Assistant Project Manager

Job Summary

This position is with J&J’s Engineering Solutions (“ENGS”), a Strategic Business Unit (“SBU”). ENGS’s core business is working for the Department of Defense (“DoD”) and Defense Health Agency (“DHA”) to perform renovation of existing facilities while they remain occupied and functional, especially in the healthcare industry. Most of this work is performed as a prime contractor, contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”).

As an Assistant Project Manager, they will work across an assortment of contracts and work with a wide diversity of customers. The APM is focused on, relationships, schedule, and budget.

Primary Job Functions  

• Assisting with budget of assigned projects. 


• Assisting with the scope of work for subcontracts, negotiate buyout of subcontractors, and manage the subcontractors to the terms and conditions of the subcontract. 


• Assisting project for entire lifecycle, from receipt of solicitation to closeout of project and receipt of final payment. 


• Supporting site staff have necessary authority and resources to effectively carry out their responsibilities. 


• May train, manage, and hold accountable site staff. 


• Under the guidance and direction of the Project Executive (“PX”), perform Performance Evaluations of assigned staff. 


• Through a combination of design consultants and in-house employees, directly lead and coordinate all design efforts. Ensure milestone compliance for design deliverables. 


• Working through subordinate site staff, coordinate and manage all repair/renewal efforts for safe, quality, on time delivery of a project. 


• Supporting and assisting the cost loaded project schedule, for every assigned project, in its native software (Microsoft Project or Oracle Primavera P6, as determined by project requirements and Director), while also maintaining in Procore and RMS. 


• Generate, route for approval, and actively maintain project specific submittal register(s) (unless/until it can be delegated to a Quality Control Manager at the site). 


• If site supervisory personnel are not assigned, generate and route for approval project specific plans (e.g. DQCP, PSQCP, AAPP, APP, AHA, etc.). If site supervisory staff are assigned, review and approve project specific plans prior to submission to customer. 


• May be required to temporarily fill site supervisory role (e.g., Superintendent, QCM, SSHO) to maintain schedule in a supervisor’s absence. 


• Based on input from PX, provide site supervisory staff with priorities and guidance in strategizing and problem solving. 


• Perform remote and onsite audits of documentation and work by site staff and subcontractors. Identify positive and negative trends.  Generate action plans to improve negative trends. 


• Work with the PX to continuously develop and revise processes in a manner that improves safety, quality, efficiency, and profitability. 


• Foster professional development among the team. 


• Always be working a succession plan, bringing people up through the ranks. 


• Provide meaningful support to Business Development (“BD”) for strategic growth. 


• Other duties as assigned. 

Education, Experience and Certification 

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, Building Construction, or Building Science. 


• 5 years Managing a portfolio of construction projects similar to the type of work being performed on this project. 


• 5 years Developing and managing projects near $1M each or greater. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  

• Effectively lead a team of construction professionals and be the face of the company to the customer. 


• Troubleshoot and navigate through contracting and subcontracting issues. 


• Negotiate with subcontractors. 


• Procore 


• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive) 

Disclaimer 

 J&J Worldwide Services CBRE Government and Defense Business is thrilled at the opportunity for you to apply to one of our roles. The base salary range for this position is $115,000 to $135,000. This position may also be eligible for a wide range of competitive benefits that can include but not limited to: medical, well-being, financial planning and short-term incentives benefits. 

This description is not intended to be an “all inclusive” list of the accountabilities of the job described. Rather, it describes the general nature of the job. In addition, some aspects of this job may change over time, according to business needs, and these changes may not be recorded immediately. Requirements stated represent the minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities to qualify and satisfactorily perform this job. 

THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN J&J WORLDWIDE SERVICES AND ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES OR OTHERWISE ALTERING AN EMPLOYEE’S AT WILL EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH J&J WORLDWIDE SERVICES.