Assistant Project Manager - Construction Materials Testing

About the role

Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 8,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 200 locations nationwide. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon’s growth is due to our talented employee-owners exceeding expectations in client service and growing their careers with new and exciting opportunities in the marketplace. Terracon was recognized as the #1 firm in Asbestos and Lead Abatement.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of a facilities, materials, environmental, or geotechnical engineering project to ensure that it is safely completed on time and within scope and budget.
• Complete the project as per its contracted scope; monitor progress and performance against the project plan.
• Troubleshoot and recommend or resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
• May be responsible for resource management, project scheduling, budgets and forecasts, and working with external vendors, subcontractors or contractors.
• Conduct meetings and prepare reports to communicate the status of the project to project team and client.
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinate project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• May have responsibilities to communicate with the client and deliver work products to satisfaction of client.
• Coverage with APR to make sure that APR has opportunity to engage throughout the project, particularly at critical junctures.
• Is involved with approving invoices, preparing change orders, and collections.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision manage a small project, or one phase of a large project.
• Implement an established project plan.
• Identify, resolve, or escalate operational problems and minimize delays.
• Lead safety efforts including preparation and compliance with approved safety plan.
• Analyze project requirements and perform calculations or writes reports and completes deliverables.
• Cookordinate the activities of outside contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and the firm receives satisfactory standards of service.
• Estate the costs, resources, and time required to complete the assigned phase of a project and monitor activities, allocate resources and assign tasks to ensure these targets are met.
• Conduct project meetings and prepare regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team.
• Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinates project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• Submits project deliverables to client as per contract scope and schedule.
• Responsible to deliver work within approved budget.
• Coverage with APR to ensure appropriate oversight is in place and sufficient time allowed for reviews of all critical junctures.
• Develop understanding and be aware of project-related risk. Be familiar with what could go wrong on a project and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies. Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Promote pre-task planning for all projects. Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline practices by the Firm including Engineering, Environmental Science or Geology and a minimum of 2 years’ related experience.
• Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years’ related experience.
• A valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history may be required.