Associate Project Manager

Evapco • Bridgewater, NJ

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Project Manager assists the Project Manager with large and complex engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, from pre-contract award through final handover. The role helps ensure technical, commercial, and contractual commitments are met while maintaining customer satisfaction. Projects are custom-designed and turnkey, and may include steel structures, tanks, ducting and piping, heat exchangers, rotating mechanical and electrical equipment, instrumentation and controls, worldwide transportation, and field erection.

The position is based in Evapco’s Bridgewater, New Jersey office and involves approximately 50% travel to client and major supplier facilities and job sites, both domestically and internationally. The Associate Project Manager works closely with project team members across Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Construction, Finance, and Legal, and prepares reports and presentations for senior Evapco and client management.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience executing and managing engineering and construction projects in Power, Energy, or similar markets.
• Excellent verbal, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to anticipate, prioritize, and act with appropriate urgency, drive, and energy.
• Ability to understand project budgets and key financial metrics and protect the company’s bottom line.
• Ability and willingness to perform project execution tasks independently, with minimal delegation.
• Self-motivated, analytical, results-oriented, a quick learner, and a problem solver.
• Ability to process large amounts of information and manage multiple simultaneous assignments without sacrificing efficiency or work quality.
• Ability to work as part of a team and actively share in the execution workload.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective client and supplier relationships to support cooperation, prompt payment, and follow-on work.
• Experience with contractual legal terms, commercial issues, and technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop a complete understanding of the contract and relevant project technical specifications.
• Provide strong, effective, and decisive project support.
• Guide the project execution framework to ensure quality, technical conformance, timeliness, and profitability.
• Establish and maintain project monitoring and reporting systems for documentation, key deliverables, delivery strategy, risks, dates, and costs.
• Nurture close cooperation with project team members across Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Construction, Finance, Legal, and other functions.
• Participate in developing and/or reviewing each principal project document deliverable.
• Verify that project execution complies with applicable policies, procedures, and project standards.
• Travel to client and major supplier facilities and job sites as needed, domestically and internationally; travel is approximately 50% of the role.
• Create reports and give presentations to senior Evapco and client management.
• Monitor supplier obligations before approving invoice payments.
• Facilitate resolution of disputes between the company and its clients and suppliers.
• Provide a closeout and lessons learned report at project completion.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• Profit-sharing bonus paid twice per year
• Voluntary employee retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Bereavement pay
• Company-paid basic life insurance equivalent to base salary, with an option for supplemental life insurance
• Paid sick leave
• Long-term disability

What This Job Offers

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