Job Information
WSP USA Assistant Project Manager in Denver, Colorado
WSP currently has an Assistant Project Manager career opportunity to support our remote Applied Solutions practice, which provides project management, construction management, and project controls support for environmental engineering and construction projects. This full-time position can be located anywhere in the United States.
The full-time Assistant Project Manager will work closely with a Project Manager to execute commercial and federal projects primarily focused on environmental, sustainable, and remediation efforts. This position will provide exposure to various delivery models, such as engineering-procurement-construction-management (EPCM), engineering-procurement-construction (EPC), design-build, and design-bid-build.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in taking the next step in their career – and open to those looking to transition away from a technical role. We are dedicated to helping individuals grow and will provide strong mentorship to allow you to develop your project management skills. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated, and collaborative professionals.
Responsibilities include:
Assisting project teams with submittals preparation and technical support to achieve as-sold requirements for scope, schedule, budget, and compliance with project safety and quality requirements.
Assisting the project manager with maintaining up-to-date records, including correspondence, design direction, progress submittals, schedules, meeting documents, shop drawing review, test reports, as-built records, and other documents necessary to document engineering activities. Ensure all project documents are stored on the designated shared drive and not on personal computers. Understand and implement document management and storage procedures for each project, as per policy.
Coordinating the preparation of required interim and final deliverables for projects.
Assisting with client and internal project reports to ensure projects are on schedule, on budget, performed safely, and comply with quality requirements.
Providing technical assistance such as interpreting specifications and applying technical standards to project-specific applications.
Performing project related field tasks, attending key meetings, coordinating and overseeing subcontractors, providing project related field documentation, and performing a variety of technical activities from project start to completion.
Performing periodic site visits to confirm progress conforming to project’s requirements.
Desired Skills and Experience
We are seeking self-motivated professionals with:
3 - 5 years of experience in construction or engineering.
Undergraduate degree in construction management, engineering, or related degree, or equivalent experience in a construction-related position.
Experience working with a team to complete contract requirements, while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals are achieved.
Experience with construction plans and specifications.
Experience or a desire to learn about project financial tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
Commitment to safety.
Excellent verbal/written communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
Ability to liaise between designers, owners, contractors, and end-users.
Certifications preferred (PE, EIT, PMP, CCM, DBIA, etc.).
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation: Expected Salary (all locations): $88,000 - $125,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
www.wsp.com
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
WSP currently has an Assistant Project Manager career opportunity to support our remote Applied Solutions practice, which provides project management, construction management, and project controls support for environmental engineering and construction projects. This full-time position can be located anywhere in the United States.
The full-time Assistant Project Manager will work closely with a Project Manager to execute commercial and federal projects primarily focused on environmental, sustainable, and remediation efforts. This position will provide exposure to various delivery models, such as engineering-procurement-construction-management (EPCM), engineering-procurement-construction (EPC), design-build, and design-bid-build.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in taking the next step in their career – and open to those looking to transition away from a technical role. We are dedicated to helping individuals grow and will provide strong mentorship to allow you to develop your project management skills. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated, and collaborative professionals.
Your Impact
Assisting project teams with submittals preparation and technical support to achieve as-sold requirements for scope, schedule, budget, and compliance with project safety and quality requirements.
Assisting the project manager with maintaining up-to-date records, including correspondence, design direction, progress submittals, schedules, meeting documents, shop drawing review, test reports, as-built records, and other documents necessary to document engineering activities. Ensure all project documents are stored on the designated shared drive and not on personal computers. Understand and implement document management and storage procedures for each project, as per policy.
Coordinating the preparation of required interim and final deliverables for projects.
Assisting with client and internal project reports to ensure projects are on schedule, on budget, performed safely, and comply with quality requirements.
Providing technical assistance such as interpreting specifications and applying technical standards to project-specific applications.
Performing project related field tasks, attending key meetings, coordinating and overseeing subcontractors, providing project related field documentation, and performing a variety of technical activities from project start to completion.
Performing periodic site visits to confirm progress conforming to project’s requirements.
Who You Are
Qualifications
We are seeking self-motivated professionals with:
3 - 5 years of experience in construction or engineering.
Undergraduate degree in construction management, engineering, or related degree, or equivalent experience in a construction-related position.
Experience working with a team to complete contract requirements, while ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals are achieved.
Experience with construction plans and specifications.
Experience or a desire to learn about project financial tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
Commitment to safety.
Excellent verbal/written communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision-making skills.
Ability to liaise between designers, owners, contractors, and end-users.
Certifications preferred (PE, EIT, PMP, CCM, DBIA, etc.).
Must pass background check
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation: Expected Salary (Colorado only): $82,000 - $115,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.