Assistant MEP Project Manager
About The Position
Dewberry’s Richmond, Virginia office is seeking an Assistant Project Manager (APM) for its Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural (MEPS) team. Designed for professionals developing a project management career, the role provides hands-on exposure to client service and project leadership. Working with experienced Project Managers, the APM helps deliver engineering solutions, support client objectives, and address project challenges. As experience grows, the APM takes on greater ownership of projects and client relationships. Dewberry’s MEPS service line serves nationwide clients in specialized facility types and MEPS design services. Its work includes high-performance buildings, hospitals, net-zero and renewable energy technologies, microgrids, energy resilience design, and other MEPS services. The position supports project coordination and delivery across disciplines, clients, consultants, and reviewing authorities.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as a construction professional (engineer or contractor).
- EIT or PE.
- Knowledge of the construction process and familiarity with AIA and Virginia state construction contracts.
- Self-motivated, with highly developed verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Well organized and able to take good notes.
- Good conceptual understanding of plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and structural systems, including general knowledge of system operation, space requirements, and cost.
Responsibilities
- Copy the Project Manager on all communications with the client, architect, and outside consultants.
- Assist with fieldwork and sometimes take the lead in that effort.
- Attend client design meetings and issue minutes when the Project Manager cannot attend, or accompany the Project Manager to meetings.
- Organize and direct frequent in-house meetings under the Project Manager’s direction.
- Provide input to the Project Manager on personnel scheduling.
- Work with the Project Manager to prepare detailed personnel loading by task, interfaced with the detailed schedule.
- Assist with preparing storyboards and detailed project timelines.
- Assist with organizing and maintaining the design binder.
- Assist in coordinating all project disciplines, including outside consultants.
- Assist with supervising and coordinating document submissions to appropriate reviewing authorities.
- Assist in coordinating review responses and help ensure they are reflected in drawings and specifications.
- Under the Project Manager’s direction, arrange in-house quality reviews to help ensure client needs and requests are accommodated.
- Arrange or attend pre-bid conferences when the Project Manager cannot attend, or accompany the Project Manager; issue minutes and addenda under the Project Manager’s direction or supervision if required.
- Assist the Project Manager at bid openings and help prepare and issue certified bid tabulations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
