Assistant Project Manager
Listed on 2026-07-10
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Engineering
At HDR, our employee‑owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. HDR is currently seeking a Project Manager General Assistant to join our team.
Project assignments may include multidisciplinary design activities including schematic design development and the preparation of construction documents to support large, medium, and small‑scale federal facility and GIS projects. Projects include horizontal and vertical construction for military and international and interagency support, facilities, sustainment, restoration and modernization (FSRM), as well as other federal projects such as asset management and military planning. Most of these projects are performed under architect‑engineer (A‑E) IDIQ contracts with varying degrees of technical complexity and project team size.
Responsibilities- Work under the direction of a Project Manager to support the management of multidisciplinary design teams across various Department of Defense (DoD) projects throughout the Southwestern United States.
- Support all phases of project development—from planning and design through construction support—ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.
- Develop and review scopes of work, cost estimates, and schedules; track progress and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Coordinate internal design activities and manage external subconsultants to meet project objectives.
- Remain current with changes to applicable codes, standards, and client requirements, and incorporate those into project deliverables.
- Support quality control reviews and perform project engineering duties as necessary.
- Perform other duties as needed.
- Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license.
- PMP certification.
- Experience designing and/or delivering projects for federal agencies.
- Familiarity with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC).
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent schedules.
- Interest in advancing digital delivery and AI‑enabled workflows in infrastructure projects.
- Commitment to HDR's core values of quality work and continuous improvement.
- This position is subject to a governmental background check.
- This position will require US citizenship to be able to support federal clients.
- Bachelor's degree in related field.
- 5 years related experience.
- Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.
We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. Stated benefits are for full‑time regular positions. The expected compensation range for this position in California is $‑$ annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.
Primary
Location:
United States-California-Folsom. Other Locations:
United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-California-Sacramento. Industry: Federal.
Schedule:
Full‑time. Employee Status:
Regular.
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