Assistant Project Manager

With over 14,000 professionals globally, GHD is a leading multidisciplinary professional services company delivering engineering, design, and advisory solutions across water, energy, resources, environment, property & buildings, and transportation sectors.

The Assistant Project Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring that construction projects adhere to established quality standards and meet regulatory requirements.

• →Supports the Project Manager as the Company representative with the client and selected subcontractors during the program execution. Frequently interfaces with upper-level management and client personnel.
• →Follows up on instructions and commitments associated with the project.
• →Monitors contractor performance pertaining to schedule and conformance to plans and specifications.
• →Supports Project Manager in overseeing of the Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required. Ensures that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans.
• →Oversee time and cost budgets inclusive of initial set up with the direction of the senior project management team.
• →Demonstrative capability in project controls (scheduling, cost reporting, forecasting, variation management etc).
• →Monitoring and evaluating project performance in line with time and budgetary constraints.
• →Communicating project performance results with the project management team.
• →Managing changes in project processes to resolve identified shortcomings in operational methods.
• →Plan and coordinate the resources for each job including inputs from other offices, subconsultants and other suppliers, and manage all jobs to deliver them on time, within the budget.
• →Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate to support the Project Manager. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• An advanced degree in Business Administration or Project / Program Management is desirable
• Minimum of 6 years’ related construction phase experience
• Middle Ease project experience
• Incumbent should have a broad general technical and business background. 
• Professional registration may also be required. 
• Must have the ability to interface with clients and enjoy being hands on technically in the project. 
• Comprehensive knowledge of industry standards Incumbent must meet GHD project management certification requirements. 
• Proven ability to perform in a management capacity, excellent written and oral communications