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Assistant Project Manager

X-Bow Launch Systems

X-Bow Launch Systems

Operations
Indian Head, MD, USA
Posted on May 22, 2025

Position Title: Assistant Project Manager

Reports To: Assigned Leadership

Location:This is a remote position with travel requirements. The hiring manager is specifically looking for candidates based on the East Coast (Alexandria, VA) or West Coast (Sacramento, CA) to broaden the candidate pool and ensure effective collaboration across time zones.

Position Description:

The Assistant Project Manager provides advanced support to the planning, coordination, and direction of design and construction activities on projects to ensure they are on schedule, within budget and cost, and meeting project performance standards. The Assistant Project Manager also provides project oversight to maintain management and facilitation for the successful completion per compliance, contractual, owner and X-Bow requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Demonstrates functional knowledge of contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications to ensure compliance with project requirements.
  • Obtain, maintain, and administer the data, information, communications, and approvals required by project and company between owner, architects, engineers, contractors/subcontractors, or other project-related entities.
  • Assist with coordinating, directing and monitoring activities of contractors/subcontractors, engineers, architects and related performing entities, in areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment.
  • Support estimating, costs, project controls, scheduling, materials, and application administration.
  • Participate in project meetings to include documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information and statuses.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of self-perform trades and trade contracting including productivity, construction means and methods.
  • Provide administration and processing of project logistics, organization, safety, and manpower utilization.
  • Price and submit change orders to the owner in accordance with the project budget and accounting team.
  • Lead project closeout to secure guarantees, warranties, and related provisions for final project delivery to owner entities.
  • Provide all services and objectives for quality project deliverables.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, business administration or similar area of study.
  • 3+ years of experience in supporting the management of construction activities on construction, engineering or architectural-related design projects with increasing responsibility.
    • Non-degree holders must possess 7+ years of experience with increasing responsibilities in supporting the management of construction activities on construction, engineering or architectural-related design projects.
  • Knowledge and application of construction project site safety principles and best practices in accordance with OSHA, working knowledge of construction estimating, cost, project controls/scheduling, documentation, engineering and construction principles, techniques, and materials.
  • Understanding of contracts, documents, drawings, and specifications.
  • Applied experience in the areas of project accounting, cost, administrative, and collaboration in a project team environment.
  • Strong computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite products.
  • Proficient with project-related systems, such as Procore, Bluebeam, and Primavera.