Junior Project Controls: Quantity & Progress Champion

Jacobs; South Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

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 projects across the U.S. The role centers on construction progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with field teams and vendors to ensure accurate progress reporting.

You will build and maintain the project quantity database, define progress measurement rules, and support progress payments while working

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, or related fields.
• Experience tracking installed quantities and progress on large industrial projects.
• Understanding of earned value management (EVM) and progress measurement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the project quantity database.
• Track quantity growth, scope changes, and quantity trends throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain 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 project 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

Construction progress tracking

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, Quantity Surveying, or a related field

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 projects across the U.S. The role centers on construction progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with field teams and vendors to ensure accurate progress reporting.

You will build and maintain the project quantity database, define progress measurement rules, and support progress payments while working