Assistant Project Manager ; Industrial

Career Opportunities with W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

A great place to work.

Careers At W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

Share with friends or Subscribe!

Are you ready for new challenges and new opportunities?

Join our team!

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Subscribe to our RSS feeds to receive instant updates as new positions become available.

W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company is seeking an ambitious, detail-oriented Assistant Project Manager I (APM I) to support project execution within our Yates Industrial Division
.

The APM I assists and supports the Project Manager across all phases of heavy industrial construction. Working under direct supervision, the APM I is integrated into the field management team, managing trade packages, assisting in material/subcontract buyouts, processing change orders, tracking jobsite unit production, and mentoring junior project personnel in foundational project procedures.

Operating under Yates Industrial’s 80% Direct Hire / 20% Subcontractor execution model
, candidates must possess experience on direct-hire heavy industrial projects in the Pulp & Paper, Power Generation, Chemical Process, or Specialty Metals sectors.

• Provide direct field support to construction superintendents and craft foremen, ensuring work complies with contract specifications, engineering drawings, and quality standards.
• Implement and track Unit Tracking and daily craft productivity metrics to monitor direct-hire productivity against baseline estimates.
• Assist in developing and maintaining the site logistics plan, critical path production charts, and material delivery sequencing for self-perform trades.
• Perform constructability reviews and participate in Virtual Design & Construction (VDC/BIM) workflows.
• Assist in preparing bid packages, performing estimating take-offs, organizing bid openings, and compiling bid tabulations.
• Draft standard subcontracts and purchase orders using Yates boilerplate templates for ordered work, schedules, costs, and technical specifications.
• Track and process the change management system, soliciting, reviewing, and preparing Inter-Office Change Orders (IOCCs) and subcontractor change order requests with complete backup documentation.
• Initiate, review, track, and distribute Requests for Information (RFIs) and technical submittals, ensuring timely responses to prevent site delays.
• Maintain project contract documents, technical specifications, design drawings, and as-built records.
• Document technical, financial, and personnel aspects of assigned project scopes.

• Participate in site quality control according to established Project Quality Assurance programs.
• Conduct regular site walks with owner representatives, engineers, superintendents and inspectors; identify non-compliant work and maintain punch lists / non-conformance registers.
• Assist with project close-out procedures, permit sign-offs, and final turnover documentation.
• Participate in preparing monthly owner project status reports, End of Job (EOJ) projections, and quarterly EOJ reviews.
• Assist in updating the overall CPM schedule in Primavera P6, communicating progress updates to the project Scheduler.

• Assist in administering the site safety program, ensuring compliance with OSHA standards, Yates Site Specific Requirements, and statutory safety regulations.
• Actively mentor field engineers and project interns in foundational project administrative procedures.
• Demonstrate Yates Core Values, Code of Conduct, and Safety Leadership expectations.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field preferred (equivalent direct-hire industrial field experience accepted).
• Minimum 2+ years of heavy industrial construction industry experience.
• Required Sector
  
  Experience:
  
  Hands‑on experience on direct-hire projects in at least one key industrial sector:
  Pulp & Paper, Process Chemical, Specialty Metals, or Power Generation
  .
• Demonstrated experience…