Assistant Project Manager

Archinect; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Thermal wellness projects

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Workshop GR in New York City seeks an Assistant Project Manager to join our growing design-build team. You will turn contracts and design intents into organized, shop-drawings-ready projects for pre-construction and seamless build.

You will coordinate between clients, general contractors, trade subcontractors, vendors, and international manufacturers, reporting to the project lead across multiple projects. Ideal for early-career professionals who are highly organized and proactive.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in architecture, construction management, interior design, engineering, or related field.
• 2–5 years experience in project coordination or construction administration.
• Strong written communication across clients, contractors, overseas manufacturers.
• Exceptional attention to detail with high accuracy in drawings and orders.
• Organized with excellent time-management and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% for site visits.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing wellness real estate project from pre-construction through project completion.
• Prepare and maintain detailed project schedules, including Gantt charts.
• Read contracts and design drawings closely to understand project scope, deliverables, and requirements.
• Attend kickoff calls with clients and general contractors to coordinate timelines and project details.
• Coordinate iterations of design drawings and shop drawings across all parties and shepherd them through to approval.
• Conduct site visits to take measurements, document existing conditions, and coordinate with vendors, clients, other trades, and the GC.
• Place equipment orders with vendors, track orders through international freight and customs, follow up consistently, and coordinate receiving of shipments on-site.
• Support communication between clients, general contractors, consultants, vendors, and internal teams.
• Maintain organized project documentation following company procedures and standards.
• Support budgeting activities, proposal reviews, change order tracking, and invoice coordination.
• Deliver a clean handoff: every necessary detail captured in approved shop drawings, all equipment ordered and tracked, and the project fully organized for pre-construction.

Skills

Project coordination

Construction administration

Written communication

Detail-oriented

Organizational skills

Time management

Independent work

AutoCAD

Revit

GSuite

AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)

Bluebeam

Procore

MS Project

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, CM, interior design, engineering, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

GSuite

Bluebeam

Procore

MS Project

Job description

The Role

Workshop GR is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our growing design-build team in New York City. Workshop designs, manufactures, and installs custom saunas, thermal rooms, and wellness spaces for some of the most notable operators in the bathhouse and spa industry, along with select high-end residential clients.

Thermal wellness is one of the fastest-growing categories in hospitality construction, and our project volume has doubled year over year. We are expanding our project management team to keep pace.

The Assistant Project Manager owns the critical stretch of a project that begins the moment a contract is awarded and ends when on-site construction kicks off. You will take a signed contract and a set of design intentions and turn them into a fully organized, fully ordered, shop-drawing-approved project that is ready for pre-construction and a seamless build.

You will serve as the connective tissue between clients, general contractors, trade subcontractors, vendors, and our international manufacturers, reporting to our project lead and working across multiple projects at once. This role is well suited to a highly organized, detail-oriented professional early in their career who wants to grow quickly within a specialized and expanding corner of the construction industry. We will teach you the domain; you bring the organization, the communication, and the drive.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing wellness real estate project from pre-construction through project completion
• Prepare and maintain detailed project schedules, including Gantt charts tracking all project phases from Kick-Off through Final Turnover
• Read contracts and design drawings closely to fully understand project scope, deliverables, and requirements
• Attend kickoff calls with clients and general contractors to coordinate timelines, sequencing, and project details
• Coordinate iterations of design drawings and shop drawings across all parties — client, GC, trades, and manufacturers — and shepherd them through to approval
• Conduct site visits to take measurements, document existing conditions, and coordinate with vendors, clients, other trades, and the GC
• Place equipment orders with vendors, track orders through international freight and customs, follow up consistently, and coordinate receiving of shipments on-site
• Support communication between clients, general contractors, consultants, vendors, and internal teams
• Maintain organized project documentation following company procedures and standards
• Support budgeting activities, proposal reviews, change order tracking, and invoice coordination
• Deliver a clean handoff: every necessary detail captured in approved shop drawings, all equipment ordered and tracked, and the project fully organized for pre-construction

Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Construction Management, Interior Design, Engineering, or related field preferred
• 2–5 years of experience in project coordination, construction administration, architecture, expediting, procurement, operations, or a related field
• Strong written communication skills — you will coordinate across clients, contractors, and overseas manufacturers, primarily in writing
• Exceptional attention to detail; small misses in drawings and orders carry real cost downstream
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with consistent follow-through across many moving parts
• Ability to work independently and self-monitor work quality in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment
• Comfort with AutoCad, Revit, Gsuite, and AI tools such as Claude and ChatGPT
• Proficiency with Bluebeam, Procore, MS Project, or similar project management software is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities and proactive mindset
• Willingness to travel for occasional site visits (approximately 10%, local and national)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience reading design drawings and schematic design sets
• Background in construction, manufacturing, architecture, or the wellness/hospitality space
• Interest in sauna culture and thermal experiences

Preferred Personal Attributes

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines across concurrent projects
• Proactive mindset — identifies issues early and drives them to resolution
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Positive attitude and collaborative approach

Please Provide

• Resume
• Brief cover note on why this role interests you (optional but encouraged)

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to work on distinctive thermal wellness projects for leading operators in a rapidly growing category
• Significant professional growth opportunity within project management as the company expands

Logistics

• NYC-based applicants only
• Relocation is not available for this position
• Sponsorship is not available for this position. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.