Assistant Construction Project Manager

Turner & Townsend Heery is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to support various construction projects. The Assistant Project Manager will lead individual multidisciplined real estate project solutions for clients with direct accountability for project delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Manages all facets of project management (budget schedule procurement quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning design construction occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrates capability to read understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects including but not limited to:
  • Agreements/contracts
  • Leases
  • Work letters
  • Project charters
  • Surveys and drawings
• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements.
• Prepares scope of work project delivery resource requirements cost estimate & budget work plan schedule & milestones quality control and risk identification.
• Identifies project delivery resources from prequalified lists.
• Conducts simple request for proposals.
• Completes bid analysis with management support.
• Recommends resources to clients.
• Leads project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
• Facilitates project meetings.
• Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements.
• Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate timely and coordinated.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals objectives approved budgets approved timelines reports status and variances.
• Creates action plans to meet objectives budget and schedule.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests make recommendations secure Client approvals and issue change orders.
• Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope budget schedule quality and risk with management support.
• Implements standard risk management routines with management support to identify project risks develop risk mitigation and contingency plans and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• No formal supervisory responsibilities in this position.
• Manages 3rd party project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team).
• Responsible for tracking performance and motivating team members.

Qualifications :

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to provide efficient timely reliable and courteous service to customers.
• Ability to effectively present information.
• Requires knowledge of financial terms and principles.
• Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages discounts and/or commissions.
• Conducts basic financial analysis.
• Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations.
• Ability to solve problems in standard situations.
• Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.
• Working knowledge in MS Project is helpful. Knowledge of leases contracts and construction practices preferred.

Education and Experience:

• Design/Construction Understanding
• Energetic with desire to learn
• Engineering/construction/design degree or like experience
• BS Degree required.
• 13 years of Public works experience.
• Municipal experience.
• JOC and or DB experience.
• Small capex TI renovations type experience desired.
• Prior Project Management experience is preferred.
• PMP (US and/or Canada) and LEED AP preferred.

Additional Information :

The salary range for this fulltime role is $60K$80 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidates experience and qualifications. 

*Onsite presence and requirements may change depending on our clients needs*

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