ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER

Brawner Builders, Inc. prides itself in offering a variety of high-quality new construction of offices, shopping centers, heavy industrial plants, academic institutions, renovations and infrastructure projects.

Successful Assistant Project Managers will be motivated, take-charge leaders with a successful track record with an emphasis on quality and safety. Strong computer skills such as MS Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Google Docs, and Viewpoint are considered a plus. Experience preferred, but willing to train the right candidate.

With an emphasis on developing business relationships built on the tenets of honesty, integrity, safety, service, and diversity, Brawner Builders is an established and growing Contractor, and the majority of our work is negotiated with our satisfied customers and repeat partners.

Benefits for employees:

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Employer Paid Time Off (PTO)+Paid Holidays
• Employee’s Choice Floating Holiday
• Continuing Education
• Generous Employer Paid Sick Time Off
• Competitive Health Insurance Package
• Dental, Vision, FSA, and HSA are available
• Employer Contributions to HSA
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Long Term Disability
• 401(k) with company match and 100% Employer Paid 401K Investment Advisor
• Value added benefits-Identity Theft Protection, Travel Assistance, Counseling Services
• Discretionary bonus
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Employer paid cell phone (if applicable to position)
• Safety-Toed Boot Program
• Prescription Safety Glasses Program
• 100% Employer Paid Safety Certifications
• Flextime possible reasonable to position
• Monthly auto allowance to applicable positions
• Weekly Payroll
• Positive atmosphere and teamwork in building relationships, not just structures

Description

Assist Project Managers in all construction activities, project procurement, scheduling, preparing meeting minutes, document processing, issue resolution with management of projects, acting as Project Manager on small projects. Act as liaison between teams where appropriate to help ensure smooth project completion and effective communication.

Essential Functions

• Assist in preparing instructions and coordinate bidding process; review subcontractor bids for conformance and qualifications.
• Confer with the Project Superintendent and others to provide input for the pre-bid and master construction schedule.
• Nurture relationships with client
• Implement assigned duties with an exceptional level of accuracy, timeliness and cost effectiveness.
• Become familiar with each estimate to fully support its integrity.
• Prepare subcontracts, purchase orders, and change order requests to be reviewed by the Project Manager.
• Review the subcontract pre-billing worksheet, monthly progress payment request, and monitor payment receipts and disbursements.
• Attend in-person and virtual meetings with clients and vendors.
• Monitor all outstanding Owner change orders and change order requests.
• Maintain ethical business transactions and conduct in all aspects of work performance
• Process daily work tickets, material invoices, receipts and delivery tickets and input data in system and project specific invoices.
• Create and monitor simple schedules using Microsoft Project
• Adhere to OSHA and MOSHA Safety Standards, follow appropriate protocol for reporting incidents timely to Safety Director and management
• Communicate regularly with team members to ensure that work specifications are met and any problems are addressed immediately
• Adhere to all traffic laws and worksite rules
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; including the ability to influence, negotiate and explain complex processes to clients and staff. Knowledge of Spanish is helpful
• Effective computer skills including proficient use of Word, Excel, Google Docs, and Microsoft Projects. Experience with Viewpoint helpful.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to lead by positive influence rather than positional power
• Ability to build and maintain effective and professional working relationships with our workforce, project managers, owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Ability to work independently or as a collaborative team member, handle sensitive information with discretion, and prior