Associate Project Manager

CBRE; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an Associate Project Manager to assist project management teams on infrastructure projects, with direct accountability for project delivery. This full-time onsite role in Cincinnati, OH involves monitoring construction projects and working closely with clients to define requirements and manage budgets, schedules, and risks.

Ideal candidates will have 2–5 years of relevant experience, a Bachelor’s degree preferred, and proficiency with MS Office and MS Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 2–5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting commercial construction projects is preferred.
• Proficiency with MS Office; MS Project helpful.
• Experience reading drawings, leases, contracts, and specs.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist project managers with budget, schedule, procurement, quality and risk across projects.
• Read and apply documents such as agreements, leases, charters, surveys and drawings.
• Collaborate with clients to define requirements and prepare scopes, budgets and milestones.
• Support commissioning and startup activities aligned to milestones.
• Identify resources, issue RFPs, and assist with bid analysis with management support.
• Facilitate meetings and maintain communications with clients and team.
• Assess change requests, secure approvals, and issue change orders.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans with management support.
• Track progress against budgets and timelines; report variances and craft action plans.
• May manage smaller projects; mentor delivery resources.

Skills

Budget management

Scheduling

Procurement

Quality management

Risk management

Client collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

About The Role

The Associate Project Manager will assist Project Management teams on infrastructure projects, with direct accountability for project delivery.

This is a fulltime onsite position 5 days per week in Cincinnati, OH 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 commercial construction projects 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.

Turner & Townsend carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for this position is $70,000 annually and the maximum salary for this position is $85,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on Turner & Townsend’s applicable benefit program.

This role will provide the following benefits:

• 401(K)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

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).