Senior Project Controls: Quantities & Progress Lead

Jacobs; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

PPTO (Personal Paid Time Off)

Holiday leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional to support on-site assignments in the U.S. You will manage quantities, track progress, and support earned value reporting for large industrial projects, collaborating with construction teams and vendors.

The role requires 10+ years in project controls, a degree in Construction Management or Engineering, and experience with Oracle, EcoSys, Unifier, and Synchro.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, quantity surveying, cost controls, scheduling, or a related degree.
• Experience tracking and reporting installed quantities 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 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 contractor-reported progress against field conditions and measurable quantities.
• 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

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Earned value

Progress reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional to support on-site assignments in the U.S. You will manage quantities, track progress, and support earned value reporting for large industrial projects, collaborating with construction teams and vendors.

The role requires 10+ years in project controls, a degree in Construction Management or Engineering, and experience with Oracle, EcoSys, Unifier, and Synchro.