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Your impact
This job opportunity is available at ANY location in the United States. Ideally, selected candidates will be near a JACOBS U.S. based office, but we intend to hire the "best" candidates.
At Jacobs, we drive to make a positive impact on people’s lives everywhere by bringing solutions and adding value to our communities and society as a whole. Grow your career with Jacobs, a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed - today and into tomorrow.
In our
Advanced Manufacturing Group
, our team elevates our clients by delivering cost-effective and transformative projects to the electric vehicle,
data center,
consumer goods and products, metals, pulp and paper and various other markets. We understand that the success of our clients is about more than well-designed facilities; it’s about well-designed strategies tailored for every market and every location.
Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.
We're looking for a
Sr Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects including state of the art industrial and commercial facilities.
You’ll be accountable for the schedule and technical quality of challenging engineering tasks, as you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget, and schedule. You’ll also provide on-site assistance during startup, coordinate work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead.
As part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, you’ll help design and optimize control systems for a variety of processes, working closely with architects, engineers, and designers to deliver complete, world-class solutions for new facilities. Your responsibilities will include developing P&amp;IDs, sizing valves, specifying instrumentation, and documenting and modeling design information while ensuring compliance with building codes and industry standards.
Your multi-discipline, highly interactive team will produce control system designs for a variety of processes and develop options and optimizations for all aspects of the process control, instrumentation, and automation. You’ll be surrounded by expert mentorship opportunities to help you thrive in your new career.
Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.
Here's what you'll need
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or other related engineering or technical field</li>
<li>At least 6 Years of experience working with Instrumentation and Control</li>
<li>Demonstrated experience in mission critical control systems, including Building Management Systems (BMS), SCADA systems, and Distributed Control Systems (DCS)</li>
</ul>
Ideally, you’ll also have
<ul>
<li>Professional Engineering License (PE) in Electrical, Mechanical, or Control Systems Engineering.</li>
<li>Extensive experience with Data Center control systems design, commissioning, and infrastructure components</li>
<li>Experience preparing technical specifications, control narratives, and sequence of operations</li>
<li>Served as discipline lead within a project team</li>
<li>Track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously</li>
<li>Strong communication skills both verbal and written</li>
<li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li>
<li>Forward thinking, eager to learn best practices and contribute with innovative ideas</li>
<li>Self-motivated with proven ability to learn quickly and continuously advance technical proficiency</li>
<li>Proven ability to collaborate effectively within multi-disciplinary teams</li>
<li>Passion for critical facilities, infrastructure systems, and construction</li>
<li>Experience mentoring Junior professionals and leading project teams</li>
</ul>
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 $132,900.00 to $182,700.00. 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 22, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment
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.

Sr Instrumentation & Control Engineer (Data Centers)

Sr Instrumentation & Control Engineer (Data Centers)

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