Assistant Project Manager – Water & Wastewater Projects

NW Recruiting Partners; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) with 4% match

Paid time off

Job summary

NW Recruiting Partners seeks an Assistant Project Manager for heavy civil water and wastewater projects in the Pacific Northwest. You will assist with planning, coordination, and documentation while learning from experienced Project Managers and field teams.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year in civil construction or project coordination and a related degree, with strong organization and communication skills to manage schedules, costs, and client communications.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of civil construction or project coordination experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Experience with water/wastewater or infrastructure is a plus.
• Strong organization and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist planning and execution of heavy civil water and wastewater projects.
• Support schedules, budgets, cost tracking, forecasting, reporting.
• Coordinate with field teams, subcontractors, vendors, engineers, and owners.
• Review plans, specs, contracts, and documents.
• Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, progress reports.
• Track progress and identify schedule, cost, scope concerns.
• Participate in meetings and action-item follow-up.
• Assist procurement, material coordination, quality control, closeout.

Skills

Project coordination

Scheduling

Budgeting

Documentation

Client communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Management

Job description

NW Recruiting Partners seeks an Assistant Project Manager for heavy civil water and wastewater projects in the Pacific Northwest. You will assist with planning, coordination, and documentation while learning from experienced Project Managers and field teams.

The ideal candidate has at least 1 year in civil construction or project coordination and a related degree, with strong organization and communication skills to manage schedules, costs, and client communications.