Senior Quantity & Progress Tracker – Project Controls (Onsite)

Jacobs; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 105,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PPTO

Seven paid holidays

Caregiver leave

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. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantity reporting, and earned value management within a dedicated project controls team.

You’ll maintain databases, validate contractor progress, and support progress payments while advancing reporting tools and Power BI dashboards for informed

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

Construction progress tracking

Quantity surveying

Cost controls

Scheduling

Earned value management

Weekly/monthly reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, Quantity Surveying, or a related field

Tools

Oracle

EcoSys

Unifier

Synchro

CCP

CCM

PMP

RMP

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. The role focuses on accurate progress tracking, quantity reporting, and earned value management within a dedicated project controls team.

You’ll maintain databases, validate contractor progress, and support progress payments while advancing reporting tools and Power BI dashboards for informed