Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Job Description

The Assistant Project Manager supports the successful delivery of commercial and multi-family construction projects by coordinating subcontractors and vendors, overseeing site activities, and ensuring work quality and compliance with safety and environmental standards. This role serves as a key liaison between the field and the project team, helping to resolve construction conflicts, maintain accurate documentation, and drive projects toward timely and efficient completion.

Responsibilities

• Schedule subcontractors and vendors to ensure work is completed on time and in the correct sequence.
• Perform quality control duties on all work being performed to verify that it meets project specifications and standards.
• Communicate with the project team regarding ASIs, RFIs, and material submittals to keep information current and aligned with project requirements.
• Ensure subcontractors fully execute and comply with their contracted scopes of work.
• Coordinate required inspections with local jurisdictions and ensure all work is ready for inspection.
• Identify subcontractor non-compliance with safety, health, and environmental quality standards and take appropriate action to address issues.
• Identify conflicts in construction progress and communicate them to the project team for timely resolution.
• Maintain a detailed daily log of activities on the jobsite, including progress, issues, and key decisions.
• Verify that subcontractors correct all deficiencies identified by the project team and document completion.
• Walk all units on the project daily to monitor activities, assess progress, and assist in future planning.
• Schedule and conduct weekly subcontractor meetings to coordinate work, address issues, and align schedules.
• Communicate issues of non-compliance to subcontractors regarding quality of work or scheduling and follow up to ensure corrective actions.
• Ensure the job site remains clean, organized, and safe at all times.
• Perform job progress and completion punch list identification and oversee completion of all punch list items.
• Use project management and construction software tools to track progress, manage documentation, and support effective communication.

Essential Skills

• Approximately 5 years of experience in the construction industry, preferably with exposure to commercial or multi-family housing projects.
• Demonstrated project management skills, including scheduling, coordination, and documentation.
• Strong understanding of construction processes, scopes of work, and change order management.
• Ability to perform thorough quality control inspections and identify deficiencies in workmanship or materials.
• Knowledge of safety, health, and environmental quality standards applicable to construction sites.
• Basic computer skills, including entering time and communicating effectively via email.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office for documentation, tracking, and communication.
• Ability to use or quickly learn construction management platforms such as Procore and Autodesk Build.
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with subcontractors, vendors, inspectors, and the project team.
• Organizational skills to maintain logs, manage multiple tasks, and keep job sites clean and orderly.
• Ability to travel locally and regionally for site visits as required.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• High school education or equivalent.
• Experience working on commercial or multi-family housing projects.
• Preferred completion of OSHA 10-hour or OSHA 30-hour safety courses.
• Experience with or interest in using Smartsheet for project tracking and coordination.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment and manage changing priorities.
• Interest in ongoing professional development and education in construction.
• Motivation to grow into expanded responsibilities and internal career paths within project management or related roles.

Work Environment

This role is primarily office-based with approximately 10% local and regional travel for site visits. The work environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative, encouraging innovation, growth, and open communication. Teams are structured to promote mentorship and cross-functional collaboration, with departments broken into smaller groups to support learning and development. The office is located in a vibrant area and provides a modern, comfortable workspace. You will regularly use tools such as Microsoft Office, Procore, Autodesk Build, and potentially Smartsheet to manage projects and documentation. The culture emphasizes trust, flexibility, autonomy on projects, and clear career paths, including support for employees who wish to further their education in construction and pursue long-term growth within the organization.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Louisville, KY.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $34.00 - $44.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Louisville,KY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 13, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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