- Company Name
- Bearing Construction, Inc.
- Job Title
- Building Project Manager
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Building Project Manager
**Role Summary:**
The assistant project manager supports the Project Management Team across the full project lifecycle—from bid to completion—by organizing, planning, scheduling, and monitoring a single construction project. Responsibilities include managing scope, safety, budget, and quality requirements, coordinating subcontractors and vendors, handling change events and submittals, and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.
**Expectations:**
- Work under direct guidance of the Project Manager.
- Maintain control over project scope, safety, schedule, budget, change events, submittals, and quality.
- Act as the primary point of contact for project activities and documentation.
- Facilitate effective collaboration among project personnel, subcontractors, vendors, and owners.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Coordinate daily collaboration with the Project Manager, Project Engineer, Coordinator, and Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent.
- Promote and monitor safety compliance: review safety plans, conduct job hazard analyses, and lead weekly safety meetings.
- Perform descope analysis with estimators, identify challenges, and develop bid/work packages.
- Update and distribute project schedules, identify milestones, long‑lead items, and critical path activities.
- Select vendors and subcontractors, ensuring timely quotes and full pricing.
- Manage submittal processes: create and maintain submittal logs, review for contract compliance, coordinate review comments, and forward finalized submittals.
- Establish and maintain databases for vendor information, submittals, drawings, and O&M manuals.
- Conduct contractor coordination meetings, schedule coordination, and on‑site work activities.
- Prepare and issue Operations & Maintenance Manuals.
- Serve as primary contact for inter‑party meetings, record minutes, and maintain project documentation.
- Review design discrepancies and coordinate potential change orders.
- Provide project‑specific administrative assistance as required.
**Required Skills:**
- Project management and scheduling (critical path method).
- Vendor and subcontractor management.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Strong written and verbal communication, including presentation of complex material.
- Ability to coordinate meetings, document minutes, and maintain organized records.
- Problem‑solving and change‑management skills.
- Basic understanding of construction safety regulations and practices.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
- Professional certifications preferred: PMP, CAPM, or equivalent construction project management credential.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.