Junior Project Controls: Quantities & Progress Tracker

Jacobs; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Company stock purchase

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional for a site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future on-site projects across the U.S. This role supports a dedicated project controls team, focusing on progress tracking, quantity verification, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a background in construction progress tracking and earned value management, and is comfortable working with field teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, cost controls, scheduling, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the project quantity database.
• Track quantity growth, scope changes, and quantity trends throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish progress measurement procedures, rules, and weighting methodologies.
• Define measurable progress quantities and percent-complete criteria for Construction.
• Collect, validate, and track installed quantities to measure actual progress.
• Review and verify contractor-reported progress against field conditions and measurable quantities.
• Conduct or support field walkdowns to validate progress and installed work.
• Calculate earned quantities, earned progress, and percent complete for reporting purposes.
• Monitor and report planned vs. actual quantities, progress performance, and productivity trends.
• Track completed quantities against contractor invoices and support validation of progress payments.
• Maintain progress reporting tools, databases, Power BI dashboards, and reporting systems.

Skills

Project controls

Quantity tracking

Construction sequencing

Progress validation

Earned value management

Schedule analysis

Project reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management / Engineering / Project Controls

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional for a site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future on-site projects across the U.S. This role supports a dedicated project controls team, focusing on progress tracking, quantity verification, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a background in construction progress tracking and earned value management, and is comfortable working with field teams