Construction Assistant Project Manager (Springfield, MO)

Description: The Construction Assistant Project Manager role works in conjunction with the Project Manger to oversee projects as they are nearing the design development stage to take the project through the buyout stage and manage the implementation phase of the construction project.

The responsibilities of this position are as follows:

• Assist the Project Manger as primary or secondary point of contact for ownership, local support services providers, property managers, state and local agencies and other project stakeholders during the construction phase.
• Assist during preconstruction phase to provide constructability analysis, budgeting support, schedule review and input as required.
• Solicit subcontractors during preconstruction to provide budgeting and constructability input during design.
• Assist the Project Manager in the bid and procurement process including:
• Create project-specific bid packages from standard scopes of work
• Develop front-end requirements for bidders from standard templates, including definitions of responsibility for temporary conditions, insurance, schedule requirements, safety, site logistics, rules and regulations specific to each project
• Solicitation of subcontractors for bidding
• Conduct pre-bid on-site walk-thru
• Receive and evaluate bids
• Negotiate final scope and contract amounts for each bidder
• Final development of exhibits and scopes for issuance of subcontracts and purchase orders
• Assist the Project Manager and administer project through construction phase, including:
• Development and maintenance of overall project schedule, with minimum monthly updates
• Management of the submittal and shop drawing process that includes: establishing a submittal and procurement schedule; review of each submittal; and processing in conjunction with project specifications and delivery requirements
• Management and enforcement of subcontractor compliance – executed subcontracts, valid insurance certificate, etc.
• Work in conjunction with Superintendent to develop Quality Assurance and Quality Control measures
• Maintain an updated and accurate change management process, including status logs for each OAC, timely pricing of changes and processing of owner and subcontractor change orders
• Administer RFI process, ensuring timely responses through maintaining updated logs, follow up with responsible parties for responses and distribution of answers to impacted entities with timely responses to the design team and owner of any cost or schedule implications.