What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Controls Professional (Central or Eastern Regions - US) position at Jacobs?
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact
We’re seeking a senior Project Controls Professional to be a part of the project controls team located in Greenville, SC who has a comprehensive understanding of Project Controls principles, theories, concepts, current industry practices and standards. You can live anywhere within the U.S. to support our team successfully, ideally in the Central or Eastern Region of the U.S.
You will be key in setting up, monitoring, and forecasting all elements on the project for both cost and schedule. You'll be responsible to collaborate within the team to develop and build project schedules using Interactive Planning sessions. You will status the schedule activities, perform critical path analysis, integrate change notices with known impacts and provide recommendations to the project team, which will help drive us to a successful project delivery. You will also be responsible to resource load the schedule to determine peak staffing needs within Engineering and Construction.
You may be responsible for all cost elements of the project, including scope changes, inputting or updating budget information, expenditure information, and forecasts into the cost reporting system(s). We’ll lean on you to prepare and analyze revenue and cost for both home office and construction services, this would also include recommending corrective actions to the project manager. We will also tap into your expertise as you meet commitments made to the client, individually or as a team, to complete work by certain dates or within agreed effort hour or cost budgets.
Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment. We’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what inspires you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.
Your most impactful mission in this role is to act as a champion for our TogetherBeyond culture of caring at Jacobs. TogetherBeyond is our approach to living inclusion every day and enabling diversity and quality globally. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives.
At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
Here's what you'll need
Your impact
We’re seeking a senior Project Controls Professional to be a part of the project controls team located in Greenville, SC who has a comprehensive understanding of Project Controls principles, theories, concepts, current industry practices and standards. You can live anywhere within the U.S. to support our team successfully, ideally in the Central or Eastern Region of the U.S.
You will be key in setting up, monitoring, and forecasting all elements on the project for both cost and schedule. You'll be responsible to collaborate within the team to develop and build project schedules using Interactive Planning sessions. You will status the schedule activities, perform critical path analysis, integrate change notices with known impacts and provide recommendations to the project team, which will help drive us to a successful project delivery. You will also be responsible to resource load the schedule to determine peak staffing needs within Engineering and Construction.
You may be responsible for all cost elements of the project, including scope changes, inputting or updating budget information, expenditure information, and forecasts into the cost reporting system(s). We’ll lean on you to prepare and analyze revenue and cost for both home office and construction services, this would also include recommending corrective actions to the project manager. We will also tap into your expertise as you meet commitments made to the client, individually or as a team, to complete work by certain dates or within agreed effort hour or cost budgets.
Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment. We’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what inspires you – so we can make big impacts on the world, together.
Your most impactful mission in this role is to act as a champion for our TogetherBeyond culture of caring at Jacobs. TogetherBeyond is our approach to living inclusion every day and enabling diversity and quality globally. For us, this means creating a culture of belonging where we all thrive by embracing all perspectives.
At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical years of experience
- At least 15 years of demonstrated Project Controls experience in the following markets Consumer Products, Pulp & Paper, Foundry, Grains, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Chemical Processing, Electric Vehicles, and/or Data Centers
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
- Proven experience with Project Controls principles and methods including, but not limited to Budgeting and Forecasting, Change Ownership Systems / Procedures, Work Breakdown Structures, Earned Value Systems, Contingency, Schedule Planning, development, updating, and resource loading
- Ability to effectively communicate with project management, other project leads, the client, vendors, and construction management
- Ability to identify potential problems and elevate these to the appropriate level(s) of management
- Thorough planning and organizational skills
- Willingness to travel up to 25%. The travel would be mainly for project kickoffs, IAP’s, and field walk downs as needed.
- Ability to perform presentations to Jacobs management team
- Experience in Eco-Sys
- Experience in InEight
- Experience in Unifier
- Experience in Synchro
