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Project Controls Professional (46304)

Jacobs

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Location
Portland, OR
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs is seeking a Project Controls Professional for its Electronics group, reporting to the Phoenix or Portland office and focusing on SDC. The role manages program and project cost controls, reporting, and financial processes; partners with project managers and cross-functional teams; and provides analyses and updates to company and client management. The position also supports cost efficiency, risk mitigation, and compliance with project and contractual objectives.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Client ManagementPresentationsProject Cost ControlsProject ReportingCost EstimatingCost ControlChange ManagementCost AnalysisCommercial OperationsFinancial AnalysisExcel MacrosMS AccessPower BIDashboard DevelopmentPrimavera P6Resource LoadingMulti-TaskingCollaborationOrganization

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or Related Field6+ Years Related Cost Controls ExperienceProject Coordination and Issue Execution ExperienceProject Controls ExperienceProgram-Related ExperiencePrimavera P6 Resource Loading Experience

Full job description

At Jacobs, we don’t settle - always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.

We are looking to add a Project Controls Professional to our team focusing on SDC. The ideal candidate will report to our Phoenix, AZ or Portland, OR office. If you’re looking for a challenge, consider joining our team where you will be a major contributor to the growth of exciting projects in our Electronics group. You will provide client management; interface, update, and make presentations to all levels of management; partner with Project Managers to ensure complete awareness of project cost, risks and provide alternative strategies for mitigation and opportunities. Jacobs utilizes advanced enterprise system platforms and data analysis solutions to support service excellence.

As a Project Controls Professional, you will have the opportunity to make a huge impact. Responsibilities include:

  • Perform the controls for the Program and all associated projects and manage the overall program cost controls and reporting function.

  • Interface with other project team members, including Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Office planning, IT, Accounting, Economics and Finance, Tax, Contracts and Legal, to facilitate compliance with execution strategy and objectives with cost efficiency.

  • Provide status reports and related project reporting analyses to company and client management.

  • Identify problems and coordinate with the project team to correct and ensure work is being coordinated between the other departments and offices to meet project cost requirements.

  • Prepare various project cost controls plans and reports, financial summaries, and related activities for project management on assigned projects.

  • Manage work processes, and procedures for cost management.

  • Evaluate projects at each stage of development to ensure cost and financial activities of the project team inclusive of ensuring client/contractual obligations have been met.

  • Review contract drafts and related terms & conditions to ensure they meet project cost controls requirements and coordinate

Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you - so we can make big impacts on the world, together.

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business or related field

  • At least 6 years of related cost controls experience

  • Experience working on various projects to include coordinating and executing project issues

  • Specific experience in cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, change management and cost analysis

  • Experience in project controls, commercial operations, with emphasis on project controls and financial issues

Ideally, you’ll also have:

  • Program related experience

  • Skills with Excel Macro level, Databases (MSAccess), Power BI and dashboard development

  • Experience with Primavera 6 resources loading

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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,677 open Project Controls jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Oregon median$90–159K/yr36 salary ranges
  • US median$29–38/hr71 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 43 open Project Controls jobs in Oregon and 2,677 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Oregon
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Project Controls postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,405 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 798 of the 2,677 open Project Controls jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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