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Job overview
Jacobs is seeking a Plumbing Engineer for its Building Mechanical team, supporting heavy industrial clients in the Advanced Manufacturing Group. The role involves developing plumbing design criteria, designing systems, preparing final design documents, and coordinating with other disciplines. The position is hybrid or remote with occasional project-site travel, and candidates ideally live within a four- to five-hour drive of Pittsburgh.
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Full job description
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.
This is a hybrid or remote role that requires occasional travel to project sites as needed. Ideally, candidates will be located within a 4-5 hour drive of Pittsburgh, PA to support project and team needs.
About the Role
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 specialty chemical, electric vehicle, manufacturing, 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.
We're looking for a high-energy, Plumbing Engineer to join our Building Mechanical team and help deliver innovative Plumbing design solutions for our heavy industrial clients. You will work alongside our team of engineers and designers performing field investigations, interfacing with clients & vendors, sizing and selecting equipment, and preparing construction design packages.
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 work with a multi-discipline, highly interactive team to establish to meet the needs of our clients. Your role keeps our company connected, and we’ll support you with what you need to be successful. Highlights of your contributions will include:
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Development of the design criteria for the Plumbing systems.
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Layout and design of Plumbing systems including sanitary sewer, process sewer, potable water, hot water, natural gas, and roof drainage.
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Development of final design documents including specifications associated with these systems.
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Coordination with other disciplines.
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.
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
Professional Engineering License.
At least ten (10) years’ experience in the design of Plumbing systems.
Thorough knowledge of codes and standards related to the design of Plumbing systems.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Adaptability to work within a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines.
Ability to follow lead a building mechanical team on a project and to collaborate with other discipline team members remotely.
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
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Software experience in Revit.
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Experience in the design in utility piping system design.
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$93–143K/yr137 salary ranges
- US median$45–58/hr390 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 305 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 7,635 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Jacobs (this employer)22 open
- Westinghouse Electric Company17 open
- Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc.12 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,365 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,220 of the 7,635 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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