Assistant Project Manager
Job Location:
Atlanta, GA - USA
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Job Summary
What This Person Will Own:
The APM runs their section of the job autonomously. This includes full ownership of the submittal process from intake through procurement direct subcontractor administration (payments insurance bond safety haz-com compliance) document management and project controls coordination meeting leadership (MEP skin site utility and logistics phasing) cost projection accuracy for assigned scope punch list execution and complete project closeout for their area of responsibility.
This role supports the Project Manager but operates with independent judgment in daily problem resolution materials expediting and field coordination. It is not a shadow role. The right candidate owns their piece.
What Success Looks Like:
- Complete submittal log built and maintained with zero untracked items from project start
- All subcontracts within assigned scope administered with zero compliance lapses
- Cost projections for assigned scope accurate current and reported without being requested
- Punch list for assigned scope closed on schedule within the project closeout window
- Project closeout documentation complete and delivered on time
The client is a regional commercial general contractor with multiple offices across the Southeast. The Georgia operation runs roughly 250 active job sites at any given time. The self-perform model means the company owns its craft workforce and its progression paths. The VP of Field Operations who oversees this hire started as a carpenter on a wall crew in 2008 and has been with the company for 19 years. That is the trajectory available to people who want it.
The full company profile benefits package and culture are reviewed with you during the screening conversation. You will know exactly who you are interviewing with before any interview is scheduled.
- Must have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Space Force U.S. Reserves or U.S. National Guard.
- Bachelors degree in construction engineering or related field
- Experience on commercial construction projects (preferred)
- Familiarity with project management software (Procore or similar)
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Conflict resolution and organizational skills
- Willingness to travel throughout the Southeast and relocate as projects require
Veteran Translation: This role is an ideal fit for military engineers SeaBees and logistics officers who managed construction infrastructure or facilities projects in uniform. MOS 12B/12C/12N CE ratings 3E series AFSC BU/CE/EO ratings and Civil Affairs 38A all translate well. PCS history is an asset not a question mark. If your service is not on this list and you still believe the role fits apply.
If you are transitioning out of the military or recently transitioned this role was built with you in mind. The qualities the service produces early arrival situational awareness around personnel deference to people with more reps regardless of rank daily inspection discipline comfort in heat and rain and mud small-unit cohesion are the qualities that produce a successful operator on these crews. The client has hired veterans for two decades and will be hiring them for the next two. Apply and tell us about the equipment you ran or maintained in service.
Base pay. $60000 - $75000
Health coverage. Medical dental and vision effective day one.
Life insurance. Company-provided effective day one.
Retirement. 401(k) eligible day one.
Required Skills:
Must have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Space Force U.S. Reserves or U.S. National Guard. Experience and Craft (preferred not required) Commercial construction Carpenter experience with vertical and horizontal concrete forms gang forms preferred. Military equivalents called out by name on the call: Navy Seabees (we need to attack the Seabees right out of the gate). Also strong: Army 12W Carpentry and Masonry Specialist 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer 12R Interior Electrician in a construction-battalion context; Air Force 3E3 Structural; Marine Corps 1371 Combat Engineer with vertical-construction experience; Coast Guard Damage Controlman with shoreside construction. Ability to read sketches blueprints and verbal instruction. Military equivalents: any service member who has built from a TM FM site survey or verbal tasking. The hiring managers phrase take a list and do everything on the list and get that stuff done is how he described what veterans do well. Own tools required including hammer speed square tape measure chalk box pliers and tool pouch. Military equivalents: tradesmen who carried and maintained personal and issued hand tools in a deployed construction environment. Physical and Environmental Able to work at elevated heights. Able to frequently lift materials weighing up to 50 lbs. Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Able to maintain a drug-free status per site safety policy. Long hours. Field crews earn overtime. Stated up front in the hiring managers own words. Not negotiable.
