Assistant Construction Manager - Data Center Construction

Turner & Townsend; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support project management services across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality, timely delivery, and effective governance.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a construction-related field and at least 3 years of experience. Proactive, organized collaboration and strong Excel/Google skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction.
• A minimum of 3 years of applicable experience.
• Proactive, organized, and thorough with a strong work ethic.
• Work as an effective and collaborative team member in delivering the project.
• Exposure to project management software systems.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and Google tools.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager in ensuring the project is managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
• Manage individual tasks throughout the construction process including submittal and RFI processes.
• Assist with the preparation of proposals for new projects or variations to existing projects.
• Assist with establishing effective project governance, processes, and systems to be utilized throughout the project.
• Ensure that key information and data are effectively shared and appropriately retained.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the client and team members.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders, including executive management, project team members, consultants and vendors.
• Assist with the flow of project information between team members / stakeholders.
• Attend relevant meetings, update and maintain current issues/actions logs.
• Transcribe meeting minutes and action items and drive each item to closure.
• Development of detailed project plans, attendance at status meetings and follow-up with team members on completion status, close-out of open items.
• Contribute monthly reporting on various aspects of the client's program.
• Preparation of various reports for multiple audiences, including formal project management reports, executive dashboards, and other reporting requirements.
• Daily tasks include submittal approval management, RFI processing, change order management, meeting coordination, punch-list management, administration of project observation reports, participation in commissioning, and transition of close-out documentation to operations.
• Procurement: Assist with the procurement of suppliers / resources as required.
• Monitor and assist the Project Manager with applying performance management techniques.
• Monitor and report on project costs/spending, maintain project cost tracking, and EVM systems.
• Liaise with the client’s finance team and others to obtain information, review & report finance/cost data.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Skills

Proactive

Organized

Strong communication

Team player

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or field related to construction

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsendis looking for anAssistant ProjectManagertojoin our team to support project management services. Our Assistant Project Manager will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to provideproject support.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Project Manager in ensuring the project is managed to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
• Manage individual tasks throughout the construction process including submittal and RFIprocesses.
• Assistwith the preparation of proposals for new projects or variations to existing projects.
• Assistwithestablishingeffective project governance,processes,and systems to beutilizedthroughoutthe project.
• Ensure that key information and dataareeffectively shared and appropriatelyretained.
• Buildandmaintainstrong relationships with the client and team members.
• Interface with multiple stakeholders, including executive management, project team members,consultantsand vendors.
• Assistwith the flow of project information between team members / stakeholders.
• Attendrelevant meetings,updateandmaintaincurrent issues/actions logs.
• Transcribe meeting minutes and action itemsand drive each item to closure.
• Development of detailed project plans, attendance at status meetings and follow-up with team members on completion status, close-out of open items.
• Contributemonthly reporting on various aspects of the Client's program.
• Preparation of various reports for multiple audiences, including formal project management reports, executivedashboards,and other reporting requirements.
• Daily tasksincludesubmittal approval management,RFI processing,changeorder management,meeting coordination,punch-list management, administration of project observation reports, participation in commissioning, and transition of close-out documentation to operations.
• Procurement:Assistwith the procurement of suppliers / resources asrequired.
• Monitor andassistthe Project Manager with applying performance management techniques.
• Monitor and report on project costs/spending,maintainproject costtracking,and EVMsystems.
• Liaise with the client’s finance team and others to obtain information, review & report finance/cost data.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management,architecture,engineeringor field related to construction.
• Aminimum of3yearsof applicable experience.
• Proactive,organized,and thorough with a strong work ethic.
• Work as an effectiveand collaborativeteam member in delivering theproject.
• Exposure to project management software systems.
• Strongproficiencywith Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and Google tools.
• Strong communicationskills.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.*

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property ofTurner & Townsend and arenot subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team,to submit candidates for review.