Assistant Project Manager

Vanir Construction Management • Seattle, WA

22d • $85,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets. This Assistant Project Manager role will report to the Project Manager or assigned project leadership. They will provide support on planning, coordination and direction for pre-construction and construction management activities on a University program to ensure on time delivery. They will be responsible for maintaining budget and conducting work product with a high degree of quality, making sure to fulfill the requirements of the contract. This position will include some design-phase management and full construction management in the field.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or Business or 5yr experience in the PM/CM industry
• Knowledge of construction contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure relation and compliance to construction/project requirements
• Expert knowledge of database project controls software systems such as Sharepoint, Procore, EADoc, Prolog
• Construction contract administration
• Safety Training

Responsibilities

• Provides assistant project management including the monitoring of contractors/subcontractors activities, engineers, architects, state and local agencies and other related project entities
• Provides administration and processing of project logistics, organization, safety, and manpower utilization
• Helps coordinate constructability and peer reviews, estimating and budgets, phasing, contract document preparation, outreach, and bidding activities
• Provides project controls, cost, and performance activities including managing project submittals, RFIs, ongoing schedule reviews, PCO negotiations, compiling change orders, processing payment applications, updates to project record drawings, inspections and reports
• Participates in project meetings and assists with issuing meeting minutes for the administration and tracking of relevant information and project statuses
• Monitors the progress of the project team and provides routine reporting through daily reports & progress photos, Bi-Weekly progress reports, Submittal & RFI Logs, Change Order Logs
• Coordinates, directs and monitors activities related to staff and site facilities such as moving classrooms, offices, other school facilities within or between school sites
• Responsible for project closeout activities including punchlists, trainings, securing record drawings, guarantees, warranties, O&Ms, related provisions for DSA closeout and final project delivery to Owner entities
• Strong computer skills and proficiency in Adobe Acrobat, Excel and Word, and experience with overall construction management on complex school projects
• Represents owner, Vanir and related parties in public forums and meetings
• Consistently follows the organization's safety policy, promoting a positive and collaborative safety culture

Benefits

• Vanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees