Planner/Scheduler/Cost Control Professional -- San Francisco CA

Job description

Jacobs seeks an experienced, hands-on Planning, Scheduling, and Cost Control Professional to join our project controls team supporting engineering and construction programs in San Francisco/Bay Area CA and the Western region. This role combines Mid-level schedule leadership with cost management and impact delay support to drive timely, cost-effective project delivery while collaborating across engineering, construction, and commercial teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development, maintenance, and analysis of project schedules including integrated master schedules and CPM logic.
• Resource and cost load schedules and perform schedule optimization, milestone analysis, and percent-complete updates.
• Prepare, review, and present schedule and cost analysis reports graphically and in writing for project teams and clients.
• Implement and administer project-specific change control and time impact analysis; support claims and change order preparation and resolution.

Execute cost control processes

• collect, consolidate, and validate cost data; develop timely cost forecasts, cashflows, and variance analyses.
• Monitor budget, actuals, and forecasts; identify trends and recommend corrective actions or mitigation programs.
• Provide Earned Value Management reporting and interpretation.
• Collaborate with estimating, planning, risk, and project leadership to align schedule, cost, and quantity controls.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to less experienced project controls staff.
• Ensure project controls practices satisfy contract requirements and support client invoicing.
• Participate in constructability and value engineering reviews to identify schedule and cost improvements.
• Maintain on-site presence is required. Please Note - to be successful in this role, you'll have the ability to work onsite with our client on a daily basis. 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.
• Minimum 5 years of planning and scheduling experience on engineering and/or construction projects.
• Minimum 5 years of cost management / cost control experience.
• Degree in a related field.
• Expert, hands-on user of Primavera P6 including resource and cost loading, stored periods, and Earned Value reporting.
• Demonstrated experience with Earned Value Management.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel including tables, XLOOKUP, INDEX, filtering, data manipulation, and summarization.
• Thorough understanding of building construction methods, timelines, and industry practices.
• Experience with claims analysis and change order processes.
• Proven planning and scheduling approach and judgment (not solely a P6 administrator).
• Ability to work On-Site daily with our client. Ideally, you'll have
• 7+ years of planning and scheduling experience.
• EPC, EPCM, or multi-phase project experience.
• Rail experience.
• Ability to develop WBS for large complex projects and lead Interactive Planning Sessions translating outcomes into CPM schedules.
• Experience managing contractors’ schedulers
• Experience creating integrated master schedules for large projects and programs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business acumen skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to present technical material to diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to gain familiarity with company-standard project control systems and ability to implement them effectively. 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.

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