Assistant Project Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Affords project manager in planning work schedule and coordinating project activities to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
• Advise project manager of potential problems, work interferences, schedule difficulties. Assist in circumventing/resolving such problems as required.
• Oversees day-to-day project tasks to include submittals, material requisitions, requests for information, applications for payment, and job review packages.
• Secures equipment price quotes, orders equipment, and tracks delivery.
• Visits job sites daily and performs work inspections, checks job progress, and resolves project and contract issues.
• Prepares special reports, studies, statistical analysis per supervisor’s request. Such items usually require research, development and/or interpretation of data and are performed with little supervision or instruction.
• Heads up project quality walks with Foreman and or Superintendent(s).
• Compiles Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manuals.
• Completes project closeout documents within two weeks of warranty date or final project billing.
• Reads, reviews and understands project estimates and understand entry of estimate breakout into job cost system.
• Performs or facilitates material takeoff, estimating and pricing procedures for changes to work scope as well as for new project estimating.
• Attends and represents the project team at various meetings.
• Creates project billing on projects monthly in accordance with each General Contractor’s processes under PM supervision.
• Reviews accounts receivable.
• Contacts customer regarding accounts noted above which may require lien notification action. Advises Project Manager and gets guidance on what lien related notifications to initiate.
• Reviews labor productivity reports with superintendent and foreman for each trade to foster effective project communication and help insure accurate labor projections.
• Reviews and manages the project financials with the use of the FAC report and all Solomon tools.
• Affords assistance to management and marketing in developing and maintaining strong business relationships with owners, contractors, vendors, and other company personnel.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

• Normally works out of a job trailer or in an office setting, but walks the construction worksite on a regular basis.
• Ability to physically negotiate the hazards of a new construction worksite (e.g. uneven surfaces, floor openings, heights, construction debris and poor lighting).
• Ability to work the schedule required by job demands.
• Ability to be on the job site daily to check progress, inspect work and conduct meetings to resolve issues.
• Ability to operate a personal computer and be proficient in related company software products.