diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/JobEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/JobEngine.cs
index a6a059dcc6..115871e4a7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/JobEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Monitoring/JobEngine.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         /// <remarks>
         /// Will be null if no job is currently running.
         /// </remarks>
-        public Job CurrentJob { get; private set; }
+        private Job m_currentJob;
+        public Job CurrentJob { get { return m_currentJob;} }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Number of jobs waiting to be processed.
@@ -82,16 +83,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
 
         private CancellationTokenSource m_cancelSource;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Used to signal that we are ready to complete stop.
-        /// </summary>
-        private ManualResetEvent m_finishedProcessingAfterStop = new ManualResetEvent(false);
+        private int m_timeout = -1;
 
-        public JobEngine(string name, string loggingName)
+        private bool m_threadRunnig = false;
+
+        public JobEngine(string name, string loggingName, int timeout = -1)
         {
             Name = name;
             LoggingName = loggingName;
-
+            m_timeout = timeout;
             RequestProcessTimeoutOnStop = 5000;
         }
 
@@ -104,18 +104,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
 
                 IsRunning = true;
 
-                m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.Reset();
-
                 m_cancelSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-
-                WorkManager.StartThread(
-                    ProcessRequests,
-                    Name,
-                    ThreadPriority.Normal,
-                    false,
-                    true,
-                    null,
-                    int.MaxValue);
+                WorkManager.RunInThreadPool(ProcessRequests, null, Name, false);
+                m_threadRunnig = true;
             }
         }
 
@@ -131,20 +122,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
                     m_log.DebugFormat("[JobEngine] Stopping {0}", Name);
 
                     IsRunning = false;
-
-                    m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.Reset();
-                    if(m_jobQueue.Count <= 0)
+                    if(m_threadRunnig)
+                    {
                         m_cancelSource.Cancel();
-
-                    m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.WaitOne(RequestProcessTimeoutOnStop);
-                        m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.Close();
+                        m_threadRunnig = false;
+                    }
                 }
                 finally
                 {
                     if(m_cancelSource != null)
                         m_cancelSource.Dispose();
-                    if(m_finishedProcessingAfterStop != null)
-                        m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.Dispose();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -203,6 +190,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
         /// </param>
         public bool QueueJob(Job job)
         {
+            lock(JobLock)
+            {
+                if(!IsRunning)
+                    return false;
+                
+                if(!m_threadRunnig)
+                {
+                     WorkManager.RunInThreadPool(ProcessRequests, null, Name, false);
+                     m_threadRunnig = true;
+                }
+            }
+
             if (m_jobQueue.Count < m_jobQueue.BoundedCapacity)
             {
                 m_jobQueue.Add(job);
@@ -222,31 +221,28 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
 
                     m_warnOverMaxQueue = false;
                 }
-
                 return false;
             }
         }
 
-        private void ProcessRequests()
+        private void ProcessRequests(Object o)
         {
-            while(IsRunning || m_jobQueue.Count > 0)
+            while(IsRunning)
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    CurrentJob = m_jobQueue.Take(m_cancelSource.Token);
+                    if(!m_jobQueue.TryTake(out m_currentJob, m_timeout, m_cancelSource.Token))
+                    {
+                        lock(JobLock)
+                            m_threadRunnig = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
                 catch(ObjectDisposedException e)
                 {
-                    // If we see this whilst not running then it may be due to a race where this thread checks
-                    // IsRunning after the stopping thread sets it to false and disposes of the cancellation source.
-                    if(IsRunning)
-                        throw e;
-                    else
-                    {
-                        m_log.DebugFormat("[JobEngine] {0} stopping ignoring {1} jobs in queue",
-                                Name,m_jobQueue.Count);
-                        break;
-                    }
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[JobEngine] {0} stopping ignoring {1} jobs in queue",
+                        Name,m_jobQueue.Count);
+                    break;
                 }
                 catch(OperationCanceledException)
                 {
@@ -254,27 +250,24 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring
                 }
 
                 if(LogLevel >= 1)
-                    m_log.DebugFormat("[{0}]: Processing job {1}",LoggingName,CurrentJob.Name);
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[{0}]: Processing job {1}",LoggingName,m_currentJob.Name);
 
                 try
                 {
-                    CurrentJob.Action();
+                    m_currentJob.Action();
                 }
                 catch(Exception e)
                 {
                     m_log.Error(
                         string.Format(
-                        "[{0}]: Job {1} failed, continuing.  Exception  ",LoggingName,CurrentJob.Name),e);
+                        "[{0}]: Job {1} failed, continuing.  Exception  ",LoggingName,m_currentJob.Name),e);
                 }
 
                 if(LogLevel >= 1)
-                    m_log.DebugFormat("[{0}]: Processed job {1}",LoggingName,CurrentJob.Name);
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[{0}]: Processed job {1}",LoggingName,m_currentJob.Name);
 
-                CurrentJob = null;
+                m_currentJob = null;
             }
-
-            Watchdog.RemoveThread(false);
-            m_finishedProcessingAfterStop.Set();
         }
 
         public class Job