Construction Project Coordinator - Assistant PM

Onni Group of Companies; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health Savings Account

Education Allowance

Referral program

Team-building events

Friends and Family rates

Job summary

Onni is seeking an Assistant Project Manager in Chicago to support design, execution, monitoring, and control of construction deliverables. You will work with Project Managers, Coordinators, and field teams to ensure alignment with engineering, quality, and control requirements.

Responsibilities include budgeting, subcontract management, scheduling, progress tracking, and ensuring on-budget, on-time delivery. A degree in a related field and multi-family project experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as Project Engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Construction Management, Architectural Design or related field.
• Direct work experience in a project coordination capacity.
• Experience overseeing multi-family projects.
• Project Management education is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support in estimating and finalizing budgets and contract price.
• Negotiate and manage cost-effective subcontract and material purchases.
• Develop, track, and maintain project schedules.
• Study job specifications to determine construction methods and timing.
• Review critical path and accelerate projects to meet deadlines.
• Report and update stakeholders on project schedule.
• Oversee tendering process and contract administrator.
• Assist in planning project scope for subcontractors and employees.
• Resource allocation and relationship management of internal/external teams.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting.
• Cost estimating and budget development with stakeholders.
• Identify and manage engineering controls for efficiency.
• Manage changes in scope and contingency plans.

Skills

Project coordination

Budgeting

Scheduling

Stakeholder comms

Contract management

Construction knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Construction mgmt asset

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Cost estimating software

Job description

Onni is seeking an Assistant Project Manager in Chicago to support design, execution, monitoring, and control of construction deliverables. You will work with Project Managers, Coordinators, and field teams to ensure alignment with engineering, quality, and control requirements.

Responsibilities include budgeting, subcontract management, scheduling, progress tracking, and ensuring on-budget, on-time delivery. A degree in a related field and multi-family project experience are preferred.