Jacobs today announced that Claudia Jaramillo, currently Jacobs Executive Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, will succeed Kevin Berryman as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 14, 2023. At that time, Berryman will serve as Special Advisor to Jacobs Chief Executive Officer, Bob Pragada.

The Jacobs' (NYSE:J) Board of Directors has approved a new incremental share repurchase authorization (the "2023 Share Repurchase Program"). The 2023 Share Repurchase Program authorizes the purchase of up to $1 billion of Jacobs' common stock.

Following its leadership succession plan previously announced in September, Jacobs confirms Bob Pragada has been named Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 24, 2023. He is expected to join the Company's Board of Directors upon certification of the results of its Annual Meeting today.

Jacobs has secured a position on Transport for London's (TfL) Capital Program Delivery Partner Contract working with Gardiner and Theobald. TfL will use this contract to procure all project management, construction management and project management office (PMO) services and resources.

A consortium comprising Westinghouse Electric Spain, Jacobs and the Lithuanian Energy Institute was selected to plan dismantling and waste management at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in Lithuania.

Jacobs has earned a place in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index 2022 (DJSI) and a position in CDP's A List for the first time. Jacobs has also received a gold medal in the EcoVadis Sustainability Ratings, and was recognized as a leading organization in the Wall Street Journal's 250 Best-Managed Companies of 2022.

Jacobs, Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, and PwC have been appointed by National Highways to help develop the U.K. government's third road investment strategy (RIS3) for England's highway network which runs from 2025-2030.

Jacobs was awarded the Underwater Launch Test Capability (ULTC) services contract with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), located in Crane, Indiana.

Jacobs was selected to provide professional facility planning, programming, design and construction management services for the United States Air Force (USAF) at Yokota Air Base, Misawa Air Base and Camp Zama, Japan.

Jacobs congratulates NASA on the successful completion of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission to orbit the moon, following the safe splashdown of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean.

Jacobs was selected to provide the U.K.'s nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), with specialist engineering and technical support services.

Jacobs was awarded a contract to support the U.K.'s fusion energy research program. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has appointed the company on all lots of its new Plant Maintenance and Operational Support Services (PMOSS) framework.