Assistant Project Manager

About Us 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. About the Role The Assistant Project Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring that construction projects adhere to established quality standards and meet regulatory requirements. Key Responsibilities • 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