Assistant Project Manager
The Assistant Project Manager supports project managers in planning, coordinating, and executing projects across all phases, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. This role involves managing schedules, budgets, stakeholder communications, risk mitigation, and contract administration while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver successful project outcomes. It offers growth potential through exposure to diverse projects and mentorship within a leading program management team.
About Careertakes
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Position Overview
Confidential Client is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support program and construction management activities on infrastructure, institutional, and commercial projects. This role reports to a Project Manager or Project Director and offers strong mentorship, exposure to clients and contractors, and growth along a project management career track.
What You’ll Do
- Provide project management support across all project phases to ensure alignment with owner objectives and schedules.
- Assist in defining project scope, deliverables, schedules, budgets, and milestones.
- Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and distribute project updates to stakeholders.
- Monitor project performance vs. milestones, budgets, and KPIs; prepare status reports and executive summaries.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, equipment planners, and specialty consultants to support design coordination and construction activities.
- Maintain and update project schedules and financial forecasts; identify variances and support corrective action planning.
- Administer procurement and contract processes: bid documentation, contract tracking, invoices, payments, and change order reviews.
- Identify and track project risks and changes; maintain Risk and Change Registers and support mitigation strategies.
- Assist with regulatory reviews, inspections, occupancy coordination, and project closeout while maintaining organized project documentation.
Qualifications
- Proficiency with standard project management methodologies and eagerness to grow in practical application.
- Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and project scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, e-Builder).
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, plans, and technical specifications.
- Working knowledge of design and construction processes, project phases, and regulatory requirements.
- Strong analytical skills for preparing project performance reports and tracking metrics.
- High attention to detail in documentation, reporting, and compliance tracking.
- Effective collaborator who can manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a closely related field.
- New graduates with strong co-op / internship experience in Architecture, Engineering, Design, or Construction firms are encouraged to apply.
- 1+ year of relevant experience along a Junior / Assistant Project Manager career track is strongly preferred.
Location & Employment Type
- Location: Charleston Air Force Base, SC (on-site / client-specific project locations)
- Employment type: Full-time, Contractor opportunities possible depending on project needs
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Skills & Tools
- Project scheduling and forecasting (Microsoft Project, e-Builder or similar)
- Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint — advanced proficiency preferred
- Experience with contract administration, procurement, and change order processes
- Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholder engagement
Why Join
- Hands-on mentorship and clear advancement path on complex, community-impacting projects.
- Exposure to multi-discipline teams and a variety of project types (healthcare, transit, higher education, water, energy, etc.).
- Opportunity to build program and construction management expertise with a Confidential Client consultancy team.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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