Assistant Project Manager

Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is a 365-entertainment destination for world-class events located in Austin, TX. The sports and entertainment portfolio at COTA is unmatched in the country with Formula 1 US Grand Prix, NASCAR and MotoGP attracting global fans during championship races on the famed Circuit and Live Nation producing over 30 headline concerts every year at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater. Opening in 2025, COTA’s amusement park is a 20-acre theme park featuring two first of their kind Roller Coasters and over three dozen rides.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Project Manager to manage and oversee construction projects at COTA. This is a full-time, on-site role that will serve as the primary liaison between COTA ownership and contractors, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Requirements & Essential Functions:

• Act as the on-site representative for ownership, ensuring project goals and objectives are met.
• Oversee and coordinate construction activities, including contractor performance, scheduling, and compliance with design specifications.
• Work closely with architects, engineers, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Review contracts, change orders, budgets, and invoices, ensuring cost control and financial oversight.
• Monitor progress, troubleshoot issues, and proactively resolve conflicts to keep projects on track.
• Ensure compliance with local building codes, safety regulations, and COTA’s operational needs.
• Provide regular project updates, reports, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Assist in procurement, bidding, and vendor selection processes.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal skills; can effectively communicate and relate to all levels within and outside the organization; create and build positive and productive relationships.
• Drives the team and the organization for results in order to improve bottom line performance; able to make timely or planned decisions appropriate to the circumstances or situation.
• Ability to make tough decisions, gains input from others and moves decisions forward in the organization.
• Responds quickly and effectively to changing trends and circumstances; embraces change and welcomes fresh perspectives; learns from past mistakes and adjusts accordingly.
• Ability to manage appropriate steps to get projects completed; has strong abilities to organize people and processes; can create a plan for resourceful workflow.
• Can be trusted to act in a manner that is truthful and values direct, honest communication at all levels of the organization.

Required Qualifications:

Experience: 3 years in construction management, project management, or as an owner’s representative. Experience in hospitality, sports venues, or large-scale infrastructure projects is a plus.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, or a related field preferred. Equivalent experience will be considered.
• Skills: Strong negotiation, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with construction contracts, permitting, scheduling software (Bluebeam, Microsoft Office), and budgeting.

Physical Demand & Work Environments:

• Ability to stand, sit, use of hands to handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to lift and/ or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to squat, bend, twist, push/pull.
• Ability to stand/walk for long periods.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
• Work in extreme environments outdoors throughout the year.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud during events.

Salary commensurate with experience

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

COTA strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.