Position Summary
Branch Builds is searching for a highly skilled, team-oriented, detailed, and flexible salaried Assistant Project Manager (APM) capable of managing multiple responsibilities to join our well-established and growing company.
This position is crucial to the project team and requires discipline and attention to detail with quality work product while meeting deadlines.
This position works closely with, and supports, all members of the project team to ensure success of the project.
The APM works to support the project by ensuring accurate information relative to constructing the project is managed, reviewed, and communicated to the project team members supporting delivery of a quality project in a timely fashion while taking on additional responsibility related to project finances.
Duties/Responsibilities
Maintain up to date physical and electronic project documentation such as drawings, specifications, RFI’s, submittals, commissioning documentation, punch lists, meeting information, etc.
to archive project documentation and provide efficient access to documents by the project team.
Coordinate and prepare for subcontractor preparatory meetings to review project details and scopes of work prior to work starting on-site.
Negotiate proposals, changes, and subcontracts and proactively settle construction issues in a timely manner.
Participate in development and maintain a project schedule through the weekly schedule update process based on project inspection, daily reports, and other supporting documentation.
Prepare look ahead schedules.
Coordinate, review and inspect stored material documentation for monthly billings.
Duties/Responsibilities Cont.
Develop a material tracking log from submittal information and the project schedule and coordinate with the project superintendent to ensure material will arrive on-time to support the project schedule and construction.
Develop an understanding of each trades work scope as the authority.
Support the superintendents by contributing to solutions in a proactive manner on the project site.
Monitor inspection/testing and maintain reports and records.
Assemble, review and manage LEAD documentation for the project.
Qualifications
Excellent listening and communication skills.
Ability to identify and desire to resolve complex problems.
Participation and leadership in a team environment.
Organized, adaptive, and goal oriented.
Computer and Ipad skills with Microsoft Office, Project Management Software (Procore, Prolog, etc.
), Bluebeam, BIM, and scheduling software.
7+ years of experience in commercial construction.
Competencies
Budgets/Cost Control
Communicating Effectively
Driving Projects to Completion
Project Management
Work Environment/Safety
Working with Financial Information
Travel
Limited to the Northern Virginia area
Supervisory Responsibility
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position which will typically involve 40+ hours a week.
AAP/EEO Statement
It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a veteran, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and condition of employment.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.