Assistant Project Manager - Asset Management

Dewberry’s Raleigh, NC office includes over 200 design professionals, including a large Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural (MEPS) Group focused on design services for clients in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. Our experience includes all major healthcare systems, higher education, K-12 schools, central plants/infrastructure, and more. Raleigh’s MEPS group contains subject matter experts in leadership roles in all major professional organizations such as ASHE, ASHRAE, etc. Our repeat clients include most of the largest hospital systems, universities, and state, local, and federal government agencies. Our MEPS service line is ranked #30 Nationally among MEP Giants and our local Raleigh office is ranked #3 by size in engineering firms in the Triangle.

Dewberry's Raleigh, NC office is seeking an Assistant Project Manager (APM) – Asset Management. The APM is an office liaison for the Client, responsible for managing projects from concept through construction administration. Also responsible for assisting the Project Manager (PM) in supporting the client - maintain secondary POC, providing feedback to the PM in order to quickly solve problems, providing quality engineering documents that meet the client’s desires and budget. In short, the APM assists the PM in making them a “Client for Life”. Reports to the PM.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Assist in the conducting fieldwork and at times take the lead in this effort.
• Attend meetings with the client and issue minutes when the Project Manager cannot attend or accompany the PM to meetings.
• Assist the PM in the preparation of deliverables and detailed project plans.
• Assist the PM in the coordination of all the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.
• Assist the PM in the supervision and coordination of the submission of documents to appropriate reviewing authorities, including review responses.
• Under the direction of the PM, arrange for in-house quality review primarily to ensure that all of the clients' needs and requests have been accommodated. Assist the PM to ensure and coordinate among all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.
• Arrange/attend conferences when the Project Manager cannot attend or accompany the PM. If required, issue the minutes, addenda, under the direction/supervision of the PM.
• Organize, attend, and document meetings and information obtained from site/client visits. Take and distribute good meeting minutes, photos, field reports.
• Interface with all disciplines as needed for submittal reviews, questions & decisions, and requests for information.
• Organize and maintain project files.
• Prepare progress and final reports.

Accomplished (5+ years of experience) Construction Professional (Engineer, Architect, or Contractor); knowledgeable of construction process, familiar with AIA and state construction contracts; self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills. Well organized and has experience working with various Authorities Having Jurisdiction, DHSR, SCO, etc. Good conceptual understanding of plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and structural systems with general knowledge of system operation, space requirements, cost.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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