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Plumbing Designer (Data Center)

Jacobs

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Location
Troy, MI
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Job overview

Jacobs is seeking a Plumbing Designer for its Mechanical/Plumbing Data Center team. The designer will develop plumbing and utility design packages and construction drawings for data center clients, including systems such as domestic water, sanitary waste and vent, and storm drains. The role involves coordinating with other engineering disciplines and Plumbing Engineers while managing the schedule and technical quality of engineering tasks.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Plumbing System Design, requiredCAD Standards, requiredRevit, requiredPlumbing Codes and Standards, requiredCommunication, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredAutoCAD, nice to haveTeamwork, nice to haveMultitasking, nice to haveOrganization, nice to haveData Center Projects, nice to have

Qualifications

6+ Years Plumbing Design Experience, requiredTrade School or Associate Degree, requiredIndustrial Facilities Experience, requiredA&E Firm Design Documents Experience, required

Full job description

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 Mechanical/Plumbing Data Center team, we elevate our clients by delivering cost-effective and transformative projects. 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 an energetic, Plumbing Designer to focus on our fast-moving Data Center market. Join us, and you’ll impact our success by delivering innovative plumbing design solutions for our Data Center clients. You will design plumbing/utility design packages for our data center clients. You’ll also prepare construction package drawings for DWV, potable water, process drains, storm drains, and domestic water systems.

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 a plumbing design basis, coordinate with other engineering disciplines, Plumbing Engineers and develop a plumbing design package. Your role keeps our company connected, and we’ll support you with what you need to be successful.

Highlights of your contributions will include:

  • Layout and design of Plumbing systems.

  • Development of conceptual design and preliminary design documents, which would include calculations related to sizing and selecting these systems, the development of Isometrics, Riser Diagrams, details, fixture schedules, and general arrangements.

  • Development of final construction documents associated with these systems. These systems would include domestic water (cold and hot), sanitary waste and vent, etc.

  • 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

  • At least 6 years’ experience in the design of plumbing systems for industrial facilities.

  • Demonstrated experience in generating design documents adhering to applicable CAD standards for plumbing design packages within an A&E firm.

  • Trade School or Associates Degree.

  • Proficiency in Revit.

  • Thorough knowledge of codes and standards related to design of plumbing systems.

  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills to work well within a dynamic team environment with multiple deadlines.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

  • Proficiency in AutoCAD.

  • Ability to work well within a dynamic team environment with multiple deadlines.

  • Past experience on data center projects.

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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 556 open Mechanical Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$77–108K/yr219 salary ranges
  • US median$35–45/hr91 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 22 open Mechanical Designer jobs in Michigan and 556 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Mechanical Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (471 postings).
Education
46 of the 556 open Mechanical Designer jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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