Project Controls (LSNA-NC)

Jacobs Engineering Group; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 73,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group in Cary, North Carolina seeks a driven Project Controls professional to support our Program Management Team. You will forecast, measure progress, report on performance, and manage subcontractor performance across complex projects.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining progress frameworks, validating data, and integrating cost, schedule, and quantity data to support executive decisions. Hybrid opportunities may exist.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in construction progress measurement, earned value, or project controls.
• Experience in quantity-based progress measurement and reporting.
• Knowledge of EVM principles and performance measurement methods.
• Ability to develop and maintain WBS structures and progress frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide forecasting, progress measurement, reporting and subcontractor performance management.
• Collect, validate, analyze, and report construction progress data to support performance forecasting.
• Lead or support teams to implement quantity-based earned value and progress measurement.

Skills

Progress measurement

Earned Value Management

WBS development

Forecasting

Data validation

Communication

Subcontractor management

Excel

Project controls

Education

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

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

IPCS

Polaris

Prolog

Autodesk Navisworks

5D BIM

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

We challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a long and rewarding career working with the #1 ranked most admired engineering / construction company in the world, and the industry’s best and most innovative engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. We are looking for a driven and curious Project Controls professional in Clayton/Cary, North Carolina to support our Program Management Team.

You’ll have the chance to work on this team providing solid forecasting, progress measurement, reporting and subcontractor performance management.

Join us and we will assist in continuing the development of your skills and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related field; or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree.
• At least 2+ years of experience in construction progress measurement, quantity surveying, earned value management, project controls, or a related discipline.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and reporting quantity-based progress measurement systems.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and performance measurement methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), quantity tracking structures, and progress measurement frameworks.
• Ability to collect, validate, analyze, and report construction progress data to support performance measurement and forecasting.
• Experience performing or validating quantity takeoffs from engineering deliverables, construction drawings, or BIM models.
• Understanding of forecasting, productivity measurement, progress trending, and variance analysis.
• Ability to interpret engineering and construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, P&IDs, and isometrics.
• Experience working directly with construction management teams, subcontractors, and field personnel to verify reported progress and resolve data discrepancies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and project performance reporting tools.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to prepare and present progress and earned value performance reports.

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have:

• Experience leading quantity surveyors, progress measurement specialists, or project controls teams.
• Advanced knowledge of earned value management, including Rules of Credit, progress curves, CPI/SPI analysis, EAC, ETC, productivity metrics, and performance factor forecasting.
• Experience implementing quantity-based earned value systems on large capital, industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or EPC projects.
• Experience establishing progress measurement governance, reporting standards, quality assurance processes, and enterprise-level quantity management frameworks.
• Knowledge of CSI MasterFormat, UniFormat, contract requirements, change management, claims evaluation, and commercial impacts related to progress measurement.
• Primavera P6 experience, including progress integration, resource loading, cost loading, and performance reporting.
• Expertise in quantity surveying methodologies across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning work phases.
• Experience integrating cost, schedule, and quantity data to support project forecasting and executive decision-making.
• Proficiency with project controls, estimating, and reporting systems, including Prolog, Polaris, IPCS, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Experience developing digital dashboards, automated reporting solutions, and performance analytics tools.
• Experience with BIM-enabled quantity surveying and model-based progress measurement, including Autodesk Navisworks and 5D BIM workflows.
• Experience validating construction progress using reality capture technologies, LiDAR scanning, point clouds, drone imagery, or geospatial verification methods.
• Knowledge of connected digital delivery environments and model-based project controls workflows.

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Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $73,100.00 to $120,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis, as required by the nature of their role.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .