Commercial Specialties Assistant Project Manager

United Contractor Services, LLC; Kennesaw (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

United Contractor Services is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for its Division 10 Specialties team. You will take projects from the estimate through procurement, delivery, and closeout, pricing the work, placing orders, tracking lead times, and keeping general contractors and installers informed to match specifications.

This is a full-time, in-office position that provides a path into a Project Manager seat.

Qualifications

• Ability to read construction drawings, blueprints, and specifications.
• A working understanding of construction processes, building systems, and project documentation.
• Solid Microsoft Office skills; ERP or order entry experience helps.

Responsibilities

• Estimating and bidding: prepare takeoffs, budgets, quotations, and bid proposals.
• Project execution: coordinate procurement, approvals, lead times, deliveries, and schedules against milestones.
• Documentation: quotations, purchase orders, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, change orders, and freight claims.
• Communication: be the point of contact for general contractors, architects, subcontractors, vendors, installers, and customers.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Project coordination

Microsoft Office

Communication

Attention to detail

Tools

ERP systems

Order entry

Job description

What This Job Is

This is the supply side of commercial interiors. As an Assistant Project Manager on our Division 10 Specialties team, you'll take projects from the estimate through procurement, delivery, and closeout - pricing the work, placing the orders, tracking lead times, and keeping general contractors and installers informed along the way. The goal is straightforward: the right products, on the job when the schedule calls for them, matching what the specs require.

What This Job Is

This is the supply side of commercial interiors. As an Assistant Project Manager on our Division 10 Specialties team, you'll take projects from the estimate through procurement, delivery, and closeout - pricing the work, placing the orders, tracking lead times, and keeping general contractors and installers informed along the way. The goal is straightforward: the right products, on the job when the schedule calls for them, matching what the specs require. It's a full-time, in-office position, and it's structured as a path into a Project Manager seat.

Who This Fits

You'll do well here if you're organized enough to run a lot of open orders at once and comfortable picking up the phone when something doesn't line up. You're open on background - zero to two years in commercial construction, estimating, or project coordination works, and internships count.

What We Do Want To See

• Ability to read construction drawings, blueprints, and specifications
• A working understanding of construction processes, building systems, and project documentation
• Solid Microsoft Office skills; ERP or order entry experience helps
• Clear communication and a habit of following through
• Real interest in specialty products and the construction management side of the business

The Work Itself

• Estimating and bidding
  • Working under a Project Manager, you'll prepare takeoffs, budgets, quotations, and bid proposals. That starts with reviewing plans and specs to pin down what a project actually calls for, then identifying product solutions that hit the spec at a competitive number. Bids and budgets go out on deadline.
• Project execution
  • Once a job is awarded, it's yours to run through closeout. You'll coordinate procurement, approvals, lead times, deliveries, and schedules against the project's milestones and completion dates, and keep records and customer information accurate as things move.
• Documentation
  • Quotations, purchase orders, submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, change orders, and freight claims - all of it has to stay current and compliant with the contract documents and customer requirements.
• Communication
  • You'll be the point of contact for general contractors, architects, subcontractors, vendors, installers, and customers. When a product, order, or schedule issue comes up, you handle it directly and early, with a consultative approach rather than an order-taking one.

Product Categories You'll Work With

Toilet partitions, toilet accessories, lockers and benches, fire extinguishers and cabinets, visual display units, corner guards and wall protection, interior signage, and assorted other specialties.

What Success Looks Like

The people who thrive in this role are self-starters - detail-oriented, analytical, able to juggle competing priorities without dropping any of them. They work independently but coordinate well with internal teams and outside partners, they communicate professionally under pressure, and they're genuinely trying to learn the business well enough to step up into a PM role.

United Contractor Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.

Drug Test And Background Disclaimer

Candidates who receive a job offer will be required to undergo a drug test and background check in accordance with applicable laws. Providing false information may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or termination of employment. By submitting an application, candidates acknowledge and agree to these requirements.

Salary: $50000 - $60000 per year