Assistant Project Manager

Company: Nova Partners, Inc.
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

Nova Partners is a technical construction management firm specializing in project management in the San Francisco Bay Area. We hire based on IQ, EQ, curiosity, aptitude, and passion with a focus on long-term career (not short-term fulfillment). We ensure our projects are deeply supported by managing every aspect of the construction process, utilizing our technical knowledge that is unsurpassed in the construction management industry for the past 28 years.
Our diverse project portfolio includes commercial real estate, biotech, healthcare, data centers, education, civic, energy, hospitality, and more for ground-up, renovations, and tenant improvement in both private and public sectors. You will have the opportunity to work on behalf of property owners, developers, and tenants to take ownership and make an impact on exciting, diverse, and complex projects from inception to delivery.Our flat structure ensures you are supported on multiple levels, having accessibility to peers, Senior PMs, to hands-on Executives. We promote from within and celebrate a positive, inclusive work environment. If you've ever met our teammates, you'll notice they're truly the best and the brightest (view our team -here).Our latest job opportunity is for an Assistant Project Manager (APM). We're ideally looking for an APM who has managed a variety of clients for projects up to $10M in the San Francisco Bay area. We have a variety of projects that need your help in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, or Mountain View. For new projects you may help select the architect, general contractor, engineers, and all other required consultants to formulate the best-in-class team.
Your Impact

• Drive Project Management activities, gaining responsibility with mentorship from the Executives and leading Project Managers.
• Coordinate with the Architect, Contractor, and other project team members to meet the project objectives and resolve issues at all project stages.
• Assist Senior Project Managers (when needed) to represent and interface with the owner to ensure the desired project at a competitive price, delivered on schedule, and at the desired quality.
• Attend owner, architect and contractor (OAC) meetings, taking the meeting notes and managing the follow-up action items.
• Review project construction documents, shop drawings, submittals and achieve intimate familiarity with the owners' and architects' intentions and requirements.
• Assist in preparing estimates or supporting our in-house estimator by gathering budget and costs for the various portions of the project.
• Develop, manage, and analyze the project schedule showing design, permitting, approvals, construction and fit-up.
• Establish and maintain procedures for handling changes to the contract documents, monthly valuations, drawing submissions, change orders, requests for information (RFI's), substitutions, etc.
• Assist in preparing a site analysis for safety, quality, and logistics.
• Participate in value engineering sessions to help modify the design to reduce cost.
  Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or Civil Engineering preferred.
  • 3+ years of experience at a respected general contractor or consulting construction management firm.
  • Proficiency in MS Office applications and MS Project.
  • Experience with ground-up construction in commercial real estate construction ideal, huge plus for project experience with hospitals, labs, and other complex projects.
  • Experience working in the US. Project experience in California, especially in the SF Bay Area preferred.
  • We seek those with intellectual curiosity, have a knack for critical problem-solving, and great sense of humor.
  • We look forward to speaking with you about the opportunity!

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