Senior Project Controls: Quantities & Progress Tracking

Jacobs; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Deferred compensation

Executive deferral plan

Unlimited PPTO

7 holidays

Caregiver leave

Merit increases

Discretionary bonus

Stock

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior 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. You will join a dedicated project controls team, ensuring accurate progress tracking and quantities installed reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires a strong background in construction progress tracking, earned value management, and disciplined data reporting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in project controls, construction progress tracking, quantity surveying, cost controls, scheduling, or related degree.
• Experience tracking and reporting installed quantities and physical progress on large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, or mission-critical projects.
• Understanding of earned value management (EVM) principles and progress measurement methodologies.
• Experience supporting weekly and monthly project reporting processes.

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

EVM (Earned Value Management)

Progress reporting

Data analysis

Field collaboration

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's in Construction Management

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Senior 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. You will join a dedicated project controls team, ensuring accurate progress tracking and quantities installed reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires a strong background in construction progress tracking, earned value management, and disciplined data reporting.