EXHIBIT 23.1

              CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 333-_______) pertaining to the Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Global Employee Stock Purchase 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 its Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended September 30, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                                    /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Los Angeles, California
August 7, 2001