Assistant Project Manager (00615)

Team: Operations

Location: South Plainfield, NJ

Commitment: Full-Time

Workplace Type: hybrid

Salary:

Organizational Responsibilities

• Direct day-to-day construction project planning and execution to meet project design, schedule, and financial objectives.  

• Support project manager in developing project scopes, budgets, schedules, and resource allocations.  

• Prepare project budgets, provide project cost forecasts and project cashflow, and cost performance. 

• Review change orders, contracts, and payment applications. 

• Monitor project cost performance by preparing project cost reports and cost variance analysis. 

• Monitor project milestones, changes, and technical progress; develop recovery plans as needed.  

• Liaise with owners, contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders to resolve conflicts and align project goals.  

• Support contract administration and third-party vendor coordination.  

• Lead project meetings and facilitate communication across teams.  

• Identify risks, track project performance metrics, and recommend process improvements.  

• Assist in preparation and review of submittals, RFIs, and change orders.  

• Interface regularly with internal departments and external clients, ensuring high-quality service delivery.  

• Other duties as assigned.  

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, accounting, finance or related degree; MBA or Master's in analytics or related field preferred. 

• 5+ years of progressive project management experience and some combination of cost control or financial data analysis required.  

• Experience in all levels of the project life cycle including procurement, proposal development, cost controls, risk analysis, scheduling, and change orders is preferred.  

• Ability to perform cost per unit analysis, cost progress reporting, and cost variance reconciliation required.  

• Cost accounting experience reviewing and processing invoices, accruals, and compliance required.  

• Demonstrated competency managing financial data with MS Excel required.  

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills required.  

• Experience with MS Word and PowerPoint preferred.  

• Experience with databases and reporting preferred.