Application Deadline: 9 May 2025
Department: Construction
Location: Minnesota
Compensation: $110,000 - $120,000 / year
The assistant construction project manager will assist in planning, directing, and coordinating activities pertaining to the construction and maintenance of solar projects in accordance with company policies and governmental regulations.
What you'll do:
- Work with Project Management team to organize, plan, direct, coordinate and report onsite construction activities to the project manager.
- Assists in leading the construction effort from estimating, management and scheduling.
- Assists project managers with all sub-contractor communications and purchase order needs.
- Helps maintain quality relationships with Utility Companies and provides timely communication regarding schedule, inspections, energization and interconnections.
- Willingness to read, interpret and understand all project documentation such as insurance, permitting and project scheduling
- Develop preliminary schedule and facilitating scheduling standards throughout the course of the project
- Develop and implement the work breakdown structure
- Assist in the development of baseline, proposal/bid schedules
- Support supervision through the preparation, monitoring, and updating of schedules; and assisting site management to formulate action plans to correct scheduling problems
- Draft and input schedule activities utilizing PM, monitoring, and eliminating potential problems
- Review any scheduling issues with site staff and determine necessary modifications, re-sequencing schedules when conflicts arise and updating the PM as required by project specifications and contract requirements
- Create reports for project team within Procore, including the inclusion of data into the corporate reporting procedures
- Build relationships with internal and external project team members, communicating both successes and concerns regarding schedule
- Assess impact of design/construction changes and communicate the issues with project stakeholders, executives and leadership team
- Analyze acceleration options and recommend the best cost, lowest risk option
- Acts as a trouble shooter on current projects
- Assist managers in cost savings through vendor negotiations, market analysis, and eliminating waste.
- Maintain a culture of continuous improvement and problem solving
- Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or a related field
- One year minimum of experience in related field
- Proficiency with reading blueprints, plans, specs, contracts, subcontracts, and purchase orders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
- Proficiency with Procore or other construction management software
- Experience working on solar construction
- Experience with MS Projects
Medical and Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, company paid disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off and holidays.