and strongly supports COMTO's scholarship programs.

In making the announcement, Jacobs President and CEO Craig Martin stated, "We are extremely honored to be named Private Sector Employer of the Year by COMTO. With our extremely capable and talented staff, we will continue to provide innovative solutions for our transportation clients and be strongly involved in the communities we serve."

Founded in 1971 in Washington, D.C., COMTO is a national, multi-ethnic organization serving as advocate for the transportation careers and transportation needs of minorities. Its membership includes transportation officials from most of the major transportation agencies and transportation-related business sectors.

For more information on the Fifth Annual COMTO Industry Awards Program, visit www.comtonorcal.org.

Jacobs, with annual revenues exceeding $12 billion, is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional, and construction services.

Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based on management's current estimates and expectations, and currently available competitive, financial, and economic data, forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. We, therefore, caution the reader that there are a variety of factors that could cause business conditions and results to differ materially from what is contained in our forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements please refer to our 2008 Form 10-K, and in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. We also caution the readers of this release that we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements made herein.

For additional information, contact:

Michelle Jones

626.578.6968

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.



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