Junior Project Controls: Quantity & Progress Tracker

Jacobs; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

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 work across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed, and earning progress through established procedures.

You’ll collaborate with construction teams and vendors to validate data, supporting progress payments and reporting. Growth opportunities align with Jacobs’ TogetherBeyond culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, quantity surveying, cost controls, scheduling, or a related degree.

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

Progress tracking

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Earned value management

Data analysis

Reporting

Education

Construction Management degree

Engineering degree

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 work across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed, and earning progress through established procedures.

You’ll collaborate with construction teams and vendors to validate data, supporting progress payments and reporting. Growth opportunities align with Jacobs’ TogetherBeyond culture.