Assistant Project Manager

Job Description

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will assist in overseeing commercial builds, managing timelines, budgets, and crews. Your role involves coordinating with subcontractors, vendors, and clients to ensure safety, quality, and compliance across projects such as fire stations, libraries, retail, hospitality, healthcare, multi-family residences, and renovations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in overseeing commercial construction projects.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and construction crews.
• Coordinate effectively with subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
• Ensure adherence to safety standards, quality benchmarks, and compliance regulations.
• Handle change orders, project coordination, and project engineering tasks.
• Perform estimation duties as required.

• Project management skills.
• Construction and construction management expertise.
• Minimum of 6 months of field experience to understand construction processes.
• Proficiency in change order management, project coordination, and project engineering.
• Ability to perform project estimation.

• Experience in management or scheduling on commercial projects valued at $5-20 million.
• Previous roles as a project manager, assistant project manager, project engineer, or superintendent are preferred.
• Software experience related to project management.
• A degree in Construction Management is preferred.

The work environment involves spending 90% of your time in the office, with projects typically located within a 30-minute radius. A company vehicle is provided for visiting job sites. The work culture emphasizes small-town roots, family values, and direct owner involvement in daily operations, facilitating quick decision-making and easy collaboration with colleagues. Enjoy autonomy on smaller projects, supported by a culture of long-tenured employees.

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The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $39.00/hr.

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 Cedar Rapids,IA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 7, 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.

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.

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