Assistant Project Manager

About the role

The Assistant Project Manager is responsible for managing complex large construction projects, exercising functional authority for project planning, organization, control, integration, and completion. This role involves leading project teams, communicating with clients to ensure quality and timely project completion, and identifying opportunities to add value.

Responsibilities

• Manages complex large construction projects, including hospitality, healthcare, airports, etc.
• Exercises and manages functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering projects.
• Plans and formulates management processes and organizes project staff according to project requirements.
• Implements quality controls with review and design compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements and related specifications.
• Manages staff and activities concerned with scheduling and resolving engineering design and construction problems.
• Provides direct oversight and evaluates/approves design changes, specifications and drawing releases.
• Controls expenditures within limitations of project budget.
• Reviews project plans and proposals, then works with clients to develop project objectives.
• Identifies project responsibilities by determining the phases and elements of the project.
• Calculates time frames and sequences the stages of the project.
• Prepares and distributes a description and timeline of the project.
• Studies product design, customer requirements, performance standards, then determines project specifications.
• Presents cost estimates and performance standards.
• Reviews contractor bids; interviews and assigns personnel to specific phases and elements of the project.
• Oversees and coordinates the technical aspects of the project through project coordination meetings and other forms of communication.
• Prepares status reports and regularly monitors budgets, contractors, and schedules.
• Allocates project resources appropriately; approves expenditures; employee contractor contracts.
• Maintains an accurate record and electronic data base of all elements of the projects.
• Completes work accurately and in a timely manner with the ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrates excellent oral, written & communication skills, along with tact, diplomacy, and strong customer service orientation.
• Prioritizes work activities and receives and assumes multiple job duties as assigned.
• Maintains effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Follows RLB’s policies and procedures, including confidential proprietary information.
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.

  Requirements

  • Minimum Education (or substitute experience): 4-year college degree in architecture, construction management or engineering science.
  • Minimum Experience required: Requires over eight (8) years of relevant proven experience.
  • Skills Required: Efficient in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel and have experience with PowerPoint and Visio; ability to use and apply extensive knowledge for a specific engineering field and budget and timeline software. Experience with procedures and processes of a general contractor.

  Qualifications

  • Physical Requirements And Working Conditions: Often work in an indoor office environment. Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines. Essential physical tasks include: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone. May work on site location to include ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary motion and ability to lift 50lbs.

  Benefits

  RLB offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including:

  • Competitive salary range: $77,500 - $101,500
  • Professional growth opportunities
  • Confidential proprietary information protection
  • Team collaboration and effective communication
  • Commitment to delivering customer service excellence

  Schedule

  Full-time position.

  Pay

  Salary range: $77,500 - $101,500.