Assistant Project Manager

Valdes Architecture & Engineering • Valparaiso, IN

6d • $33 - $52 • Onsite

About The Position

This role provides field technical support for the entire Coordinator group, supports the development of policy/procedure/training documents, and issues regular reports for weekend coverage, project accruals, etc. The Assistant Project Manager will monitor project costs and schedules and provide additional assistance to the Construction Coordinator Program Management Team as needed. This position works alongside a Project Manager to assist with large-scale construction projects, employing project integration processes to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and transition the project to the customer, ensuring project objective accomplishment. The role integrates competence in product life cycle components for non-product objectives (safety, cost, schedule, human resource, etc.), implements product to project scope configuration management, and applies interpersonal skills to lead, manage, and direct the project management team and stakeholders. The Assistant Project Manager employs quality, risk, procurement, cost, and schedule management processes to ensure customer satisfaction and deliver project objectives within defined parameters. They also apply and integrate proficiency in human resource processes to optimize team performance and engage project stakeholders effectively, managing negative stakeholders and integrating project objectives with stakeholder requirements. Proficiency in communication management and project governance is utilized to ensure safety and environmental objectives are realized.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline, Construction Management, or related field
• 2+ years technical experience or 5+ years project/architectural-engineering/technical experience
• Expand the project management knowledge base in project management methodology, processes, tools, techniques, and software
• Expanded comprehension in project management guidelines, standard, processes, and job aids
• Expanded proficiency in project management information systems (PMIS) utilization and integration; scheduling software, risk management software, cost management software, and performance metrics (and dashboards) and tool integration of project controls information
• Applies an increasing proficiency in leadership, management, organizational theory, personal, interpersonal skills in a "situational leadership" application
• Manages project stakeholders using cognitive ability, personal effectiveness, innovation, value-based decision-making, integrated communication (soft and hard skills); conflict resolution, and teamwork
• Capability to efficiently perform duties under stringent deadlines, schedules, and conditions
• Must be able to work a flexible work schedule
• Must be able to work in areas of high noise, dust, extreme temperatures, confined spaces and chemical hazards
• Must have valid Driver's License
• Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
• Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future

Responsibilities

• Provide field technical support for the entire Coordinator group
• Support development of policy/procedure/training documents. Issue regular reports for weekend coverage, project accruals, etc.
• Monitor project costs and schedules
• Provide additional assistance to the Construction Coordinator Program Management Team as needed
• Working alongside Project Manager to assist with large scale construction project
• Employs project integration processes to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and effectively transient the project to the customer and ensure project objective accomplishment
• Integrates competence in the product life cycle components to the definition and management of non-product objectives (safety, cost, schedule, human resource, etc.)
• Implements product to project scope configuration management
• Applies expanding interpersonal skills to lead, manage, and direct the project management team and project stakeholders
• Employs quality management processes to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and ensures customer satisfaction
• Employs risk management processes to effectively initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control and delivers project objectives
• Employs procurement management proficiencies and processes to effectively transfer product and project risk (threats) and exploit, enhance, and share product opportunities to third parties at a fair and equitable price to establish and deliver objective value to both buyer and seller as a result of the project
• Employs cost management proficiencies to effectively estimate, budget, and control costs within project objective (success) parameters for the project
• Employs schedule management proficiencies to effectively plan, schedule, and deliver the project within the designated project time objective (success) parameters for the project
• Applies and integrates proficiency in human resource processes and skills to optimize coordination of the project management team performance and ensures optimum coordination is achieved given existing human resource policies and procedures
• Effectively engages project stakeholders; employs effective strategies in dealing with negative stakeholders and integrate the project objectives with the composite of individual project stakeholder requirements and expectations
• Applies proficiency in effective communication management to manage and control project stakeholders
• Applies proficiency in project governance and utilize effective communication and objective management to ensure that the project's safety and environmental objectives are realized

What This Job Offers

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