Assistant Project Manager: Engineering & Field Projects

Terracon; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Terracon in Las Cruces, NM is seeking a project manager to oversee facilities, environmental, or geotechnical engineering projects. You will ensure safe, on-time, within-scope delivery, manage resources, schedules, budgets, and client communications, and coordinate with subcontractors and APR oversight.

You will lead meetings, prepare progress reports, and drive risk management and quality improvement while aligning with contract requirements and company policies to deliver high-quality outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or Geology, or 6 years related experience.
• 2+ years’ related experience with degree; or 6 years without degree.
• Valid driver’s license may be required.

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision manage a small project, or one phase of a large project.
• Implement an established project plan.
• Identify, resolve, or escalate operational problems and minimize delays.
• Lead safety efforts including preparation and compliance with approved safety plan.
• Analyze project requirements and perform calculations or writes reports and completes deliverables.
• Coordinate the activities of outside contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and the firm receives satisfactory standards of service.
• 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.
• 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.
• Submits project deliverables to client as per contract scope and schedule.
• Responsible to deliver work within approved budget.
• Coordinates with APR to ensure appropriate oversight is in place and sufficient time allowed for reviews of all critical junctures.
• 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.
• 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.
• Promote continuous quality monitoring and improvement on projects. Monitor quality standards and practices. Engage APRs on projects at their onset.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Client communication

Safety leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or Geology

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Terracon in Las Cruces, NM is seeking a project manager to oversee facilities, environmental, or geotechnical engineering projects. You will ensure safe, on-time, within-scope delivery, manage resources, schedules, budgets, and client communications, and coordinate with subcontractors and APR oversight.

You will lead meetings, prepare progress reports, and drive risk management and quality improvement while aligning with contract requirements and company policies to deliver high-quality outcomes