Onsite Junior Project Controls: Quantity & Progress

Jacobs; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase at discount

Deferred compensation

Executive Deferral Plan

Unlimited PPTO

Seven paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Performance bonus

Stock options

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 projects across the U.S. You will maintain the project quantity database, track progress and changes, and establish measurement procedures for construction.

You will collaborate with project controls teams, validate contractor progress, support progress payments, and maintain Power BI dashboards to track performance and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, quantity surveying, cost controls, scheduling, or a related degree.
• Experience tracking and reporting installed quantities and progress on large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, or mission-critical projects.
• 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

Construction progress tracking

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Earned value management (EVM)

Progress reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Project Controls degree 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 projects across the U.S. You will maintain the project quantity database, track progress and changes, and establish measurement procedures for construction.

You will collaborate with project controls teams, validate contractor progress, support progress payments, and maintain Power BI dashboards to track performance and