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Overview

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities and resilient environments. We are looking for a high-energy Piping Engineer to join our Building Mechanical team and help deliver solutions to our clients, working on the design of state-of-the-art industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Perform mechanical/piping engineering under the direction of a senior project manager.
  • Coordinate the design and drafting of piping discipline tasks for a given project.
  • Monitor the progress of the work and the performance of the design team.
  • Meet with clients locally.
  • Develop piping systems concept.
  • Generate piping design calculations including equipment sizing and pipe sizing calculations.
  • Create P&ID’s and Block Flow Diagrams.
  • Perform equipment selections.
  • Generate specifications for systems and equipment.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with project team members, contractors, clients, and other disciplines.
  • Perform static pipe stress analysis.
  • Check drawings developed by project team members.
  • Lead a design team within the piping discipline.
  • Support work for/in other offices and other countries which may include travel.
  • Organize work and delegate tasks to others.
  • Work independently and as part of a design team.
  • Check and perform quality assurance reviews of drawings completed by junior engineers and designers.
  • Formulate design criteria for project design specifications and drawings.
  • Mentor junior staff.

Requirements

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering.
  • 8+ years’ experience in piping design for industrial and commercial facilities.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to perform field/site visits which may include climbing ladders.
  • Ability to travel (estimated travel time is 10%).
  • Adaptability to work within a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines.
  • Ability to lead a building mechanical team on a project and collaborate with other discipline team members remotely.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This role is a hybrid role from ANY Jacobs location.
  • Job posted on October 08, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Wilmington, DE

Pay in context

At roughly $66/hr, this posting sits about 119% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Delaware — toward the top of a $21–$35/hr middle band drawn from 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, DE currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Delaware as a whole we're tracking 21 other active welding openings from 17 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wilmington, or widen the search to Delaware.

The most active employers in Delaware at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc. (3), Baltimore Aircoil Company - USA (2), and Sargent & Lundy (2). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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