Senior Quantity & Progress Tracker – Project Controls

Jacobs; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off + holidays

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 opportunities across the U.S. This role drives accurate progress tracking and quantity reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

You will be part of a dedicated project controls team, ensuring reliable earned value, progress measurement, and data integrity while collaborating with construction teams and vendors to deliver

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.
• Proficiency with construction sequencing, installation methods, and field execution practices across multiple disciplines.
• 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 experience

Earned value management (EVM)

Progress tracking

Reporting

Schedule analysis

Education

Construction Management degree

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 opportunities across the U.S. This role drives accurate progress tracking and quantity reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

You will be part of a dedicated project controls team, ensuring reliable earned value, progress measurement, and data integrity while collaborating with construction teams and vendors to deliver