Engicon’s story begins in 1988, when civil engineer Marwan Zureiqat, a postgraduate of Stanford University and the American University of Beirut, founded the Jordanian Consulting Engineer (JCE). In 2004, the company rebranded as Engicon to reflect a broader regional mandate and a growing portfolio of multidisciplinary engineering work.

Vertical and Geographic Growth

Through the 1990s and early 2000s, Engicon gradually added new disciplines as its capabilities expanded. The company moved from a narrow focus on buildings and construction into water and wastewater, transportation, environmental services, industrial facilities, and urban development. This expansion was matched by formal recognition in 2006, when Engicon secured the highest available “1-A” classification in all disciplines from Jordan’s Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

A major structural milestone came in 2007 with the establishment of Engicon O&M, created to deliver operations and management solutions for water utilities and treatment plants. This gave Engicon a long-term role in the performance of assets it had helped design, and paved the way for build–operate–transfer contracts and blended finance models in the water and wastewater sector.

Transition to Employee Ownership (2008–2009)

In parallel, Engicon restructured its ownership. Up to 2008, the company was family-owned. In 2009, more than half of its shares were transferred to employees, establishing an employee-owned business model supported by an Employee Savings Fund and a deliberately flat organizational structure. The goal was to reduce bureaucracy, strengthen staff retention, and link day-to-day performance to the long-term health of the firm.

From the mid-2000s onward, Engicon pursued a structured expansion beyond Jordan. It began competing for and delivering projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, and other markets. By 2014, management realized for the first time that Engicon was doing more business outside Jordan than within, confirming that regional work had become central to its activity.

As its presence in the Gulf grew, Engicon invested in local entities. In Saudi Arabia, Engicon obtained a Grade 1 engineering consultancy classification from the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing, confirming the firm’s top-tier status in both its home market and one of the region’s largest economies. In 2024, the firm established a Regional Headquarters (RHQ) in Riyadh, further strengthening its presence in the Kingdom.

Praxis Partnership (2015)

In 2015, Engicon acquired a controlling stake in Praxis, the renowned Amman-based architecture and urban design practice. This partnership added design-led architectural and urban capacity to Engicon’s engineering base and allowed the group to take on larger integrated projects that combine planning, architecture, public realm, and complex engineering systems.

International Recognition (2016–2025)

Recognition at the international level followed. In 2016, Engicon entered Engineering News-Record’s Top 225 International Design Firms list and has remained on it ever since, with a 2025 ranking of #180.

Resilience and Workforce Growth

Throughout the global financial crisis, successive regional conflicts, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Engicon maintained its workforce and continued to secure new projects rather than contracting in size. Management links this resilience to its diversified portfolio, regional spread, and employee-ownership model. Over time, headcount has grown to more than 600 employees, supported by Engicon O&M and the Praxis partnership.

A Structured Trajectory

Today, Engicon’s history can be read as a sequence of deliberate steps: local foundation in Amman, gradual diversification of disciplines, national and regional top-tier classification, expansion into operations via Engicon O&M, transition to employee ownership, regional expansion, the Praxis partnership, and sustained presence in ENR’s Top 225. Each step has moved the company from a Jordan-based consultancy to a regional and international engineering group that combines design, operations, and training in a structure built for long-term growth.