Assistant Project Managers - (Trenton, NJ)

Marshall Industrial Technologies, Inc; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Marshall Industrial Technologies, Inc seeks an Assistant Project Manager to support multiple projects and customer accounts. You will coordinate with foremen and crews, help estimate and document small to moderate jobs, and nurture client relationships to promote department growth.

You will meet customers regularly to ensure the highest level of satisfaction while balancing field visits and office duties such as quoting and administration.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple projects and customer accounts.
• Ability to supervise foreman and crew and coordinate work.
• Familiarity with cost control, budgeting, and bid preparation.
• Strong safety awareness and adherence to quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Complete site visits with PM/Foreman to ensure quality and safety.
• Lead cost controls and report overruns; assist root cause investigations.
• Prepare bids and coordinate with estimator; submit bids after review.
• Audit housekeeping and maintain technical competence on site.
• Report to Group Manager and supervise project personnel.
• Maintain client relationships and ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Project coordination

Client relations

Cost control

MS Projects

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Description

Primary Location

• 15% Field (site visits, client meetings, sales visits)
• 85% Office (quoting and administration)

Job Summary

The Assistant Project Manager concurrently assists in managing multiple projects and customer accounts, provides direction to foreman and job leaders ensuring satisfactory coordination and utilization of Marshall Industrial Technologies (MIT) employees (crew) from all Groups, estimates and documents small to moderate size jobs. Develops, nurtures, grows, and maintains customer relationships to promote the growth of their department. Meets with customers regularly to ensure the highest level of satisfaction.

Requirements

General Responsibilities

• Completes sites visits with Project Manager, General Foreman or Department Manager to ensure the highest degree of quality, safety and customer satisfaction are met.
• Ensures safety conformance of all personnel under direction, and for maintaining appropriate communications between the crew, the customer and Marshall management. Leads Incident Root Cause Investigations for Near Misses, First Aids, and Recordables.
• Ensures job quality by completing the project or repair scope according to all designs, plans, and applicable codes and standards associated with the Foreman’s primary discipline. Ensures miscellaneous record requests are provided, including Material Test Reports and other Validation Support. Ensures behavior conformance of all personnel under direction to Marshall and/or customer standards. Assists with the completion of project according to quotation package, with following the staffing costs allocated in estimate.
• Drives Cost Controls – understands cost performance of the project or repair on weekly basis. Escalates cost overruns to Project Manager or Group manager as soon as they are discovered. Participates in root cause investigations for cost overruns.
• Assists in preparing bids for projects based on approved designs and works with an estimator. Submits approved bids to customer after appropriate management and formal quality review.
• Audits and ensures housekeeping conformance of jobsite, including trailers, trucks, laydown, and waste storage areas, to Marshall and/or customer standards. Develops and maintains their own technical competence.
• Handles routine activities and requirements of the role efficiently and in an organized manner (on automatic).
• Completes other supporting tasks as assigned.

Working Relationships

• The Assistant Project Manager will report to a Group Manager.
• On certain projects, the Assistant Project Manager may be directed by others, such as the Department Manager, General Foreman, or a Project Manager.
• The Assistant Project Manager has a supervisory relationship to personnel assigned to projects under management.
• The Assistant Project Manager has client relationships with our customers.
• The Assistant Project Manager give feedback to foreman regarding suggested training and development opportunities, assisting foreman with training coordination obligations for employee development.

Technical Qualifications

The Assistant Project Manager will generally have prior experience in the industry. Alternate technical experience such as a technical degree and applicable work knowledge may be substituted.

Job Demands

Physical ability to access jobs and utilize the Microsoft Suite as well as MS Projects.