Assistant Project Manager - Prince Frederick, MD

Assistant Project Manager - Prince Frederick, MD 

 

Our Team

 

Centennial is a national leader in renovation, construction, and design-build services, with a national reach spanning from Florida to Alaska, with offices led by construction professionals sharing a common goal; to keep promises, honor commitments and exceed client expectations. Our performance is what has helped, and continues to help forge strong partnerships, which are strengthened over time. 

 

Driven by integrity and a long-standing culture of performance excellence, Centennial doesn’t just build structures – we transform spaces and create places. These are unique places for our clients to learn, teach, work, play, and heal. With 30 years of nationwide experience, on over $4 billion in diverse projects, we excel at making the impossible possible.  Centennial provides employees opportunities, both internally and externally, to further develop in their role, yet also grow into other roles, and even leadership positions.

 

The Role

 

The Assistant Project Manager assists the project team in managing all aspects of construction projects, including development, coordination, and implementation of a program schedule to ensure programs are completed on time, within budget, and ensure or surpass expected quality.

 

Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience in the construction industry with a commercial or industrial general contractor

• Familiar with detailed fixed price estimates; has the ability to use RS Means or other published unit price books to produce detailed line item estimates

• Possess effective negotiating skills

• Resource Administration; to include operations support staff, vendors, subcontractors, and time

• Must demonstrate a strong ability to:

  • Adapt and be flexible to frequent changes in a fast-paced work environment

  • Demonstrate integrity consistent with Centennial’s core values

  • Collaborate and work effectively in a team environment with people of various backgrounds and styles

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, to include clear, concise, and professional presentation of information

  • Adapt to the constantly evolving world of technology, design, means and methods, systems may include but not limited to: Microsoft Office suite, ProCore, Adobe, and BlueBeam

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field desired but not required

 

Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Assists with project budget; Communicates effectively with all team members, including subcontractors and clients; Meets with senior level project team members to regularly gain knowledge, ideas, and insight in order to develop skills, ensure success; Develops and reviews SOW through site visits, existing conditions, and client needs so project requirements and expectations are clearly defined; Negotiates with client and subcontractors as necessary; Coordinates project close out, obtaining required documentation, assisting in pre-final inspections and As-Built drawings

 

• Estimating: Prepares estimates based on technical specifications, statement of work (SOW), and drawings; Assists with entering line items into Unit Price Book software using RS Means or other line items estimating tools

 

• Subcontractor Management: Solicits proposals from at least three vendors and/or subcontractors to include documentation on equipment, material, and labor costs for items not covered in an industry standard manual or work to be performed by subcontractors; Reviews proposals to confirm compliance with SOW; Assembles subcontractor quotes for review; Gathers subcontractor safety information

 

• Scheduling: Assists in development of project schedules with superintendents for use by customer and subcontractors

 

• Safety: Ensures compliance with Centennial’s Health, Saf