Assistant Project Manager

As a Assistant Project Manager at DN, you will play a key role in helping plan, execute, and close out projects while gaining hands-on experience across all phases of project delivery. This is a pivotal role in advancing project success, requiring you to demonstrate adept organizational and multitasking skills, and efficiently overseeing a range of tasks throughout construction phases. With a focus on management and leadership, this role involves directing teams, facilitating collaboration, and reporting to the Project Manager, showcasing self-sufficiency in responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Project Manager in the successful execution of projects through effective communication, coordination, and attention to detail.
• Manage services projects representing the company in meetings, conducting pre-job planning with superintendents, and ensuring daily project monitoring.
• Manage new construction projects at the discretion of the Vice President of Construction.
• Solicit and evaluate subcontractor pricing through pre/post bid strategies, subcontract coordination, and maintain subcontractor relationships.
• Proficiently utilize AutoCAD for precise casting bed and crane layout, evaluate site conditions to recommend suitable equipment usage (cranes, pumps, loaders), conduct pre-project inspections, verify site layout details, and contribute to estimating throughout pre-bid and post-construction phase.
• In conjunction with the Project Coordinator, manage project material submittals, approvals and lead times to ensure project timelines are met.
• End-to-end concrete design and management, including specification review, quality control, operational support, and post-project analysis.
• Manage subcontractors by ensuring performance aligns with project timelines and quality,while promoting effective communication and collaboration.
• Manage the coordination of crane operations, overseeing scheduling, and communication
• with the superintendent ensuring efficient project execution.
• Travel to project sites for preconstruction meetings, quality control and safety inspections.
• Manage costs involving initial budgeting, invoice evaluation, expense tracking, and monthlyproject billings.
• Assist in Project closeout meetings, ensuring documentation review, final approvals, andseamless project handover to clients.
• Support the project team to thoroughly execute detailed pre-job planning.
• Manage co-ops/interns ensuring productive contribution and professional development.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of construction field engineer, project engineer, or assistant project manager experience in a heavy civil self-performing contractor, concrete preferred.
• Background in sitework and utility work preferred.
• Civil Engineering or Construction Management degree preferred.
• Leadership experience demonstrated through ability to guide, motivate and develop others, and team-oriented background grounded in trust, accountability, and shared success.

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards offerings are designed to invest in our employees and their families, including:

• • Competitive base compensation plus eligibility for DN’s annual incentive bonus program
  • 401(k) retirement plan consisting of a 100% employer match on the first 6% of employee contributions and an additional 3% Safe Harbor company contribution
  • Medical coverage effective on date of hire, with DN covering 80%-85% of premiums depending on plan selection
  • Dental coverage effective on date of hire, with DN covering 75% of premiums
  • Voluntary vision coverage effective on date of hire
  • Flexible Spending Account options for eligible medical, dental and dependent-care expenses
  • Company-paid life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment coverage, and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid time off starting at 16 days annually, increasing with tenure, plus 9 paid holidays each year
  • Half-day Fridays between July 4 and Labor Day
  • Paid parental leave for birth mothers and spouses or committed partners
  • Employee Assistance Program available at no cost to employees and household members for work/life support
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Gym reimbursement
  • Employee referral incentive program
  • Career growth, internal mobility and professional development opportunities within a stable, purpose-driven compan