WHAT DOES AN ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER DO?

The Assistant Project Manager plays a pivotal role in crafting real estate strategies that cater to the comprehensive needs of the business across various sectors and markets. Takes an active part in the design and execution of commercial real estate ventures, large and small. Works closely with a team of owner representatives and consultants to forge and realize a distinctive design, ensuring the financial aspects of projects are well-managed to enhance sales tracking and invoice processes.

A Review of Professional Skills and Functions for Assistant Project Manager

1. Assistant Project Manager Duties

  • Team Collaboration: Work with a large team of professional consultants to ensure effective project delivery.
  • Schedule Management: Prepare and manage schedules of all development and construction phase activities.
  • Construction Research: Research and suggest options on construction means, methods, and materials.
  • Issue & Risk Management: Communicate and manage issues and risks affecting each project.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Communicate project progress to Principals and stakeholders accurately and on time.
  • Problem Resolution: Develop and implement solutions to correct any deviations from expectations.
  • Budget Management: Develop and manage budgets during the site acquisition phase.
  • Due Diligence Support: Assist in the site due diligence process to ensure all development risks are identified and quantified.
  • Permitting Assistance: Assist in the approval and permitting phase of the development process and ensure approvals are in line with project goals/intent.
  • Stakeholder Relations: Maintain positive relationships with the various authorities having jurisdiction over projects.

2. Assistant Project Manager Details

  • Design and Task Assignment: Define functional design and assign tasks to developers and testers in Vietnam.
  • Testing and Review: Review test cases and conduct comprehensive user acceptance testing (UAT) with Project Manager (PM).
  • Team Coordination: Have weekly online meetings with the off-shore team in Vietnam and use Slack for daily communication.
  • Travel Management: Go on business trips to Vietnam every 2-3 months with PM.
  • Project Management: Manage 2-3 projects at the same time.
  • Contract Assistance: Assist in the review of contracts and contract modifications.
  • Contract Understanding: Maintain the understanding of the General Contractor/CDG contract.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor general contractor and sub-contractor performance during the construction phase.
  • Payment Review: Review contractor applications for payment.
  • Drawing and Submittal Review: Shop drawing and submittal review.

3. Assistant Project Manager Responsibilities

  • Proposal Development: Work together with PM team to generate proposals
  • Project Close-Out Leadership: Develop, schedule, and lead project close-out processes.
  • Relationship Building: Build relationships with contractors, designers, and sub-consultants to obtain a competitive advantage for CDG.
  • Industry Representation: Attends industry events and represents CDG to the industry in a professional capacity.
  • Change Order Management: Change orders for existing customers
  • Cost Preparation: Prepare associated costs for approval by sales/commercial development
  • Scope Management: Ensure that any out-of-scope activities are identified and captured with the client in an appropriate format in collaboration with the project PM.
  • KPI Monitoring: Monitor and report the progress of PM KPIs
  • Customer Engagement: Facilitate customer visits throughout the project, providing agendas and issuing of meeting and call minutes
  • Decision Tracking: Capture all decisions, action items, and follow-up items

4. Assistant Project Manager Job Summary

  • Real Estate Strategy Development: Playing a lead role in developing real estate strategies and solutions supporting the enterprise across all business functions and markets.
  • Project Design & Execution: Engages directly in the design and execution of commercial real estate projects of all sizes.
  • Collaborative Design Implementation: Collaborate with the owner team of representatives working with consultants to develop and implement a branded design.
  • Financial Information Management: Provide financial information for projects to facilitate sales tracking and support invoicing.
  • Evidence Recording: Record all evidence related to invoicing milestones.
  • Site Deliverables Management: Manage the site deliverables including leading weekly meetings.
  • Deliverables Tracking: Update the relevant deliverables tracker.
  • SAP Support for PM Team: Provide SAP support to the PM team including project set-up, billing plans, invoicing, creation of customer master data, and shipping.
  • Planview Project Support: Provide Planview support to the PM team including support on reporting of project status.
  • Material Procurement Support: Support PM team on material procurement including material master data.

5. Assistant Project Manager Accountabilities

  • Project Coordination: Support the Project Manager in compiling all pre-start information.
  • Planning: Provide a structured approach to project planning.
  • Reporting: Provide project and weekly program information and KPIs and feedback into monitoring and reporting systems.
  • Site Supervision: Supervise the Site Team regarding health and safety and Quality Control through a structured monitoring process and auditing.
  • Client Communication: Liaise with the client on both a formal and informal basis.
  • Team Management: Motivate and manage the team to achieve the intended profit margins.
  • Problem-solving: Communicate with clients to anticipate problems and address concerns.
  • Quality Control: Oversee inspection and quality control procedures.
  • Resource Management: Manage supplies, equipment, and personnel for optimal service delivery.
  • Safety Management: Conduct safety inspections and implement proactive safety procedures with compliance accountability.

6. Assistant Project Manager Functions

  • Managerial Skills: Attend managerial trainings and workshops.
  • Creative Solutions and Revenue Growth: Increase revenue by offering creative ways to meet client needs with additional services.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and all federal, state, and local government regulations.
  • Documentation and Reporting: Ensure that all paperwork is accurate and deliver reports for payroll and correct discrepancies.
  • Project Update and Solutions: Responsible for updating the project plan and presenting solutions to various issues.
  • Project Management Collaboration: Work with the project manager to manage the project to meet the needs of all parties and deliver expected project financials.
  • Design Coordination: Facilitate and coordinate design and drawing reviews with customers, subcontractors, and internal support departments.
  • Sample Management: Manage all finished samples with general contractors, architects, and other stakeholders.
  • Project Timing Coordination: Coordinate updates to project timing.

7. Assistant Project Manager Job Description

  • Customer and Project Team Communication: Communicate with customers and projects team.
  • Schedule Development Assistance: Assist the PM and Scheduler in the development of a complete project schedule.
  • Schedule Communication and Follow-Up: Communicate schedule expectations to team members, and follow-up on project milestones and goals.
  • Product Submittal Management: Responsible for the collection and submission of complete product submittals per specifications and contractual requirements and exclusions.
  • RFI Processing: Work closely with Engineering staff, vendors, subs, the PM, and customers to write, resolve, and fully process RFIs.
  • Project Financial Assistance: Assist with project financials in managing all costs including internal and external resources to meet or exceed financial targets.
  • Change Order Coordination: Coordinate change orders including required documentation.
  • Risk Mitigation: Responsible for mitigating risk both upstream and downstream with customer and subcontractor for the project.
  • Jobsite Meeting Participation: Participate in job site meetings with customers and subcontractors.
  • Project Communication: Communicate with all team members on all aspects of the project.

8. Assistant Project Manager Overview

  • Leadership and Custodial Management: Leads custodians on a day-to-day basis to ensure that services are performed.
  • Customer Interaction and Feedback: Interacts with customers contacts daily to obtain feedback on services.
  • Documentation and Compliance: Responsible for the maintenance of the architectural conformance documents post-project award and turnover from Estimating.
  • Change Management Assistance: Assists PM and Estimator in the management of change documents.
  • Collaboration and Vendor Management: Collaborates with Engineering and outside vendors on the incorporation of approved changes into shop drawings.
  • Material Coordination: Works with PM and Engineering staff to prepare material takeoff packages to meet project sequencing and delivery requirements.
  • Procurement Support: Assists PM with placing purchase orders and other commitments.
  • Project Management Support: Acts as the junior-level manager on assigned projects.
  • PM Absence Coverage: Capable of covering for the Project Manager at various meetings and with emails and phone calls during their absence.
  • Project Insight and Management: Works closely with the Project Manager to gain further insight on project financial, schedule, and risk management.

9. Assistant Project Manager Details and Accountabilities

  • Scheduling: Plans work/staff schedules
  • Evaluation: Evaluates and monitors routine work and projects
  • Forecasting: Forecasts and creates quarterly plans addressing cleaning needs
  • Follow-Up: Follows up on planned work
  • Project Management: Plans, develops, and prioritizes projects and weekly work plans
  • Quality and Safety: Implements and manages the company’s quality control, monitoring, and safety programs
  • Oversight: Ability to oversee projects from concept to completion
  • Coordination: Coordinates and monitors the status of work orders, estimates, requests
  • Client Coordination: Ensures coordination/execution of work within clients' environment with minimal disruption
  • Facility Maintenance: Manages and maintains facility management tasks

10. Assistant Project Manager Tasks

  • Safety Management: Contributes to a safe working environment.
  • Strategy Implementation: Ensures the effective implementation of all strategies relating to new build and refurbishment activities.
  • Procurement Assistance: Assists in all procurement, including the tendering processes and evaluations for main contract works.
  • Contractor Monitoring: Monitors the activities of all appointed contractors, particularly against contractual obligations, and reports regularly.
  • Quality Assurance: Maintains the standard and quality of work on all projects, adhering to all required Health & Safety Regulations and company policies.
  • Data Organization: Organizes the provision of timely and accurate data to keep managers informed about progress and financial performance on all projects and adheres to company financial policy and procedures.
  • Project Planning Support: Works with the Project Manager to develop project plans, schedules, budgets, and resources for the existing A/E program.
  • Best Practices Monitoring: Monitors adherence to recommended best practices, balancing productivity with quality.
  • Reporting: Provides vital inputs to daily and periodic project progress, status, and cost reports to top management and other stakeholders.

11. Assistant Project Manager Roles

Invoicing and Cost Control: Responsible for Project invoicing including all sub-consultants and vendors. 

Project Oversight: Maintaining oversight of project deliverables.

Communication Management: Providing internal and external communication regarding project issues, technical directives, status reports, and administrative requirements.

Problem Solving and Escalation: Anticipating project problems, and taking remedial action, escalating to resolve and achieve commitments.

Team Engagement and Delegation: Supporting active engagement of team members by the delegation of tasks to the appropriate person.

Contract Administration: Administering to project contract renewals, terms impacting project processes.

Schedule Development and Maintenance: Developing and maintaining detailed product schedules.

Stakeholder Communication: Develop project schedules and perform stakeholder communications per direction of the Project Manager.

Contract Understanding and Administration: Understand and administer the requirements of the Prime Contract with the client.

12. Assistant Project Manager Additional Details

  • Project Coordination: Coordinate with engineering and construction resources to meet project construction deadlines.
  • Cost Reporting: Update project cost reports for review by the Project Manager.
  • Subcontractor Management: Assist in the preparation of subcontractor bid packages, contracts, and daily subcontractor management.
  • Daily Activity Coordination: Coordinate with project superintendents on daily activities such as construction logs, etc.
  • Material Forecasting: Forecast material requirements and work with material planning department to ensure timely product delivery.
  • Client Invoicing: Work with the Project Manager and accounting to ensure timely client invoicing.
  • Data Accuracy: Maintain data accuracy within ERP system.
  • Vendor Coordination: Set up and coordinate with new vendor.
  • Inspection Meetings: On-site meetings including inspections.
  • Documentation Assistance: Assist in the preparation or drafting of schedules, estimates, reports, and correspondence.

13. Assistant Project Manager Essential Functions

  • Document Management: Administer project documents including project requisitions, subcontractor invoices, certified payroll, liens, submittals, and close-out documents.
  • Submittal Coordination: Develop submittal packages and track them with submittal logs.
  • RFI Management: Develop the process and track requests for information (RFIs).
  • Policy Compliance: Thorough knowledge of company policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
  • Project Management Support: The position may be required to perform other Project Management-related tasks.
  • Operational Oversight: Directs and controls routine operations of the water and/or wastewater facility.
  • Policy Interpretation: Interprets and implements policies and procedures as determined by the project manager.
  • Decision Making: Makes operational decisions within established guidelines.
  • Laboratory Analysis Review: Reviews laboratory procedures and results and recommends procedural changes based on those results.
  • Problem-Solving: Assesses emergency and problem situations, recommends alternative solutions, and implements corrective measures.

14. Assistant Project Manager Role Purpose

  • Maintenance Coordination: Works closely with staff to establish maintenance priorities.
  • Program Development: Develop programs for equipment replacement and facility improvements.
  • Operational Maintenance: Responsible for maintaining operational areas in a professional, well-kept manner.
  • Training and Safety: Conducts training and safety programs.
  • Reporting: Prepares routine reports and maintains ongoing process records.
  • Budget Input: Provides input to develop the project budget.
  • Purchasing Specifications: Prepares bid specifications for purchasing.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Monitors and reviews PADEP and EPA Drinking Water and Wastewater standards, facility reports, and submissions for accuracy and compliance.
  • Employee Counseling: Counsels employees regarding work-related problems and seeks solutions.
  • Union Interaction: Interacts with Union Steward.

15. Assistant Project Manager General Responsibilities

  • Communication Skills: Attends meetings and maintains effective communication with the general public.
  • Project Coordination Skills: Works closely with the Project Manager to ensure Environmental and Contract compliance.
  • Client Service Skills: Delivers an exceptional product and service to the client and residents.
  • Project Management Skills: Manages administrative project aspects, including financials, subcontracts, and change orders.
  • Scheduling Skills: Maintains the project schedule.
  • Permit Acquisition Skills: Obtains permits required for assigned projects.
  • Progress Tracking Skills: Tracks project progress for compilation into the owner-pay estimates.
  • Procurement Skills: Sources and obtains materials.
  • Safety Compliance Skills: Ensures safety compliance and documentation.
  • Meeting Participation Skills: Attends weekly project meetings.

16. Assistant Project Manager Key Accountabilities

  • Customer Management and Project Success: Manage customers and drive successful outcomes of projects.
  • Performance Requirements Execution: Determine specific performance requirements for project success and execute.
  • Information Flow Management: Manage the flow of information between customer and internal production team.
  • Cross-functional Communication: Work with and communicate regularly with design, engineering, and operations.
  • Proposal Development: Develop estimates, proposals, and sales agreements.
  • Customer Relationship Maintenance: Maintain positive customer relationships and support a culture of high employee engagement.
  • Performance Measurement: Measure and monitor performance metrics for quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
  • Financial Planning Assistance: Work with PM, Sr. PM, COO, CFO, and CEO to assist in the development of financial budgets, projections, and plans.
  • Project Documentation: Document photo of the project.
  • Immediate Problem Resolution: Accomplish project delivery, and communicate with a customer to solve the problem immediately.

17. Assistant Project Manager Roles and Details

  • Project Management: Manage all phases of projects specific to Major Equipment/Spiral Products and their schedule.
  • Documentation and Maintenance: Continuous maintenance of project details, document deliverables, specifications, tasks, terms, and other requirements.
  • Milestone Development: Establishing project milestones for both internal and external customers to ensure on-time completion.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaboration with various internal departments/external suppliers for commitments.
  • Approval Oversight: Manage the approval process for all projects.
  • Discrepancy Resolution: Communicates and reconciles any discrepancies.
  • Issue Identification: Check the problem in the project and inform the Project Manager.
  • Quality and Progress Monitoring: Responsible for project quality, project progress, and customer satisfaction.
  • Customer Communication: Communicate with customers to maintain efficiency, and maintain good relations, customer satisfaction.
  • Interdepartmental Liaison: Communicate with internal or external departments.