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Actalent Assistant Project Manager in Olathe, Kansas

Description:

The Assistant Construction Manager will be required to either relocate or be located in the region as the responsibility requires daily onsite presence. This job opening is specifically for a large, multi-year waste water industrial project (Webster Waste Water Treatment Plant).

As a Assistant Construction Manager you will be reporting to the Construction Manager, and Project Managers. Tasks may vary depending on skill set and abilities. However the Construction Manager is responsible for the overall day-to-day onsite construction management of a project. You will be part of onsite team tasked with making sure project implementation with our trade partners is coordinated, project and company standards are met, and ensuring a positive Client experience. Our corporate office is in Olathe, Kansas, but we work with clients throughout the country, and the Construction Manager position is located at each job site

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Construction Manager to ensure project success.

• Ensure subcontractors, vendors, and all site personnel including visitors live up to our safety standards and maintain a healthy safe working environment.

• Develop, maintain, and update the overall project schedule as well as short term and long term planning with project team.

• Identify, plan, coordinate, and execute critical work items.

• Responsible for jobsite mobilization, movement, and demobilization logistics.

• Review and approve daily work tickets and maintain daily logs of work performed onsite.

• Coordinate subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and consultants.

• Coordinate work between trades or subcontractors.

• Regularly communicate, formally and informally, company goals, policies, plans and priorities to field personnel.

• Manage project costs and changes in scope.

• Manage close out punch list and commissioning activities in a timely manner.

• Review contracts, submittals, and installation documents to verify completeness and installation compliance.

• Assist engineering team in writing and reviewing scopes of the work.

• Assist engineering team with subcontractor, vendor, and supplier bid procurement.

• Resolve subcontractor disputes.

• Schedule and deliver training to facility personnel when turning over building.

• Inspect Equipment upon delivery and inventory delivery tickets.

• Prepare, log, file and distribute Construction Manager daily reports.

• Ensure client concerns are resolved in a timely manner.

• Eliminate waste and cut unnecessary costs.

• Leave things more organized than you found them.

• Identify potential issues and solve problems.

• Treat clients and project partners better than they expect.

• Offer help to co-workers before they ask.

Skills:

Construction, Construction management

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Must have:

-BA/BS Degree in construction management, mechanical engineer, electrical engineering, architecture engineering, or facilities management

-at least 1 internship in construction (trades, reviewing drawings, specs, design plans) up to 3 years

-Experience professionally using MS Office and MS Projects

-Has experience to walk through commercial building process

Experience Level:

Entry Level

About Actalent:

Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We’re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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