Assistant Project Manager

High Star Traffic • Crawfordsville, IN

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About The Position

Assistant Project Manager Summary: The Assistant Project Manager assists the Project Manager with multiple traffic control projects by supervising, controlling and monitoring all aspects of a traffic control project. Duties & Responsibilities: Plan, direct and coordinate all activities of the project to ensure that goals are accomplished within budget. Assist in establishing a project work plan that includes essential elements of the job with milestones and potential issues. Coordinate with other members of the department to allocate personnel to staff each project. Manage jobs to ensure contractor, motorist, and employee safety, as well as job profitability. Correct and approve the field personnel times for submission to Payroll daily. Approve, adjust, and submit Field Logs from the previous day. Create, edit and maintain the Traffic Control reports as needed. Create work orders and schedule daily rental deliveries and pickups. Perform and submit take-offs for Project Managers as needed and requested. Manage and complete utility locates as requested. Help resolve quantity differences working through quantity verification reports. Other projects and initiatives that drive organizational goals and results.

Requirements

• Must have strong problem-solving skills and a desire to create solutions.
• Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Must have the ability to work in sensitive and confidential situations.
• Prior experience working under tight deadlines with changing priorities.
• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from internal or external customers.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, be self-motivated with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport and effective communication with diverse levels within the company and external organizations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions with ability to deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management or civil engineering is a plus.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and construction software.
• For Hire license endorsement and clean driving record is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct and coordinate all activities of the project to ensure that goals are accomplished within budget.
• Assist in establishing a project work plan that includes essential elements of the job with milestones and potential issues.
• Coordinate with other members of the department to allocate personnel to staff each project.
• Manage jobs to ensure contractor, motorist, and employee safety, as well as job profitability.
• Correct and approve the field personnel times for submission to Payroll daily.
• Approve, adjust, and submit Field Logs from the previous day.
• Create, edit and maintain the Traffic Control reports as needed.
• Create work orders and schedule daily rental deliveries and pickups.
• Perform and submit take-offs for Project Managers as needed and requested.
• Manage and complete utility locates as requested.
• Help resolve quantity differences working through quantity verification reports.
• Other projects and initiatives that drive organizational goals and results.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level