Assistant Construction Project Manager-K-12 Projects (Anticipated Opening)

Turnertownsend; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend Heery is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support large K-12 construction projects in Portland, Oregon. The role involves leading multi-disciplinary solutions, with accountability for delivery and coordinating resources to meet scope, budget, and timelines.

The candidate should have 3-5 years in construction, a related bachelor’s degree, and familiarity with contracts and drawings. Salary range $100K-$125K per year.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of construction experience required.
• Bachelor’s Degree or related construction experience required.
• Municipal/Education experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages all facets of project management for real estate projects (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk).
• Interfaces with clients to define project requirements and prepares scope of work, budgets, and schedules.
• Leads project delivery resources and implements change management and risk routines.

Skills

Budget management

Scheduling

Microsoft Office

Client interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in construction

Tools

MS Project

Contracts knowledge

Job description

Turner & Townsend Heery is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to support large K-12 construction projects. The Assistant Project Manager will lead individual, multi-disciplined construction project solutions for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manages all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: Agreements/contracts, Leases, Work letters, Project charters, Surveys and drawings.
• Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements.
• Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists.
• Conducts simple request for proposals.
• Completes bid analysis with management support.
• Recommends resources to clients.
• Leads project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
• Facilitates project meetings.
• Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements.
• Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines, reports status and variances.
• Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure Client approvals, and issue change orders.
• Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.
• Implements standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers.
• Ability to effectively present information.
• Requires knowledge of financial terms and principles.
• Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages, discounts, and/or commissions.
• Conducts basic financial analysis.
• Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations.
• Ability to solve problems in standard situations.
• Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings.
• Working knowledge in MS Project is helpful. Knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices preferred.

Education and Experience

• 3-5 years of construction experience is required
• Bachelors' Degree or related construction experience required.
• Municipal/Education experience preferred.
• Ground-up, TI, Renovation construction experience desired.

Salary range

The salary range for this full-time role is $100K-$125K per year . Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate's experience and qualifications.

About the Company

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/

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