A major west Houston employer has acquired a Houston-based engineering firm, growing its presence in the oil and gas industry. Pasadena, Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), west Houston’s eighth largest employer, announced it has acquired Eagleton Engineering LLC. The acquisition enhances Jacobs’ capabilities in midstream and upstream pipeline engineering, design and field surveying services. Founded in 1965, Eagleton specializes in pipeline engineering, primarily…