Press Release Jan 20, 2009

Jacobs to Hold First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) will release its first quarter results before the market opens on Tuesday, January 27, 2009.

The company will then host a conference call at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, during which management will make a brief presentation focusing on the company's results, strategies, and operating trends.

Interested parties can listen to the conference call and view accompanying slides on the Internet at www.jacobs.com.

Jacobs, with over 57,000 employees and revenues exceeding $11.0 billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services globally.

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:
John W. Prosser
626.578.6803

SOURCE Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Web Site: http://www.jacobs.com