Assistant Project Manager

Terracon

The Role

Overview

Manage material engineering projects, ensuring safety, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

  • safety leadership
  • project management
  • cost estimation
  • reporting
  • quality control
  • contractor coordination

Tasks

-Lead safety efforts for team and ensure team follows safety rules and guidelines. Responsible for creating and modeling a safe work environment; demonstrates safety practices. Promote pre-task planning for all projects. -Under direct supervision manage a small project, or one phase of a large project. -Analyze project requirements and perform calculations or writes reports and completes deliverables. -Responsible to deliver work within approved budget -Conduct project meetings and prepare regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team. -Set priorities, assign tasks, and coordinates project staff to meet project targets and milestones. -Coordinate the activities of outside contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and the firm receives satisfactory standards of service. -Submits project deliverables to client as per contract scope and schedule -Identify, resolve, or escalate operational problems and minimize delays. -Estimate the costs, resources, and time required to complete the assigned phase of a project and monitor activities, allocate resources and assign tasks to ensure these targets are met. -Implement an established project plan. -Lead safety efforts including preparation and compliance with approved safety plan. -Coordinates with APR to ensure appropriate oversight is in place and sufficient time allowed for reviews of all critical junctures. -Responsible for continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor and promote quality standards and practices. -Responsible for providing consistent quality standards on project and proposal delivery. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.

Requirements

  • risk management
  • technical degree
  • 2+ years
  • driver's license

What You Bring

-Develop understanding and be aware of project-related risk. Be familiar with what could go wrong on a project and how to protect the Company. Be familiar with company risk policies. -Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline practices by the Firm including Engineering, Environmental Science or Geology and a minimum of 2 years’ related experience. Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years’ related experience. -Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.

The Company

About Terracon

-The company’s expertise spans a wide range of sectors, including industrial, infrastructure, energy, and residential, to name a few. -Engineers and scientists work on diverse projects from designing foundations for skyscrapers to providing environmental assessments for infrastructure developments. -They are involved in large-scale projects across the United States, helping to shape cities, improve infrastructure, and protect the environment. -Known for their innovation and commitment, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and deep technical expertise to solve complex challenges in construction and environmental sectors. -The firm’s multidisciplinary approach allows them to offer solutions that integrate geotechnical, environmental, and construction disciplines in a seamless manner.

Sector Specialisms

Environmental

Facilities

Geotechnical

Materials

Industrial

Federal

Technology

Building Enclosure Consulting

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing

Facility Assessment Services