Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Job Description

Assist the project manager in project oversight, acting as a liaison between the field and office. Collaborate with other departments and members of the project team. Participate in preconstruction reviews and design-build activities, manage customer, subcontractor, and vendor relations with courtesy, integrity, and fairness. Promote a culture of Quality, Safety, and Performance (QSP) through practices, participation, image, and awareness.

Responsibilities

• Assist the project manager in administering the project, monitoring reports, and maintaining logs and information.
• Handle document control including the administration and tracking of procurement logs, submittals, purchase orders, correspondence, deliverables, etc.
• Administer and track receivables, billings, and commitments.
• Manage contract drawings revisions, specifications, RFIs, and change order logs to keep the scope of work clear between office, field, and client.
• Create comparisons of actual hourly and cost performance versus budgeted.
• Assist in updating and reviewing project schedules.
• Track job progress and productivity against the schedule.
• Monitor QA/QC for compliance with specifications.
• Implement and maintain project document control.
• Process and track project communications including emails, texts, letters of correspondence, documentation, and notifications.
• Maintain project files (both electronic and physical).
• Prepare meeting minutes, daily reports, correspondence, and material specifications.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver individual project close-out documentation packages.
• Analyze project technical and administrative information.
• Understand and monitor scope of work, pricing details, plan, means and methods assumptions, and project risks.
• Identify and communicate potential contract or scope of work changes.
• Price up changes to the contract and prepare submissions to clients.
• Anticipate, identify, prevent, and solve problems as necessary, communicate with the PM, support mitigation, and monitor results.
• Update the PM regarding interpretation of information for use in pricing, budgeting, purchasing, scheduling, project scope variation, and estimate variation from project inception to completion.

Essential Skills

• 3-5 years of electrical construction experience
• Experience with RFIs, Change Orders, and Submittals
• Project document control
• Billing management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Substation construction management preferred
• Utility background preferred

Work Environment

Work hours are from 8am to 5pm at the Farmington, CT headquarters. The role involves working in the office five days a week with occasional site visits to the substation projects. You will be provided with a laptop, cell phone, and your own desk. PPE will be required for site visits.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $57.00

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in North Kingstown,RI.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Feb 4, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $38 - $57