Assistant Project Manager

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Track the status of field construction projects.
• Aid in project scheduling.
• Update tracking and communication tools (Smartsheet, Excel, performance metric charts, and tables).
• Maintain and facilitate programs to collect production in the field using mobile communication platforms.
• Validate proper work package submission for billing.
• Assist General Forepersons as necessary to resolve daily operational issues.
• Monitor and report on adherence to production reporting processes.
• Affirm and submit reports to utility customers.
• Coordinate and review metrics for General Forepersons (GF) and Project Managers (PM).
• Ensure customer billing submission and processing within contractual guidelines.
• Review GF productivity with Supervisors, identifying areas for improvement and best practices.
• Train new hires on the proper billing process/submission.
• Monitor unit-based billing, determining profitable areas with monthly synopsis to the Regional Manager.
• Develop a standard set of process maps for billing customers, ensuring timely submission.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication with all levels of internal organization and the customer, from field personnel to executive leadership.
• Intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and charts.
• Experience using Smartsheet is preferred but not required.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders.
• Ability to anticipate needs, be proactive, resourceful, and flexible in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to analyze large volumes of data and perform metrics analysis.

Education & Experience

• Two-year college degree in construction management, engineering, or other related areas or equivalent experience.
• Business experience is preferred.

Benefits

We offer a competitive range of benefits to support our employees’ health, well-being, and financial security. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment. For more information on the benefits available for this role, please contact the recruiter or hiring manager.

Safety

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools, be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods, be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, be able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary, be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day, have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain, be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, be able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate and handle conflict professionally.

Physical Requirements

• RARE (less than 10%): stooping, kneeling, squatting, body twisting, crawling, climbing on/off a truck, climbing poles, gripping, climbing ladders, balancing
• OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): standing, sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, seeing distant, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., seeing, reaching, range of motion, depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.
• FREQUENT (up to 66%): walking
• CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range