Assistant Project Manager
Employer not yet confirmed · Dallas, Texas, United States · onsite
This OpportunityWSP is seeking a highly skilled Assistant Project Manager (APM) to serve on-site in Dallas, TX. This is a full-time position. The candidate will be operating as a critical advisor, this role directly supports a Senior Project Director and an integrated multidisciplinary team overseeing a major industrial capital construction project.
The successful candidate will provide advisory oversight stretching across design progression, construction, and final client close-out. This role bridges senior strategic project management with technical field execution, ensuring that this multi-million-dollar capital project scope aligns flawlessly with the client's programmatic goals, budget constraints, and strict execution windows
Your ImpactDesign & Pre-Construction Phase
- Partner with WSP design Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to coordinate design work performed by the clients’ consultants, perform complex constructability analyses, and facilitate client workshops.
- Collaborate with WSP schedulers and client teams to engineer early master project schedules and milestone tracking frameworks.
- Support the Program Director in drafting comprehensive Requests for Proposals (RFPs), managing competitive bidding processes, and auditing contractor selections.
Construction Phase
- Serve as the core daily field liaison maintaining open communication among client stakeholders, architectural/engineering partners, and site crews.
- Drive administrative project controls: auditing and processing Requests for Information (RFIs), material submittals, and field change directives.
- Work with the project control manager to perform financial progress audits, validate monthly contractor payment applications, and regularly update overall capital budget forecasts.
- Conduct systematic site safety/progress walks, host regular coordination meetings, and coordinate schedule adjustments with WSP construction manager.
Close-out Phase
- Support WSP SMEs as needed in coordinating commissioning of project elements with the client commissioning agent.
- Enforce strict, systematic punch-list tracking architectures and manage on-site inspections of outstanding construction fixes.
- Secure and catalog all asset deliverables, including Operations & Maintenance (O&M) manuals, product warranties, and certificates of occupancy.
- Finalize end-to-end commercial contract reconciliations, orchestrate final retainage payouts, and manage formal operational handovers.
Other
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You AreRequired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business OR equivalent
- Minimum of 7+ years of progressive professional experience in construction management, project engineering, or capital execution tracks.
- Deep understanding of industrial capital construction workflows, building codes, safety compliance matrices, and project delivery.
- Proven background working in construction management, explicitly emphasizing owner's representative or independent advisory roles.
- Analytical & Commercial Acumen with technical risk-mitigation skills to safely navigate volatile project environments as needed.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills to negotiate, persuade, and build consensus between corporate client stakeholders and field trade contractors.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
- Valid, current Driver's license
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