Given the shortage of STEAM workers, it’s getting more difficult for companies like Jacobs to find candidates with high-tech skills and STEAM degrees. So, our team actively partners with organizations and clients, like Youth Force NOLA and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans to give students and community partners a chance to learn about and get involved in STEAM. In this article, read about our virtual internship program to connect rising high school seniors in New Orleans to a network of career pathways.

Jacobs and the London Interdisciplinary School challenged 16- to 20-year-old students to share how they would reinvent their local high street for the chance to present their ideas to a professional audience and receive mentoring from some of Jacobs’ brightest minds. Find out about the challenge and the winning entries in this article.

You can’t reimagine the future without challenging today and reinventing tomorrow. Read how we’re doing just that in conjunction with TRB’s 2021 Annual Meeting.

Following the recent launch of Jacobs’ One Million Lives tool, we’re sharing the top ten tips for maintaining your positive mental health this holiday season. Check out the tips in this jacobs.com article and try the free mental health check-in today.

Grit that finds its way into sewers causes challenges in downstream treatment processes. Typically, it is removed from the system and sent to landfill, at significant financial and carbon cost. Our work with Scottish Water, Zero Waste Scotland and the local recycled aggregate supply chain will pilot the processing and reuse of grit as a construction material. As well as contributing to Scotland’s ambitious Circular Economy agenda, this will provide significant cost and carbon benefits compared with the current practice of sending grit to landfill. Find out more in this jacobs.com article.

A stalwart figure in the Middle East, Mel Stewart’s decades of work with the Ruler of Sharjah, along with his legacy of impactful project experience, secured major infrastructure developments and consulting opportunities for Jacobs that enabled the Emirate of Sharjah to develop infrastructure and grow as a thriving city in the Arabian Peninsula. His notable career in the UAE began in the mid-1970s, carries on today and will impact people in Sharjah for generations ahead.

Working with our VetNet program, we identified a diverse group of individuals across the company who came from all facets and levels of experience within multiple branches of the military and were able to feature four of Jacobs’ very own in this program, available to watch now.

When Sele was four, he and his brother arrived in Ireland with their mother who left Nigeria in search of a better life. Today, Sele is a high-performing student at Dublin City University (DCU) who spent eight weeks in summer 2020 interning at Jacobs, a position facilitated by Jacobs’ sponsorship of DCU’s Access to the Workplace Program. We caught up with Sele to find out about his internship, interest in STEAM and what’s next in this jacobs.com interview.

West Point’s new Cyber and Engineering Academic Center, designed by the Jacobs-EwingCole joint venture, will feature state-of-the-art and cutting-edge technology to train U.S. Military Academy cadets in solving complex, technology-based peacekeeping challenges. Get the scoop on the new Center in this jacobs.com article.

Jacobs recently hosted Girl Scouts around the U.S. for second virtual workshop to explore careers and NASA programs. We’ve got the full scoop in this jacobs.com article.

We connected with the Institution of Civil Engineers’ President's Future Leader and Construction Engineer Bianca Wheeler talks career, net zero and her role on the largest water infrastructure project ever undertaken in the U.K. Read the interview here:

Jacobs’ Environment, Health and Safety Information Management expertise, combined with artificial intelligence technology, delivers cost savings, improved accuracy and reduced risk for corporate compliance and permitting. Read how in this new jacobs.com piece.

Jacobs and NASA kicked off the stacking and integration of the Artemis I launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Center  in Florida with the transport of the first Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) segment to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where it will be lifted into High Bay 3 and onto the mobile launcher. The twin SRBs are part of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will be used to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), begins research project designed to examine opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants from marine vessels in Canada. Read more about the innovative partnership with the potential to reduce environmental impact.*

Jacobs has committed to support and promote a new Charter, launched by the U.K. Railway Industry Association and Women in Rail, to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the railway industry. Read more about the new Charter here:

Our team is partnering with Daughters of Rosie to recruit and retain skilled, qualified female operators and technicians for our projects. Learn more in this new jacobs.com article.

Jacobs and the Village of Carol Stream, Illinois have been partners since 1997. Jacobs operates the Villages 13-million-gallon-per-day wastewater facility, known locally as the Water Reclamation Center (WRC). Our 7.5- member staff keeps the WRC in top shape, and our people are always looking for ways to support the community. One of their many outreach and educational endeavors, the Little Free Library, recently encountered a little, okay big, setback, when it burned down. Undaunted, our Jacobs heroes brought this literary treasure back from the ashes, better and stronger than before. Read the touching full story on jacobs.com.