Assistant Project Manager - Mission Critical - Colorado Springs

About the role

The Assistant Project Manager supports the Project Manager in planning, coordinating, and executing large scale, schedule driven mission-critical electrical construction projects, including data centers and other complex infrastructure environments. This role requires a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and collaboration, contributing to the successful delivery of projects with tight timelines, high levels of coordination, and technical complexity.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing comprehensive, schedule driven project plans that define scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines, applying ingenuity and critical thinking to support successful execution.

• Partner with the Project Manager to identify and coordinate human and material resources, ensuring efficient utilization and alignment with project milestones.

• Assign tasks, communicate expectations, and support team members to keep work progressing smoothly and on schedule.

• Proactively monitor project risks, resolve issues, and adapt plans as needed—balancing flexibility, accountability, and sound judgment.

• Implement and support quality control procedures that ensure construction activities meet the highest standards of craftsmanship and excellence.

• Monitor construction progress, participate in regular project status meetings, and help keep projects aligned with established schedules.

• Carefully review and organize project documents to ensure completeness, accuracy, and organization, reinforcing integrity and attention to detail in complex, document-intensive projects.

• Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with clients, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.

• Proactively address client questions or concerns, provide responsive communication, and support a positive client experience from start to finish.

• Contribute to a respectful, team-oriented work environment and actively support the company’s culture of safety and collaboration.

• Support and promote a strong safety-first mindset across all project activities.

• Act as a brand ambassador, representing the company with professionalism, ethical conduct, and pride in our work.

• Support the change management process by maintaining change order logs and assisting with scope, schedule, and cost impact analysis.

• Coordinate change documentation between field and office teams and help ensure all stakeholders remain informed and aligned.

Requirements

• Strong ability to perform due diligence and risk assessment in support of project decision-making.

• Demonstrated integrity and ethical judgment when working with clients, partners, and internal teams.

• Familiarity with building construction methods, materials, systems, and trade practices; understanding of mission-critical infrastructure (power distribution, redundancy systems, cooling infrastructure) is strongly preferred.

• Understanding of project scheduling concepts in complex construction environments.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical information to audiences with varying levels of experience.

• Willingness to travel frequently to construction sites to stay connected and engaged with project teams.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Procore, Bluebeam, and Accubid.

• Past experience supporting industrial and/or commercial electrical construction projects.

• Experience with mission-critical or data center projects.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale or highly complex construction projects through completion while maintaining schedule, budget awareness, and quality expectations.

• Proven ability to support large-scale or highly complex construction projects through completion while maintaining schedule, budget awareness, and quality expectations.

• Experience working in schedule-driven environments with aggressive timelines.

• Solid understanding of electrical construction in large-scale commercial or mission-critical environments.

• Experience building productive relationships with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers to stay informed of market and project conditions.

• Strong understanding of safety standards and best practices within electrical construction.

• Demonstrated experience supporting industrial and/or commercial electrical construction projects.

• Experience with mission-critical or data center projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or a related field preferred; equivalent combinations of relevant education, training, and applied experience will be considered.

Skills

• Due diligence and risk assessment

• Integrity and ethical judgment

• Building construction methods, materials, systems, and trade practices

• Project scheduling concepts

• Communication skills

• Travel

• Microsoft Office Suite, Procore, Bluebeam, and Accubid proficiency

• Large-scale or highly complex construction projects

• Electrical construction in large-scale commercial or mission-critical environments

• Safety standards and best practices

• Construction management or related field education

Benefits

• Industry-leading comprehensive benefits package

• Healthcare coverage options

• PTO

• 401k with generous matching and vesting

Pay

$80,750.00/Yr. - $125,637.50/Yr. depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The majority of the time you will work in a typical office environment. Occasionally, you may travel to a construction job site.