EXHIBIT 23.

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of our report dated October 31, 2000 included
in Exhibit E to the Company's Notice of 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
Proxy Statement.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 333-38984) pertaining to the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Outside
Director Stock Plan, in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-38974)
pertaining to the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, in
the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-72977) pertaining to the Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. 1989 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-45475) pertaining to the Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. 1981 Executive Incentive Plan of our report dated October
31, 2000 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. and subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 30, 2000.


                                              ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Los Angeles, California
December 27, 2000