Assistant Project Manager

Join our team as an Assistant Project Manager! Support project planning, coordination, and execution while growing your skills.

Bali Construction has been a licensed general engineering contractor since 1987, serving national and regional customers throughout Southern California; the exceptional people on our team are vital to our success. Bali is the preferred utility subcontractor within the Metropolitan Los Angeles area for the most complex and demanding commercial and municipal projects. Our skilled employees stand behind their work, and our customers can confidently rely on the critical systems that we build.

Bali pays for health insurance. In addition, it offers life insurance, paid vacation, sick time, and holidays; a 401k retirement plan; a flexible, dynamic, and fun team environment; and an opportunity to learn and grow through ownership of your role and empowerment within the company.

• Mentor and supervise all assigned personnel, including Project Engineers.
  • Establish performance goals and metrics for managing subordinates, in coordination with the project manager, in line with Bali's mission statement.
  • In coordination with the Project Manager, provide regular feedback to subordinates.
  • Provide clear guidance and expectations to all assigned team members.
• Supervise the development and issuance of project correspondence, including RFIs, submittals, billings, and compliance documents.
• Manage agency, customer, and regulatory requirements, including permits, traffic control, engineering requirements, compliance issues, and inspections.

• Actively participate in joint Estimating and Operations project turnover meetings.
• Review and analyze documentation provided by Estimating, including the bid estimate, contracts, design plans, specifications, schedules, logistics plans, proposals, and quotations.
• Identify foreseeable project risks and opportunities; monitor and update as the project progresses.
• In coordination with the Project Manager, prepare a preliminary project schedule and corresponding budget based on an estimate and input from the Superintendent and Foremen.
• Export estimate to TRACK and establish initial cost tracking accounts.
• Actively coordinate with the Client to obtain the Client's concurrence with Bali's project schedule.
• In coordination with the Project Manager, schedule, organize, and conduct Bali interdepartmental Project Kick-Off meeting to coordinate company-wide efforts for assigned projects; set goals for and expectations of supporting departments' efforts, including finance and accounting, labor compliance and payroll, yard operations, and logistics, safety, and purchasing.
• Coordinate with the purchasing and Bali contracting managers to negotiate and procure all materials, subcontractors, and outside services per Bali procurement standards.

• Coordinate with Superintendents and other technical staff to develop work plans to meet or exceed budget goals.
• Actively coordinate with the Client to ensure optimal field conditions for Bali's scope.
• Assist field team in developing safe work practices, job hazard analysis, researching and communicating safety requirements and regulations.
• Inspect and supervise project safety program; identify and manage hazards with the field team.
• Actively participate in incident review meetings.
• Identify impacts and changes; ensure Bali's impact notification process is followed to reserve Bali's right to pursue equitable compensation, develop cost, and schedule recovery plans as necessary.
• Prepare and negotiate cost estimates for forward-priced lump sum change orders and negotiate a final settlement to time and material change orders.
• Directly or by staff assignment, review and approve project expenses (invoices), and coordinate corrections where needed.
• Review active project productions and labor hours weekly; identify trends and develop recovery plans with the project team members to address shortfalls and capitalize on opportunities.
• In coordination with the project manager, review project costs and update forecasted costs to complete estimates monthly.
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