Assistant Project Manager

Helix Electric; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Helix Electric in Manassas, VA seeks an Assistant Project Manager to assist the Project Manager on electrical construction projects and to act as a liaison between field and office. You will help define project objectives, plan, execute, and finalize projects on schedule and within budget.

Responsibilities include supporting senior management, coordinating with field teams and subcontractors, and ensuring timely invoicing and change orders while maintaining quality and profitability.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop relationships and assist in winning projects.
• Extensive knowledge of project scheduling, bids, take-offs, change orders, and contracts.
• Field experience coordinating with construction management.

Responsibilities

• Close support of senior project management team.
• Develop project teams while delivering quality output, meeting customer expectations, managing scope, and staying on budget.
• Develop and support project management techniques, schedule goals, procurement, and contractual requirements.
• Evaluate and improve systems and processes to meet customer needs and profitability goals.
• Ensure schedule requirements are met and adjust priorities as needed.
• Interact with customers to validate expectations before, during, and after project completion.
• Provide close support and oversight for third-party construction firms and subcontractors.
• Manage project review process with emphasis on financial forecasting.
• Ensure high-quality engineering, studies, and Helix project delivery.
• Communicate challenges, risks, and successes proactively and systematically.
• Oversee invoicing processes per project terms and negotiate change orders.
• Coordinate with Site Superintendent(s) to assess installation methods, labor needs, and manpower forecasts.
• Close support for Quality Control adherence and downstream task deadlines.

Skills

Project scheduling

Field coordination

Stakeholder relations

Budget management

Education

BSEE or Construction Management degree

Tools

Journeyman or Master Electrician license

Job description

Our electrical Assistant Project Manager assists their Project Manager on projects and is the liaison between the field and the office. They are responsible for defining the project’s objectives by planning, executing, and finalizing projects according to the schedule while keeping within the budget.

Detailed Job Description

Helix Electric was founded in 1985 and is now one of the nation’s largest and most successful electrical contracting companies. Our commitment to empowering people and powering projects is realized by our exceptional team of dedicated and highly skilled experts working together and never settling for good enough. We are proud of the team-oriented and employee-empowered business approach that defines our unique character.

DUTIES AND DESCRIPTION OF SCOPE

• Close support of senior project management team.
• Develop project teams while delivering quality output, meeting customer expectations, managing to scope, delivering on time, and delivering within budget.
• Develop and support project management techniques and schedule goals, procurement and contractual requirements, personnel assignments, and capacity planning.
• Evaluate and continually improve the systems and processes used by the department to effectively meet customer requirements and profitability goals with an emphasis on strong internal unit tracking methods.
• Ensure schedule requirements are met. Readily adjust priorities and milestones based upon changing customer needs, resource availability, and job requirements.
• Interact with the customer to validate expectations are understood and met before, during, and after project completion.
• Provide close support and oversight for third-party construction firms and subcontractors.
• Manage project review process with particular emphasis on financial forecasting.
• Ensure high-quality engineering, studies, and Helix project delivery.
• Proactively and systematically communicate challenges, risks, and successes.
• Oversee monthly invoicing process per project terms and negotiate appropriate change orders.
• Coordination with Site Superintendent(s) to understand and assess installation methods, labor needs, and manpower forecasts.
• Close support and oversight on adherence to the Quality Control process.
• Close support to ensure that all downstream team members are meeting deadlines on assigned tasks.

Qualifications

• At least 2 to 3 years of Project Engineer experience in the electrical construction industry.
• Understand engineering in electric power.
• Field experience coordinating with construction management.
• Extensive knowledge of project scheduling, bids, take offs, change orders, and contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and assist in winning projects
• Demonstrated ability to run a profitable portfolio
• BSEE or Construction Management degree strongly preferred.
• Journeyman or Master Electrician's license a plus.