Assistant Construction Project Manager

Turner & Townsend•Portland, OR

22h•$100,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an Assistant Construction Project Manager to support large K-12 construction projects. The role leads individual, multi-disciplined construction project solutions for clients and is directly accountable for project delivery. The position manages project work across planning, design, construction, occupancy, and closeout, covering budget, schedule, procurement, quality, and risk. The Assistant Project Manager works directly with clients to define requirements; develops project scopes, resource requirements, estimates, budgets, schedules, quality controls, and risk plans; and coordinates project teams and resources. The role also monitors performance against approved objectives, budgets, and timelines, communicates project status, manages documentation and change processes, and supports financial, procurement, and risk-management activities. The position requires 3–5 years of construction experience and a bachelor’s degree or related construction experience. Municipal or education experience is preferred, as is knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices. The posted base salary range for this full-time role is $100,000–$120,000 per year.

Requirements

3–5 years of construction experience.
Bachelor’s degree or related construction experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational and analytical skills.
Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable, and courteous customer service.
Ability to effectively present information.
Knowledge of financial terms and principles.
Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages, discounts, and/or commissions, and conduct basic financial analysis.
Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations and solve problems in standard situations.
Intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.

Nice To Haves

Municipal or education experience preferred.
Knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices preferred.
Working knowledge of MS Project is helpful.
Ground-up, tenant-improvement (TI), or renovation construction experience desired.

Responsibilities

Manage project budget, schedule, procurement, quality, and risk through planning, design, construction, occupancy, and closeout.
Read, understand, and apply project agreements and contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys, and drawings.
Work directly with clients to define project requirements.
Prepare scopes of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimates and budgets, work plans, schedules and milestones, quality controls, and risk identification.
Identify project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists.
Conduct simple requests for proposals and complete bid analyses with management support.
Recommend resources to clients.
Lead project delivery resources and typically smaller teams, providing guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
Implement communication plans, including meetings, written reports, and meeting minutes, to keep clients and project resources informed.
Facilitate project meetings.
Implement project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements.
Ensure project data integrity and accurate, timely, coordinated documentation.
Track project progress against goals, objectives, approved budgets, and timelines; report status and variances.
Create action plans to meet objectives, budgets, and schedules.
Implement change-management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, obtain client approvals, and issue change orders.
Assess change-request impacts on scope, budget, schedule, quality, and risk with management support.
Use standard risk-management routines with management support to identify risks, develop mitigation and contingency plans, and implement actions to reduce or eliminate risks.