

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. With approximately $15 billion in annual revenue and a talent force of approximately 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.
Jacobs. A world where you can.
As a purpose-led company, we know we have a pivotal role to play in addressing the climate emergency. We consider this not only good business, but our duty to channel our technology-enabled expertise and capabilities toward benefitting people and the planet.
Sit down with our visionary team of thinkers, dreamers and doers to see what a day in the life is like.
As our clients navigate the digital transformation and growing cyber risks, we have positioned ourselves at the forefront of this growth, adding digital capabilities, products and tools to serve a growing set of customers.
We’ve provided design-build services to the water sector for over 25 years and delivered more than 150 projects. We offer fully integrated design-build and design-build-operate capabilities to tackle the most complex water challenges and work in close collaboration with our clients.
For more than 70 years, our teams have provided integrated solutions to help solve the most complex and hazardous challenges of space exploration. We invent by imagining what’s possible.
Prosperous communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. We live and play in the places where we work, so we’re personally invested in the impact, outcomes and promise we deliver.
Jacobs is working to help clients across the United States secure federal funding for projects that make our cities and communities more connected and sustainable. Working hand-in-hand with clients from coast to coast and everywhere in between, Jacobs develops bold, innovative solutions to address the nation’s toughest challenges.
Together with our visionary partner, PA Consulting, we're establishing our position in high end advisory services, creating a springboard to expand in high value offerings beyond the core.
Now more than ever, we appreciate the hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the medical profession in ensuring the health and safety of our communities.
Jacobs’ deep experience with advanced technology systems and our wide-ranging program support capabilities make us a premier partner at locations across the world. We deliver the right talent, tools and processes to support and enable our customers’ missions.
The National Air and Space Museum's One World Connected exhibit will tell the story of how flight fostered two momentous changes in everyday life: the ease in making connections across vast distances and a new perspective of Earth as humanity’s home. Below are some stories from Jacobs that also highlight the connections and digital solutions we are making around the world.
Stories that capture our partnerships and innovative impact for a more connected, sustainable world
The only certainty about the future is uncertainty. Resilience is an attribute of a smarter planet, and requires planning and adapting ahead of potential threats. We help our clients survive, recover, adapt and thrive.
We work in partnership, delivering some of the most challenging, diverse and innovative projects and programs globally across multiple sectors. We integrate complex interfaces across planning, procurement and delivery to help unlock better social, environmental and economic outcomes from mega and giga projects.
May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, an opportunity to celebrate our colleagues of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage and recommit to #StopAsianHate wherever we encounter it.
This year, we celebrated AAPI Heritage Month with two of our leaders – Julie Chang and Chen Chen – who shared their insights around belonging and how their Asian heritage has helped shape their careers at Jacobs.
Share a little about your background and your role at Jacobs.
Julie: I am Chinese-American, born in New York. My roots are from mainland China in Anhui province. My parents moved to the U.S. for graduate school. My current role at Jacobs is Executive Advisor to Steve Demetriou, our Chair & CEO.
Chen: I'm from Nanjing, China, and I work in Corporate Development at Jacobs (M&A, Divestiture and Equity Investment.)
What's your favorite childhood memory involving Asian culture?
Julie: Absolutely the food! Making dumplings, buns and porridge with my family. The sights, the sounds and smells of the food market. Getting together for big family celebrations that always revolved around food.
Chen: The Lunar New Year. Every year it’s time to get together with family. And delicious food!
How does your Asian heritage and upbringing give you a unique advantage in your career?
Julie: I am disciplined. I work hard. I also have a deep sense of community.
Chen: Diligence and persistence are two traits that have definitely helped me a lot.
Share a time when you have navigated adversity in your career.
Julie: With respect to racial adversity, there have been strange points where things come up. Earlier in my career there was one assignment where someone said I shouldn’t be the project manager because "Asian women were too deferential". Well – I became the Project Manager and the client asked that the individual be removed from the team. It turned out our client had an adopted Chinese daughter.
Chen: One challenge for me was getting out of the comfort zone and developing new skills. I was tasked to lead an IT project a few years ago and had no prior experience. The project didn’t go well in the beginning - it was late on schedule and costs were overrunning. But I quickly adapted to learn some hard lessons, listen to others and find ways to manage through. Eventually the project was finished on time and well received.
Do you feel like you belong at Jacobs? And what's the impact of that?
Julie: I do feel like I belong at Jacobs and I hope that I can help pave the way for others to feel like they belong and thrive at Jacobs. That sense of belonging helps me express what I am passionate about.
Chen: Yes, I do. By having this sense of belonging I can make a real difference professionally, because it enables me to think like an "owner" for everything I do here.
Why is it important to our business that people feel they belong?
Julie: We are in the business of ideas and solutions. You need everyone’s energy and expression to come up with the most innovative solutions. That’s why it is important that people feel they belong.
Chen: Jacobs is a people business. The identity recognition will retain and attract talent, and eventually drive performance.
At Jacobs, we understand that “inclusion” is a verb, not a noun. It means being transparent and taking action on our statements, commitments and initiatives that drives meaningful, measurable change both in our company and in the communities that we serve.
It means creating a workplace where our differences are accepted, celebrated and harnessed to bring the innovative, extraordinary solutions clients demand from us. It means creating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive — a culture that we call TogetherBeyond℠.
Julie Chang is currently the Advisor to Jacobs Chair & CEO Steve Demetriou. Prior to her current role, she served as Vice President of Jacobs’ Northeast region overseeing a portfolio spanning from Maine to New Jersey and leading 1,200 professionals delivering client engagements ranging from major climate response and energy decarbonization initiatives, expansion of regional aviation and rail networks and the build out of healthcare and life science facilities. Previously, she was also the Director of New York Operations. Under Julie’s leadership the New York office grew to a combined team of more than 450 professionals providing consulting, planning, design and construction management services for a host of New York and regional clients.
Prior to joining Jacobs, Julie was the NY General Manager for Sam Schwartz, an engineering, planning and consulting firm. Julie also launched the resilience practice and was a Chief Economist providing consulting services around the globe in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Morocco for more than a decade with Ecology and Environment Inc. and Waterfield Portola.
She serves on the Boards of Sustainable Westchester, the New York League of Conservation Voters and ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) New York. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tufts University. Julie lives in Pelham, New York with her husband and three sons and splits her time between Dallas and NYC.
Chen Chen is the Vice President of Corporate Development and based in our corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Chen’s responsibilities focus on corporate development initiatives including M&A, joint venture investment, corporate venture capital and M&A strategy across the entire enterprise.
Since joining Jacobs, Chen has played pivotal roles in executing Company’s M&A initiatives to deliver the Company’s strategy including execution of CH2M acquisition, ECR divestiture, KeyW acquisition, Wood Nuclear acquisition, The Buffalo Group acquisition, strategic investment in PA Consulting, and most recently technology-driven deals like BlackLynx and Streetlight Data.
Prior to joining Jacobs, Chen worked at Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR, a 3G Capital primarily owned company) where he served in a number of leadership positions and completed multi-billion dollar acquisitions including the $10B+ merger of Burger King and Tim Hortons, and ~$2B acquisition of Popeyes. Prior to his role with Restaurant Brands International, Chen started as an investment banking analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities and Bank of America Corporation, where he worked on various M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory assignments.
Chen obtained his bachelor’s degree in Math and Economics with Summa Cum Laude from Emory University.
Reflecting on the past and the future, our Harambee Employee Network brought Black history to all of Jacobs.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re spotlighting four members of our Enlace family, asking them questions about their lives, their careers, Hispanic Heritage Month and what it means to be “Latino”.