Assistant Project Manager
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Summary
Assistant Project Manager at PDM, a construction/fabrication firm: help win new work by preparing quantity take-offs, cost estimates, and proposals, then manage projects from point of sale through shop drawings, production, and erection to completion. Day to day is estimating, client communication, budgets, and schedules.
Reports to: Sales & Estimating Director
Position Summary: Help sell new work by developing cost estimating and communicating with internal and external resources. Help manage project from point of sale, through shop drawings/production/erection, to a completed project
Adhere to PDM’s Core Values:
- Relationship Building: We foster long-term positive relationships with fellow employee-owners, external partners and our communities.
- Accountability: We consistently demonstrate a high level of personal accountability.
- Urgency: We operate with a sense of urgency.
- Innovation: We embrace growth and change.
- Create Return on Efforts: We create positive results on all our efforts.
- Pillars: 1) Safety, 2) Quality, 3) Happiness, 4) Performance
Responsibilities and Areas of Accountability:
- Estimating/Sales
- Lead project sales and assist on other sales leads as necessary
- Prepare accurate quantity take-offs from contract documents
- Develop cost estimates as needed for external pricing/proposals
- Prepare proposals for new projects
- Update cost estimates as needed for external and internal needs
- Communicate with clients as needed to support and modify proposals
- Gather appropriate documents/information from clients, designers, and vendors to ensure an appropriate estimate/proposal, to understand the project status, and to ensure a proper kick-off
- Assist with estimating program maintenance; including component price updating
- Participate, and lead as necessary, project kick-offs meetings to share information with engineering/detailing teams, project management, outside vendors and production teams
- Direct project management of projects as necessary, internally and externally
- Assist other projects managers as necessary, typically on larger projects
- Management communication from point of sale, through engineering or detailing, through production, through erection, and ultimately a completed onsite project.
- Manage project financial budgets with thorough understanding of the project scope and estimated costs
- Develop and communicate complete project schedules internally and externally