Project Controls (LSNA-NC)

We challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a long and rewarding career working with the #1 ranked most admired engineering / construction company in the world, and the industry’s best and most innovative engineers, then Jacobs is where you belong. We are looking for a driven and curious Project Controls professional in Clayton/Cary, North Carolina to support our Program Management Team.

You’ll have the chance to work on this team providing solid forecasting, progress measurement, reporting and subcontractor performance management.

Join us and we will assist in continuing the development of your skills and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Controls, or a related field; or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree.

• At least 2+ years of experience in construction progress measurement, quantity surveying, earned value management, project controls, or a related discipline.

• Experience developing, maintaining, and reporting quantity-based progress measurement systems.

• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and performance measurement methodologies.

• Experience developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), quantity tracking structures, and progress measurement frameworks.

• Ability to collect, validate, analyze, and report construction progress data to support performance measurement and forecasting.

• Experience performing or validating quantity takeoffs from engineering deliverables, construction drawings, or BIM models.

• Understanding of forecasting, productivity measurement, progress trending, and variance analysis.

• Ability to interpret engineering and construction documentation, including drawings, specifications, P&IDs, and isometrics.

• Experience working directly with construction management teams, subcontractors, and field personnel to verify reported progress and resolve data discrepancies.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and project performance reporting tools.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to prepare and present progress and earned value performance reports.

Ideally, here’s what you’ll also have:

• Experience leading quantity surveyors, progress measurement specialists, or project controls teams.

• Advanced knowledge of earned value management, including Rules of Credit, progress curves, CPI/SPI analysis, EAC, ETC, productivity metrics, and performance factor forecasting.

• Experience implementing quantity-based earned value systems on large capital, industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or EPC projects.

• Experience establishing progress measurement governance, reporting standards, quality assurance processes, and enterprise-level quantity management frameworks.

• Knowledge of CSI MasterFormat, UniFormat, contract requirements, change management, claims evaluation, and commercial impacts related to progress measurement.

• Primavera P6 experience, including progress integration, resource loading, cost loading, and performance reporting.

• Expertise in quantity surveying methodologies across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning work phases.

• Experience integrating cost, schedule, and quantity data to support project forecasting and executive decision-making.

• Proficiency with project controls, estimating, and reporting systems, including Prolog, Polaris, IPCS, Power BI, or similar platforms.

• Experience developing digital dashboards, automated reporting solutions, and performance analytics tools.

• Experience with BIM-enabled quantity surveying and model-based progress measurement, including Autodesk Navisworks and 5D BIM workflows.

• Experience validating construction progress using reality capture technologies, LiDAR scanning, point clouds, drone imagery, or geospatial verification methods.

• Knowledge of connected digital delivery environments and model-based project controls workflows.

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