Structural Engineer SME - AI Data Centers

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 never settle — we push boundaries, elevate standards, and deliver with purpose. As a senior subject matter expert within our Data Center team, you’ll lead structural engineering efforts across a portfolio of data center projects, including new builds and retrofits. As part of the vision of the Department Manager, you’ll drive the technical direction, and ensure structural solutions meet the highest standards of performance, and constructability.

This role is heavily client‑ and contractor‑facing, blending technical authority with the ability to communicate and collaborate across diverse teams. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of deep mission‑critical engineering expertise and relationship‑driven leadership—confidently navigating design, construction, and stakeholder challenges while delivering solutions that inspire trust and keep our clients at the center.

You’ll serve as a key technical leader, guiding a portfolio of projects and coordinating closely with the structural engineering teams. You will mentor structural leads and support the projects by meeting with clients and upper management as required and be able to speak directly to the status of various projects. Your expertise will shape project execution, influence design strategy, and strengthen our delivery excellence. This role offers significant opportunity to expand your technical authority, mentor emerging talent, and grow your leadership presence as you help define the next generation of high-performance data center infrastructure. Your guidance will not only help shape the design delivery of the team but will guide the delivery of our Design-Build delivery methodology.

Other key contributions include:

• Provide quality reviews of complex projects.

• Leading complex structural analyses and guiding the selection of appropriate methodologies to ensure robust, code compliant, and constructible design solutions.

• Developing and validating advanced structural computer models, establishing modeling standards, and mentoring team members in best practice simulation techniques.

• Overseeing critical calculations for member design and foundations, directing material take offs and estimating inputs, and providing technical governance for schedules, design documentation, and interdisciplinary coordination.

At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

• Ability to quickly identify complex challenges, solve problems, communicate solutions and direct junior and senior staff on best practices

• Understand the complexities of large contracts and different contract structures and be able to manage change orders, and be able to stand up for the engineering team against the liabilities of contractors

• Experience with almost every building material and type, and have the ability to speak to the executive level about any subject without advance notice

• Bachelor of Science in Civil or Structural Engineering

• 15+ or more years of professional experience in structural engineering

• Registered Professional Engineer with the ability to become registered in additional states

• Knowledge of CAD software, such as AutoCad, Revit, MicroStation and S3D

• Proficiency with structural analysis software such as RISA, RamSS or STAAD

• Knowledge and application of ACI, AISC, ASCE 7, AIST Technical Report 13, and other industry relevant design code and standards

• Knowledge and application of Building Codes

• Proficiency with MS Office suite software including MS Teams for remote coordination

• Ability for travel to various client’s sites (approx. 10% to 40% travel)

• Proficiency reviewing and commenting on drawings in Bluebeam

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Master of Science in Engineering

• Registered SE License

• Experience with hyperscale facility design with key global clients

• Ability to lead teams to deliver commitments on schedule and on budget while meeting quality and client expectations

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