Assistant Project Manager - Heavy Civil

Job Description

Position Title :  Assistant Project Manager - Heavy Civil

Location :  City of Industry, CA

Pay Range :  120k - 150k

Job Description

The Assistant Project Manager works in partnership with the field leadership team to ensure we are delivering a safe, high quality and profitable project to our clients. The APM will be responsible for maintaining strong relationships with the client and ensuring the project is completed on time and under budget. The APM will have expert knowledge of the contract specifications and will be responsible for providing the senior management team with project status updates and profit projections.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing and directing the project team by providing the communication, coordination and follow-up necessary to meet project goals and objectives.
• Maintains ongoing training and mentoring of project team.
• Directly responsible to senior management.
• Provides ongoing project information and project reviews as required by management.
• Coordinates training and compliance measures to ensure project procedures are followed.
• Ensures scope of work, schedule and budget are clearly defined and understood by senior management and all project participants, including the client.
• Determines controls and maintains overall project and discipline schedules and budgets.
• Tracks schedule and budget progress with project milestones and takes all action necessary to keep project on track.
• Identifies and secures necessary approvals for all changes in project scope, budget and / or schedule.
• Maintains ongoing communication with clients, making adjustments as necessary to comply with clients’ needs within contractual obligations, or just adjusting project deliverables to meet the client and stakeholders needs.
• Follows and ensures conformance with OHLA USA, Cal trans and Union Pacific policies and procedures, including safety policies.

Requirements

Benefits

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field / equivalent experience. Heavy Civil Construction background with 7+ years' field experience. Experience managing multiple Project Engineers. 30-hour CALOSHA certificates required. Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to function as a team builder / player. The ability to freely access all points of a construction site in wide-ranging climates and environments. Previous grade separation project experience in Southern California is required.