Assistant Project & Cost Manager

Category:
Project Management / Consulting, Project Management, Consulting, Estimating, Scheduling, Change Management, Cost Management, and Budget Management

Type:
Full-time

Min.

Experience:

Some Experience

Location:

Miami, FL

Salary Range: $80,000 - $125,000

SBI Consultants has been an industry leader in engineering consulting for over 20 years, providing technical, leadership, and advisory solutions to investors, non-profit organizations, public‑private partnerships, and developers worldwide.

Assistant Project & Cost Manager (A P&CM) supporting the Project Manager in planning, directing, and coordinating activities of designated process(es) or a project. Works across estimating, scheduling, and budgeting to ensure objectives are achieved within time and funding constraints.

• Perform quantity surveying, using plans or parametric approaches.
• Develop and maintain schedules and budgets for engineering projects.
• Provide status reports on milestones and adjust schedules as needed.
• Coordinate preparation and delivery of design documents and bid packages.
• Review product design for compliance with customer contract requirements and specifications.
• Monitor technical, scheduling, and budgeting developments.
• Analyze production specifications and capacity data to determine processes and resource requirements.
• Draw up master schedules to establish sequence and lead time of operations.
• Expedite delayed operations and alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Collaborate with project lead to determine status and provide progress updates.
• Assume full responsibility for a process or project technical solution as needed.
• Support advisory solutions—due diligence, feasibility studies, and risk assessment—for less complex or supervised complex projects.
• Review proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations, and staffing resources.
• Establish work plans and staffing for project phases; coordinate project personnel to ensure schedule and budget compliance.
• Prepare status reports for Project Manager review, highlighting progress, schedule, and risk items.
• Coordinate with government agencies as required.
• Support business development by acting as company ambassador and participating in proposal preparation.
• Maintain occupational health standards including monitoring tasks requiring manual handling up to 25lb and sustained visual focus.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant industry experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing a process on a large project or managing a small project is a plus.
• Ability to read drawings and specifications and perform quality surveying (plans or parametric).
• Strong problem‑solving and team‑working skills, with ability to manage time, plan, and prioritize assignments.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Salary: $80,000 - $125,000 annually, commensurate with education, qualifications, and experience, plus performance bonus and profit‑sharing bonus.

• Annual performance bonus and company profit‑sharing bonus
• Professional development allowance
• Medical (100% paid by company)
• Dental and vision insurance
• FSA/HSA
• 401(k) with company profit‑sharing bonus
• Commuter pre‑tax benefit
• Life, AD&D, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP) and Health Advocate
• Voluntary benefits—accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, pet insurance, legal plan
• Generous paid time off, volunteer, and holiday package

Hybrid and flexible work environment is provided within project constraints; on occasion travel to project sites across the USA may be required.