Associate Project Manager

CBRE; Center Square (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE seeks an Associate Project Manager to support capital project delivery at its West Point, PA campus. You will assist PM teams with budgets, schedules, procurement, and risk management while closely supervising ongoing construction projects onsite five days a week.

You'll collaborate with clients to define project scopes, prepare work plans, budgets, and milestones, and help manage commissioning, change orders, and risk mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting capital projects in pharmaceutical, manufacturing or regulated industries.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; MS Project helpful.
• Prev. AEC experience in commercial construction preferred (owner's rep or PM).
• Ability to read architectural drawings; familiarity with leases, contracts and construction practices.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist project management in budget, schedule, procurement, quality and risk for projects.
• Read and apply standard documents affecting projects (agreements, leases, charters, drawings).
• Collaborate with clients to define requirements and prepare scopes, budgets, timelines and milestones.
• Support commissioning and startup activities aligned with milestones.
• Identify resources, conduct RFPs, and analyze bids with management support.
• Maintain communication plans and document meetings; facilitate project meetings.
• Assess change requests, obtain approvals, and issue change orders.
• Identify risks, plan mitigation, and track progress against budgets and timelines.
• May manage smaller projects and mentor a project delivery team.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Procurement

Quality & risk

MS Office

MS Project

AEC experience

Reading drawings

Contract documents

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

About the role

This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a team setting in the Best in Class, fast paced environment with the world's largest commercial real estate company!

The Associate Project Manager will assist Project Management teams on capital project delivery and solutions for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

This is an onsite position and requires someone to be onsite 5 days per week in West Point, PA corporate campuses to regularly monitor and supervise ongoing construction projects.

What you’ll do

• Assist Managers in all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.

• Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard documents affecting projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.

• Collaborate and work directly with client to define project requirements. Prepare scopes of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.

• Support commissioning and startup activities in alignment with project milestones.

• Identifies project resources from pre-qualified lists; conducts simple request for proposals and completes bid analysis with your management's support. Recommends resources to clients.

• Implement communication plans for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources advised. Facilitate project meetings.

• Implement change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders. Assesses change requests to confirm and resolve impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with your management's support.

• Implement standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.

• Track progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines. Reports status and variances. Crafts action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.

• May manage smaller projects as assigned. Lead project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team) and provide mentorship and direction to achieve project goals.

• Other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 2-5 years of relevant experience. Instead of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

• Experience supporting capital projects in pharmaceutical, manufacturing or regulated industries is preferred.

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. Working understanding in MS Project is helpful.

• Previous AEC experience preferred and should include construction project management, owner's rep, or project management experience for commercial projects including knowledge of MEPF system design and construction.

• Ability to read and understand architectural drawings and knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices is helpful.

• Understanding of existing procedures and standards to solve slightly sophisticated problems and the ability to analyze possible solutions using technical experience to apply appropriate judgment and precedents.

• Strong interpersonal skills with an inquisitive mentality.

Disclaimer:

Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner & Townsend were consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with Turner & Townsend PJM US LLC, you will subsequently transfer directly to Turner & Townsend at a date to be determined.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)