Assistant Project Manager Bridgewater, NJ Business Unit

Assistant Project Manager – Bridgewater, NJ Business Unit 2025

Join Turner Construction Company as an Assistant Project Manager for the Bridgewater, NJ Business Unit for 2025.

Position

Description:

Manage, evaluate and assess information necessary to construct the project on time, within budget and to the quality specified by the contract documents. Has supervisory responsibility for Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, and Interns. The Engineer is the individual on the project responsible for building the overall project “on paper”.

Reports to:

Project Engineer, Project Manager or Project Executive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Act as liaison with Architects, Subcontractors, Consultants, Suppliers, Inspectors and other Turner job staff and Owner's Representatives in resolving issues related to plans and specifications.
• Oversee and make decisions related to contract drawings and subcontract information. Ensure that all drawings and specifications properly relate to the estimate.
• Manage the project budget.
• Manage submittals and shop drawings. Assess conformance to contract specifications. Resolve any conflicts in interpretation.
• Negotiate Change Orders. Manage information on changes in the work; prepare an independent analysis, obtain and check estimates for the changes from subcontractor; obtain approval of the Architect and Owner; and resolve any conflicts.
• Oversee the close‑out process. Prepare final records for the project such as Requests for Information (RFIs), close‑out records, warranties, as‑builts, Operations and Maintenance manuals (O&Ms), attic stock, and spare parts, and evaluate information to insure compliance with contract documents.
• Supervise Assistant Engineers, Engineering Assistants, Plan Clerks and Interns, including providing input on performance appraisals.
• Prepare Scope of Work documents for trades.
• Develop reports such as General Conditions Items, labor, safety, Change Order logs and Quality Control.
• Schedule and manage subcontractor trade coordination meetings, preconstruction meetings and submittal review meetings.

Salary Range: $ –  annualized. Turner Construction provides flexible benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, voluntary legal plan, identity theft protection, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, paid vacation, sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end‑of‑year appreciation pay.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of four years’ related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Proven written and verbal communication abilities.
• Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Utilization of leading‑edge technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and LEAN.
• Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands: The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; stand and walk; occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel or crouch; and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment may involve moving mechanical parts, airborne particles or caustic chemicals, and moderate to very loud noise levels.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer – race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.