Assistant Project Manager

About the role

The Assistant Project Manager will play a crucial role in our Operations team, supporting Project Managers and field staff in keeping projects running smoothly from preconstruction through closeout. Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain schedules, track milestones, and ensure smooth communication across all stakeholders
• Manage material procurement and ensure submittals and fabrication timelines align with project schedules
• Collaborate with clients and vendors to develop and maintain procurement and tracking logs for owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) items
• Affiliate with QA/QC efforts, including tracking punch list completion and managing commissioning items with urgency and attention to detail
• Participate in scope reviews during purchasing to help identify and eliminate gaps or overlaps in work packages
• Review project budgets, bids, and change orders to ensure accuracy and alignment with project goals
• Support project documentation and reporting, including RFIs, meeting minutes, and issue logs, ensuring information is accurate and distributed promptly
• Promote jobsite safety by monitoring procedures and coordinating with the Superintendent and Safety team when needed

Requirements

• 4 year degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a similar construction-related field
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the built construction world

Skills

• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Advanced organizational and documentation capabilities
• Working knowledge of the bidding/budgeting process based on contract documents
• Intermediate knowledge of profit components and billing standards
• Experience utilizing Procore for scheduling and overall project management, and Sage for estimating
• Working knowledge of building construction components and systems for conceptual budgets
• Exposure to and general understanding of quantity take-offs, qualification of subcontractor bids, scheduling, general conditions and any project constraints or coordination issues

Benefits

• Skender pays 100% of the premium for health insurance (medical, dental, & vision)
• Annual deposit into health savings account
• Retail plan with 100% match up to 5% of gross earnings
• Tuition reimbursement for continued learning opportunities
• Employee referral program
• Wellness incentives
• Paid time off
• Parental leave for mothers and fathers
• Free employee assistance program services
• Free short- & long-term disability insurance

EEO Statement

At Skender, our values guide our behavior and shape our actions. Our promise is an authentic commitment to equality, opportunity, and a respectful work environment for all. We embrace individuality and listen to diverse voices. We believe that hiring those with different experiences and backgrounds, ultimately enhances our expertise as an organization. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.