Is Jacobs a good company to work for as a Associate Principal Engineer?

Associate Principal Engineer professionals working at Jacobs have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 68 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Jacobs employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Associate Principal Engineer Jobs at Jacobs now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Associate Principal Engineer interview questions at Jacobs .

Does Jacobs pay Associate Principal Engineer employees well?

Associate Principal Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Jacobs with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 68 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Associate Principal Engineer salaries at Jacobs.

How happy are Associate Principal Engineer professionals working at Jacobs?

83% of Associate Principal Engineer employees at Jacobs would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 14% in the past 12 months. Associate Principal Engineer professionals have also rated Jacobs with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.4 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Jacobs?

Engineer (325) , Project Manager (296) , Mechanical Engineer (125) , Project Engineer (120) , Civil Engineer (110) , Process Engineer (105) , Intern (93) , Senior Engineer (93) , Senior Project Manager (82) , Structural Engineer (60) , Graduate Engineer (57) , Architect (55) , Software Engineer (54) , Consultant (52) , Design Engineer (52)

What are the pros of working at Jacobs according to real employee reviews?

"the people are great and there are a lot of optional employee groups you can join to connect with people with similar viewpoints" ((in 498 reviews)); "They offer many good benefits and are always hosting morale functions for employees and their family members." ((in 390 reviews)); "Pay is good and work can be interesting." ((in 358 reviews)); "Culture was good and enjoyed time there" ((in 325 reviews)); "Good work life balance and routine" ((in 321 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Jacobs according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management... they waste most of the job budget on very high salaried people in meetings where very little if anything is accomplished." ((in 318 reviews)); "This was due to the fact that I received no training when I was hired." ((in 101 reviews)); "No Bonus As Provide Engg services to other companies work scope could be limited Hardly any international assignment opportunity" ((in 93 reviews)); "bad managers (depends on who you work for)" ((in 90 reviews)); "Upper management is disconnected from the work force .there" ((in 84 reviews))

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Jacobs Associate Principal Engineer reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)

Bob Pragada

98% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Culture & values

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.3

Compensation and benefits

Associate Principal Engineer employees have rated Jacobs with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Principal Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Jacobs is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Principal Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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68 reviews

1.0

Jan 31, 2018

Lost the plot

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Pros

Interesting work, very good people at working level, but being driven out by poor, bullying leadership to better companies. Has a high reputation with Defence consultancy clients, but market share shrinking with poor leadership, both in Defence and ATEN who only understand bulk body shopping into nuclear at low margins.

Cons

Risk averse and not very intelligent senior leadership focuses on billability and avoiding normal professional engineering responsibilities, selling bodies rather than capabilities. No clue in strategy - they think an unrealistic set of Goals without a resourced capability development plan will deliver growth. Bullying leadership culture

2.0

Apr 11, 2017

A Poor Company after taking over SKM

Principal engineer

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Pros

Access to good quality design software from global license. Engineering procedures, and standards are well established (mostly from Jacobs side) Other than that; not much to write about for the present status of the Company. It used to be an excellent place of work before taking over SKM.

Cons

Lost most of the good managers, engineers and designers for the original Jacobs side. Not a suitable company now to execute large projects. The systems like IT, phone, payroll are horrible. Managers will hound if you do not have billable work. The work space is tiny with small desk and storage space and looks like call centre instead of Engineering company. The company is divided along the line of ex SKM and original Jacobs. It continued to operate like two different competing companies long after the acquisition. Lots of of internal politics and not much opportunity for working in different groups due to strong silo mentality.

5.0

Mar 19, 2017

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Principal engineer

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Pros

Jacobs are a decent company with good values and reasonable procedures. Career progression is possible and support to CEng available if wanted.

Cons

Holiday allowance is fixed at 24. Competitors offer better.

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