Progress Measurement Quantity Surveyor (LSNA-TX)

Our team is looking to add a Progress Measurement Quantity Surveyor to its team responsible for award winning projects. If you’re looking for a challenge, consider joining our team where you will be a major contributor to the growth of exciting projects. This position is onsite at our client location in Northeast Houston, Texas

Performing client management, interfacing, updates, and presentations at all levels of management, the Quantity Surveying Professional partners with Project Managers and project teams to maintain clear visibility of project quantities, progress, productivity, performance trends, and forecast outcomes. Jacobs utilizes advanced enterprise systems and data analytics solutions to support accurate, consistent, and timely project performance reporting.

You’ll have the opportunity to make a significant impact. Specifically, we’ll look for you to thoroughly understand the principles of progress measurement, quantity surveying, and project performance management.

Additionally, there will be opportunities to develop and maintain productive cross-discipline relationships across engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls teams.

• Proactively monitor, validate, and communicate quantities, installed progress, earned progress, productivity, and forecast performance for projects.
• Consolidate quantity and progress data to support performance measurement, trend analysis, and forecasting.
• Develop accurate and timely quantity and progress forecasts, identifying potential variances and performance trends.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of quantity tracking structures, progress measurement plans, and Rules of Credit.
• Create client and internal status reports that effectively communicate quantity status, progress performance, productivity, trends, and key areas of concern.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field; or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree.
• 4+ years of experience in quantity surveying, estimating, cost management, or project controls on large capital projects.
• Strong experience performing and validating quantity takeoffs from drawings, specifications, isometrics, and BIM models.
• Experience establishing and maintaining quantity baselines, tracking structures, and forecasts across multiple construction disciplines.
• Ability to reconcile estimated, designed, procured, installed, and forecast quantities and identify quantity growth and trends.
• Strong understanding of construction estimating, unit rates, productivity, progress measurement, and forecasting.
• Experience supporting change management through quantity validation, scope evaluation, and impact assessment.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to communicate quantity trends, risks, and recommendations to project teams.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

• Experience serving as a Lead or Senior Quantity Surveyor on large EPC/EPCM, industrial, pharmaceutical, or life sciences projects.
• Experience developing quantity management standards, procedures, coding structures, and governance.
• Experience integrating quantity, cost, schedule, progress, and productivity data to support forecasting and project decisions.
• Knowledge of UniFormat, Bills of Quantities, contract management, and change management.
• Experience with BIM-enabled quantity takeoffs and tools such as Autodesk Navisworks, Power BI, Primavera P6, or similar platforms.
• Experience mentoring Quantity Surveyors and providing technical guidance on quantity management practices.

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