Entry Level Civil Engineer - FED/STL

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Cities & Places

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We are looking for a driven and curious Civil Engineering Graduate to support our federal team in a hybrid capacity at our St. Louis, MO office. This is a Hybrid role with an expectation of working in our office 2-3 days per week.

As a key member of our team, you’ll join our collaborative team providing our clients with award-winning planning, engineering, architectural design, construction management, and design-build project delivery. The ideal candidate is one who is passionate about traditional site civil layout, grading, and utility design as well as addressing our country’s water, resiliency, and disaster recovery challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a team environment and coordinate project assignments with other engineers and technicians on important work for many different Federal Civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) government agencies.

You will work closely with comprehensive design teams and project managers to gain progressive site design experience and total job understanding. You will develop site plans, utility plans, and grading plans to meet Federal design standards; perform watershed analyses and design stormwater management systems; Prepare engineering assessments, calculations, and basis of design reports; and implement designs that are compliant with a variety of regulatory code requirements and client standards. Expect to continually develop your skills by being proactive in advancing your own workflows, systems, tools, and communication techniques. 

Although frequent travel is not expected for this role, occasionally travel to project and client sites for observations and meetings may be necessary. 

You’ll be surrounded by expert mentorship opportunities to help you thrive in your new career. Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future – big and small, global and local. Join us and we will assist in growing your career and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil3D and Microsoft Office suite
• 1 - 2 years professional working experience with a government agency, municipality, corporate engineering, or consulting firm 
• United States Citizenship
• Engineer In Training (EIT) Certificate

Ideally You’ll Also Have: 

• 1- 2 years experience working on land development projects, with a government agency, municipality, corporate engineering, or consulting firm

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

75,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

95,000.00

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 $75,000.00 to $95,000.00. 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 March 02, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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.

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 .

Locations

City State Country
St. Louis	Missouri	United States
St. Louis	Missouri	United States