Junior Project Controls Specialist: Quantities & Progress

Jacobs; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PPTO for full-time employees

7 paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional to support a site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future work across the U.S. You’ll work with a dedicated controls team to track quantities, measure progress, and support payments on large projects.

The role requires 3+ years in project controls, knowledge of EVM, and experience with field validation.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls and progress tracking on large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, or mission-critical projects.
• Experience validating contractor progress and supporting progress payment reviews.
• Understanding of earned value management (EVM) principles 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

Progress tracking

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Junior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional to support a site-based assignment in Spartanburg, SC or Baton Rouge, LA, with future work across the U.S. You’ll work with a dedicated controls team to track quantities, measure progress, and support payments on large projects.

The role requires 3+ years in project controls, knowledge of EVM, and experience with field validation.