Assistant Project Manager

Job Summary

The Assistant Project Manager is a key resource for the Project Management team to assist with successfully managing awarded projects and serving as a focal point for communication with Marek field leaders and the customer. He or she will develop customer relationships, budgets, RFIs, change pricing, labor and materials. Honesty, strong organizational skills, and the ability to communicate effectively and work well with colleagues is essential.

He or she is responsible for learning the Marek approach to project delivery, partnering side-by-side to deliver projects on time, under budget and in line with the General Contractor and Owner.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Business Development

• Invests time learning the industry and who the players are, including customers and competitors
• Effectively communicates Marek’s market position and strengths
• Builds rapport quickly with new contacts and begins building credibility and a network of customer contacts
• Represents Marek positively in the market
• Participates in customer meetings, may be alongside a more senior Marek representative
• Exhibits enthusiasm to engage with customers and a willingness to initiate contact

Cost Estimating

• Learns Marek’s estimating tools, technology and approach as it relates to estimating and pricing change orders

• Estimates and provides pricing for work orders and change orders

• Develops base foundation of product knowledge, market structure and conditions, and drawings and specifications as they relate to estimating and pricing changes, etc.

Project Management

• Partners with field leaders and customer to assist in planning pre-job, including identifying and resolving potential scope, schedule, sequence, contract, budget, safety, material staging or manpower issues, and developing appropriate internal cost code structure

• Proactively asks questions when he or she does not understand construction documents

• Develops a fair and achievable budget for labor, material and equipment and provides the budget in a timely manner, before the job starts

• Submits RFIs, prices work order or change orders and creates submittals

• Solicits competitive proposals and buyout of materials, vendors and subcontractors

• Responds quickly to requests and queries from both Marek field leaders and the customer

• Engages in regularly scheduled production look-ahead meetings

• Ensures timely and effective billing and collections

• Works side-by-side with Marek field leadership and the customer to manage ongoing labor and material costs and beat the budget

• Effectively utilizes cost reporting to keep score

• Is regularly present on the job to support Marek field team and effectively navigate safety, cost and quality-impact issues

• Captures, organizes and maintains project documentation to mediate potential risk of back charges

• Provides feedback throughout the lifecycle of the project to estimators to improve future estimates and bids

Safety Leadership

• Understands and articulates Marek’s safety program

• Attends tool box talks and stretch and flex on the jobsite

• Actively seeks to increase personal knowledge and understanding of safety by walking the job with Marek field, PM or safety leaders

• Promotes safe work practices

• Prioritizes safety for Marek employees and those impacted by our work

Job Qualifications

Experience

• Exposure to or experience in commercial construction industry managing projects, preferably in general contracting or drywall and interiors, is a plus

• Field experience a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or related field of study or High School Diploma/GED with equivalent work experience

Skills

• Knowledge of construction practices and project management methods
• Strong relationship building skills
• Strong numerical and reasoning skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products; specifically Outlook, Word and Excel
• Experience or exposure to estimating, scheduling and/or project management technology a plus (TrueBuilt, Quick Bid, On-Screen Take-Off, project management and blueprint collaboration software such as Bluebeam, PlanGrid, etc.)

Working conditions

• Will work in a variety of conditions: in the office, out in the field visiting potential or active construction jobsites, and out at customer meetings, industry events, etc.

Direct reports

This position has no supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

*We are an Equal Opportunity Employer*