Senior Quantity & Progress Lead - Onsite Project Controls

Jacobs; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs seeks 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. The role emphasizes accurate progress tracking, quantity reporting, and working with the project controls team and vendors on a lifecycle basis.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in project controls with EVMS experience, and a background in large-scale industrial projects.

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.
• 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

Progress tracking

Earned value management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

Job description

Jacobs seeks 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. The role emphasizes accurate progress tracking, quantity reporting, and working with the project controls team and vendors on a lifecycle basis.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in project controls with EVMS experience, and a background in large-scale industrial projects.