Construction Assistant Project Manager — Budget & Schedule Lead

Onni Group; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits package

Health Savings Account

Flexible Saving Account

Annual Education Allowance

Generous Referral Program

Team-building events

Friends and Family rates at Level, The

Job summary

Onni Group in Chicago is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the design, execution, monitoring, and management of construction project deliverables. You will work with Project Managers, engineers, and field teams to ensure alignment with budgets, quality controls, and schedules.

The role focuses on budget finalization, subcontractor management, scheduling, progress tracking, and proactive issue resolution within multi-family projects, offering a collaborative environment and growth

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as Project Engineer.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Construction Management, Architectural Design or related field an asset or equivalent foreign degree or education and experience.
• Direct work experience in a project coordination capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Experience overseeing multi-family projects.
• Project Management education an asset.

Responsibilities

• Support in the estimate and finalization of budgets and contract price.
• Negotiate, close and manage cost-effective subcontract and material purchases.
• Developing, tracking, and maintaining project schedules.
• Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods and ensure progress aligns with those methods and timing.
• Reviewing critical path, and quickly adapting or accelerating projects to meet deadlines.
• Reporting, and updating stakeholders of project schedule.
• Complete required tendering process and oversee contract administrator.
• Assist in the overall planning and defining of project scope for all subcontractors, and employees.
• Project resource allocation and relationship management of assigned internal and external resources.
• Regular project documentation, communication and reporting.
• Cost estimating, and budget development in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Effective identification and management of Engineering controls to ensure optimization and efficiency.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans if required.
• Ensure project is built on budget, on schedule and on drawing specifications.
• Prepare, adjust and complete job close out procedures.

Skills

Project coordination

Budget management

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelor's) or related field

Job description

Onni Group in Chicago is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the design, execution, monitoring, and management of construction project deliverables. You will work with Project Managers, engineers, and field teams to ensure alignment with budgets, quality controls, and schedules.

The role focuses on budget finalization, subcontractor management, scheduling, progress tracking, and proactive issue resolution within multi-family projects, offering a collaborative environment and growth