Assistant Project Manager

Layton Construction•Honolulu, HI

13d•$95,000 - $120,000

About The Position

The Assistant Project Manager assists with planning, managing, and executing assigned construction projects, which may include one or more projects at a time. The role helps ensure projects meet quality standards, owner expectations, and profitability goals; responds to customer needs; develops customer relationships; promotes Layton business philosophies; and supports the training of project personnel. The Assistant Project Manager contributes to project estimating, budgeting, preconstruction planning, subcontract negotiations, scheduling, procurement, cost control, quality, safety, and risk management. The role also supports project documentation and coordination, manages change-order impacts, develops client pay requests, and helps complete project closeout. It works with project owners, the Project Superintendent, project engineers, subcontractors, and other team members to support successful construction delivery. Layton Construction is a privately held national general contractor founded in 1953 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. It operates from 16 offices across the United States and employs more than 1,500 construction professionals serving markets including healthcare, education, commercial office, industrial, hospitality, and multi-unit residential. Layton is part of the STO Building Group family of companies, which has more than 4,000 employees in offices across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least two years of commercial construction experience.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to express ideas clearly and effectively, and strong negotiation skills.
Understanding of construction laws and practices; ability to correctly apply building codes and other design requirements and read blueprints.
Ability to maintain Layton’s standards of ethics, conduct, and organizational policies.
Strong problem-solving ability, including finding relationships between data from different sources and formulating alternative solutions.
Ability to work well with others and help coworkers, customers, and others achieve their goals and assignments.
Ability to plan effective courses of action, allocate resources, assign personnel, use time efficiently, and stay organized.
Ability to manage events to achieve goals, work as a self-starter without close supervision, and demonstrate a record of achieving aggressive goals.
Strong computer and technical skills, with the ability to learn new software programs quickly and apply them to processes.

Nice To Haves

Professional affiliations, such as AGC membership, and credentials, such as a PE license.
Ability to speak basic Spanish construction commands, questions, and instructions.

Responsibilities

Champion “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
Work with honesty, unity, safety, and quality to uphold the “Constructing with Integrity” commitment.
Assist in preparing estimates, project budgets, and unit cost reports.
Organize and conduct pre-construction planning meetings.
Participate in negotiating project subcontracts.
Assist the project team in preparing the project management plan and planning execution of the construction contract.
Participate in value engineering services as appropriate.
Obtain and review plans and specifications and assess their completeness and consistency.
Assist project owners with obtaining permits and resolving regulatory requirements as necessary.
Assist in preparing project schedules and developing milestones with the Project Superintendent; participate in schedule updates.
Develop monthly client pay requests and follow up on billings to support timely collection in accordance with contract terms.
Control payment of job and subcontractor costs based on construction progress and document review and approval; coordinate payments and lien releases with the job cost accountant.
Participate in monthly job cost reviews, report project status, and support project profitability and Layton objectives.
Manage project material and equipment procurement within budget and in alignment with the project delivery schedule.
Develop and monitor project quality, safety, and risk management plans.
Negotiate owner and subcontractor change orders and manage resulting schedule, cost, and profit impacts.
Attend and direct project team meetings as needed, and take notes when required, including weekly Owner/Architect meetings and subcontractor and coordination meetings.
Coordinate project closeout, including as-built drawings, punch lists, final billing, occupancy permits, owner acceptance, project manuals, warranty letters, subcontractor closeout, and completion and recommendation letters.
Participate in post-completion project reviews and provide information to Preconstruction for its database.
Train and mentor project and field engineers and other team members as needed.
Manage project engineers and support construction compliance by reviewing, submitting, and following up on submittals, Requests for Information, document revisions, and other documentation to avoid delays and additional project risk.
Update and implement software programs for collaboration, quality, and document management.
Develop and maintain owner relationships.
Perform other related duties as assigned.