Senior Project Controls: Quantity & Progress Lead

Jacobs; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Unlimited PPTO

Seven paid holidays

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Senior Quantity and Progress Tracking Project Controls Professional for an on-site assignment with future projects across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with construction teams and vendors to manage project lifecycle data.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in project controls, strong EVMS understanding, and experience with large industrial or infrastructure programs.

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 and physical progress on large industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, or mission-critical projects.
• Working knowledge of construction sequencing, installation methods, and field execution practices across multiple disciplines.
• Experience validating contractor progress and supporting progress payment reviews.
• Understanding of earned value management (EVM) principles and progress measurement methodologies.
• Ability to analyze planned versus actual progress and identify schedule or productivity variances.
• 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

Quantity surveying

Earned value management

Progress tracking

Cost controls

Scheduling

Field execution

Data analysis

Vendor coordination

Power BI

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 for an on-site assignment with future projects across the U.S. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantities installed reporting, and collaboration with construction teams and vendors to manage project lifecycle data.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in project controls, strong EVMS understanding, and experience with large industrial or infrastructure programs.