Assistant Project Manager

About the role

As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll support large-scale data center construction projects, coordinating workflows, ensuring quality, and enabling on-time, on-budget delivery. Your support helps ensure operational excellence and exceptional client experience across all project phases.

Responsibilities

• Shadow experienced Project Managers to learn project workflows, communication protocols, and stakeholder interactions.
• Participate in training programs to build knowledge of data center infrastructure and operations.
• Learn processes and begin managing scope over portions of projects, including understanding quality and standards.
• Afford internal and external resources to ensure work remains within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Gather required project documentation.
• Support quality control processes, including inspections.
• Afford client-facing interactions.
• Afford cost control functions.
• Maintain and update construction schedules.
• Lead and coordinate project meetings.
• Prepare and distribute project status reports.
• Serve as a key owner/client interface.
• Afford bid package development.
• Afford change order negotiations.
• Promote and practice safety management.
• Manage subcontractor and supplier contract administration.
• Afford owner contract administration.
• Manage RFI tracking and resolution.
• Track trade progress and installation activities.
• Manage submittal workflows.
• Set up and maintain projects in the PMIS.
• Support BIM model coordination.
• Manage closeout processes.

Qualifications

• Experience with Data Center Operations (Infrastructure, Low Voltage, or Electrical)
• 2–4 years of experience supporting construction projects

Education / Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Data Center build outs (Infrastructure, Low Voltage, or Electrical)
• High school diploma or GED required

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance bonus
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision
• First-time homebuyer program
• Collaborative workplace

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to hear, speak and exchange information with fellow employees.
• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment including laptops, keyboards, monitors, and phones.
• The employee is required to sit at a desk/work area for extended periods of time.
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as viewing a computer terminal; preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; extensive reading.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.