Associate Project Manager - Spring House, PA

CBRE Group, Inc.; Spring House (PA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking an Associate Project Manager to join the Life Sciences Project Management team in Spring House, PA. The role supports project managers across budgeting, scheduling, procurement, quality and risk to help achieve client objectives.

The position is onsite only, requiring direct client interaction and coordination with the project team to ensure scope, milestones and budgets are met, with governance and documentation maintained throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience.
• Ability to read and understand project documents, contracts and drawings.
• Strong communication with clients and internal teams.
• Knowledge of real estate project delivery processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support project managers in budgeting, scheduling, procurement, quality and risk.
• Read and apply standard project documents (leases, contracts, charters, drawings).
• Interact with clients to define requirements and prepare scope, budget, and work plans.
• Assist with resource planning, RFPs and bid analyses; recommend resources.
• Mentor and guide project delivery teams to meet goals.
• Facilitate meetings and maintain project communications and minutes.
• Ensure governance and data integrity across project docs.
• Track project progress and report variances with corrective action plans.
• Assess change requests and support approvals and change orders.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation and contingency plans.

Skills

Budget management

Schedule management

Risk management

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

MS Project

Job description

About the role:

We our currently seeking an Associate Project Manager for the to join the Project Management team! The purpose of this position is to assist project managers in related projects for the client. Y ou will be responsible for providing consulting services to a dedicated Life Sciences client based in Spring House, PA to help achieve the client company's strategic business objectives.

This is not a remote role and does require onsite presence.

What you’ll do:

• Assisting all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Demonstrate capability to read, understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to: agreements/contracts, leases, work letters, project charters, surveys and drawings.
• Interact directly with clients to define project requirements. Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & achievements, quality control, and risk identification.
• Identify project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists; Conducts simple request for proposals; completes bid analysis. Recommends resources to clients.
• Assist project delivery/team (typically smaller team) providing project mentorship and direction to achieve project goals.
• Implement communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources advised. Facilitates project meetings.
• Implement project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements. Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Track progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines. Reports status and variances. Build action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
• Implement change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure Client approvals, and issue change orders. Assess change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.
• Implement standard risk management routines, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.

What you’ll need:

To perform this job, an individual must perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform.

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch) from College or University and/or equivalent related experience.

Certificates and/or Licences

• PMP (US and/or Canada) and LEED AP preferred.

Preferred Skills:

• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to read and understand architectural drawings. Working understanding in MS Project is helpful. Knowledge of leases, contracts, and construction practices preferred.

Disclaimers

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