Junior Project Controls: Quantity & Progress Specialist

Jacobs; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

PPTO (unlimited for salaried roles)

7 paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Job summary

At Jacobs, a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Professional will support an ongoing site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future projects across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with construction teams and vendors.

You will maintain the project quantity database, define progress criteria, validate contractor-reported progress, and support field walkdowns.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in project controls or construction progress tracking

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the project quantity database
• Track quantity growth, scope changes, and quantity trends
• 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

Earned value management

Progress reporting

Power BI

Education

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

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

At Jacobs, a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Professional will support an ongoing site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future projects across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with construction teams and vendors.

You will maintain the project quantity database, define progress criteria, validate contractor-reported progress, and support field walkdowns.