Assistant Construction Project Manager

Heery•Portland, OR

About The Position

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an Assistant Construction Project Manager to support large K-12 construction projects. The role leads individual, multidisciplinary construction project solutions for clients and carries direct accountability for project delivery. It manages projects across planning, design, construction, occupancy, and closeout, overseeing budget, schedule, procurement, quality, and risk. The position works directly with clients and project delivery teams, prepares project scopes, budgets, schedules, and plans, and tracks progress against approved goals and timelines.

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 service to customers.
Ability to effectively present information.
Knowledge of financial terms and principles.
Ability to calculate intermediate figures, including 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

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

Responsibilities

Manage budget, schedule, procurement, quality, and risk for individual real estate projects from planning through closeout.
Read, understand, and apply project documents such as agreements, contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys, and drawings.
Interface directly with clients to define project requirements.
Prepare scopes of work, resource requirements, cost estimates and budgets, work plans, schedules and milestones, quality controls, and risk identification.
Identify project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists and conduct simple requests for proposals.
Complete bid analysis with management support and recommend resources to clients.
Lead project delivery resources and smaller teams, providing guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
Implement communications plans, prepare written reports and meeting minutes, and facilitate project meetings.
Implement project documentation governance and ensure project data and documentation are accurate, timely, and coordinated.
Track project progress against goals, objectives, approved budgets, and timelines; report status and variances.
Create action plans to meet project objectives, budget, and schedule.
Implement change management routines, assess change requests, make recommendations, secure 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 risk-reduction actions.