Assistant Project Manager

Position Title:
Assistant Project Manager

About the Position

Are you ready to lead transformative infrastructure projects in the heart of the nation’s capital? We’re seeking a skilled Assistant Project Manager to oversee the final design and planning phases of major heavy civil rail initiatives. In this role, you’ll coordinate scope reviews, prepare cost estimates, and negotiate contracts with consultants, while directing multidisciplinary teams through technical evaluations, design reviews, and construction planning.

You’ll play a key role in managing change orders, ensuring schedule compliance, and driving engineering solutions in the field, all while collaborating with contractors, consultants, and agency stakeholders to deliver high-impact transit projects on time and within budget.

This is a long-term, full-time, hybrid position located in Washington DC.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the review of scope of work for final designs prepared by consultants; prepares independent cost estimates for the final design effort and negotiates contacts with general consultants to perform the final design.
• Directs and controls the other consultants during the design and planning phases of a construction project by reviewing and analyzing designs, drawings, life-cycle costs, and specifications.
• Controls and coordinates technical reviews of shop and working drawings for projects.
• Confers periodically with contractors, consultants and Owners officials concerning construction plans, specifications, costs, unusual conditions, and work coordination.
• Analyzes design and construction change orders, claims and supplemental agreements; assists in negotiating changes with the section design consultants and contractors.
• Recommends appropriate changes in contractor schedules for completion of the project within time constraints and reviews and recommends variations from plans and specifications. Prepare activity reports to describe the changes to the project.
• Develops or obtains engineering and administrative data necessary for the planning, scheduling, and control of the project. Controls design costs and schedules for assigned sections.
• Secures approvals from Owners operating department on final design as well as construction contract documents; schedules presentations for the consultants to brief Owners operating department at the preliminary, intermediate, and final submittals of the final design; and obtains operating department's approval of the construction contract documents prior to advertisement of contract.
• Makes timely field inspections for effective performance of construction activities and conformance with plans and specifications.
• Investigates and analyzes field, cost, reliability, and safety problems. Develop and implement engineering solutions to the problems identified.
• Reviews and updates construction records and reports periodically for effective control of project information. Reviews, analyzes, and prepares the documentation required for staff summaries.
• Supervises work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work per quality standards. Plans organizational structure and job content.

Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
• Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in project management, construction management, business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years' experience demonstrated progressively responsible project management and/or construction experience.
• 2+ years professional work experience in the transit or rail industry.
• Demonstrable experience effectively negotiating with outside contractors/consultants; and/or supervising professional engineering, trade staff (e.g., electrics, mechanics, technicians, welders, or similar), and other technical staff.
• Knowledge and understanding of how to develop and comprehend various types and levels of technical, contractual, and legal documentation.
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