Assistant Project Manager

We are a development/builder specializing in apartment buildings and spec luxury homes. Our team is passionate about creating high-quality, innovative residential projects that combine style, functionality, and attention to detail. We value professionalism, collaboration, and a workplace where every team member can contribute to building something exceptional.

The MEP Assistant Project Manager supports the planning, coordination, installation, testing, commissioning, and closeout of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, life-safety, low-voltage, elevator, and utility systems. This hands‑on role works between project management, field supervision, subcontractors, vendors, design consultants, inspectors, utility providers, and ownership representatives to keep MEP work coordinated, documented, on schedule, within budget, and ready for turnover.

• Assist with daily MEP project management and field coordination across one or more active projects.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire sprinkler, fire alarm, low‑voltage, access control, security, data, distributed antenna, elevator, controls, and utility scopes.
• Review coordination drawings and identify conflicts between MEP systems, structure, architecture, ceilings, equipment clearances, and access requirements.
• Participate in owner, design, subcontractor, coordination, and field meetings; document commitments and follow issues through final resolution.

• Prepare, submit, and track MEP RFIs, submittals, resubmittals, deferred submittals, and design clarifications.
• Review drawings, specifications, schedules, approved submittals, equipment requirements, and field conditions for alignment across trades.
• Maintain current project records and communicate approved changes to field leadership, subcontractors, vendors, and affected trades.
• Track design decisions that affect equipment selection, pathways, power, controls, structural support, access, testing, and inspections.

• Prepare and maintain procurement logs, purchase orders, material releases, equipment status, and delivery schedules.
• Monitor long‑lead equipment including HVAC equipment, pumps, water heaters, plumbing fixtures, switch gear, transformers, panels, generators, transfer switches, lighting, fire alarm components, controls, and elevator equipment.
• Coordinate vendor submittals, fabrication, delivery, storage, startup requirements, replacement parts, and field receipt.

• Assist with MEP budgets, commitments, forecasts, allowances, contingency items, and cost tracking.
• Review subcontractor and vendor proposals and help prepare change orders with scope narratives, drawings, pricing backup, and schedule impacts.
• Identify scope gaps, design changes, unforeseen conditions, and potential cost exposure before work proceeds.

• Develop and maintain MEP milestone, procurement, installation, inspection, startup, and commissioning trackers.
• Review short‑term schedules with field leadership and track manpower, material, equipment, access, inspections, shutdowns, and constraints.
• Coordinate utility releases, temporary services, permanent power, gas, domestic water, sewer, communications, energization, and system turnovers.
• Conduct regular site walks to verify installation progress, system readiness, quality, access, and coordination with other trades.

• Track inspections, correction notices, quality‑control observations, punch‑list items, and jurisdictional approvals.
• Coordinate startup, testing, balancing, controls verification, fire alarm testing, fire sprinkler…