Skender
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We’re looking for an Assistant Project Manager who is ready to take their career to the next level.
Hey! We’re Skender, nice to meet you.
At our core, we are builders — of communities, relationships, dreams, and careers. If you asked us to describe Skender, we’d say we’re ambitious, humble, and compassionate. We’re focused on building lasting partnerships with the right people. Our success starts and ends with our people. That’s why we seek out dynamic, high-energy teammates who are eager to learn, ready to take ownership of their careers, and excited to have fun along the way.
Who is Skender?
About 70 years ago, Skender got its start in the basement of our founder’s family home. Now, Skender has two locations, our Chicago headquarters and our Indianapolis office, with nearly 400 employees helping us raise the bar year after year.
From humble beginnings to now, Skender has become one of the nation’s top 100 construction firms building dream spaces for many of the world’s leading brands. In more recent history, we’ve won 30 best-place-to-work awards from three different organizations, each based on comprehensive workplace evaluations and employee input.
Proactive: You take initiative, stay curious, and aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves to get the job done.
Refreshing: You celebrate team wins, show appreciation freely, and always give credit where it's earned.
True Partner: You thrive on collaboration, ask thoughtful questions, and are fully present and engaged with your team.
If our values align with yours, this could be a great match. We love meeting new people, so we can’t wait to hear about you!
Who are you?
We’re looking for an Assistant Project Manager who is ready to take their career to the next level. Do you know about project management best practices, establishing budgets, and innovating through construction technology? Great. Are you someone with a go-getter attitude who can assume responsibility and communicate effectively with your team, partners, and clients? Even better.
What will you do as an Assistant Project Manager?
Our Assistant Project Managers are pivotal players in our Operations team, partnering with Project Managers and field staff to keep projects running smoothly from preconstruction through closeout. You'll support the project team in project planning, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, and coordination, all while sharpening your leadership skills and learning what it takes to successfully deliver a project from start to finish.
Support the project team in maintaining schedules, tracking milestones, and ensuring smooth communication across all stakeholders
Manage material procurement and ensure submittals and fabrication timelines align with project schedules
Collaborate with clients and vendors to develop and maintain procurement and tracking logs for owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) items
Assist with QA/QC efforts, including tracking punch list completion and managing commissioning items with urgency and attention to detail
Participate in scope reviews during purchasing to help identify and eliminate gaps or overlaps in work packages
Review project budgets, bids, and change orders to ensure accuracy and alignment with project goals
Support project documentation and reporting, including RFIs, meeting minutes, and issue logs, ensuring information is accurate and distributed promptly
Promote jobsite safety by monitoring procedures and coordinating with the Superintendent and Safety team when needed
What education and experience are required?
4-year degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a similar construction-related field
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a built construction environment
What skills do we look for?
Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
Advanced organizational and documentation capabilities
Working knowledge of the bidding/budgeting process based on contract documents
Intermediate knowledge of profit components and billing standards
Experience utilizing Procore for scheduling and overall project management, and Sage for estimating
Working knowledge of building construction components and systems for conceptual budgets
Exposure to and general understanding of quantity take-offs, qualification of subcontractor bids, scheduling, general conditions and any project constraints or coordination issues
What's included in our Employee-First Benefits package?
Skender pays 100% of the premium for health insurance (medical, dental, & vision)
Annual deposit into health savings account
Dependent care FSA
Retirement with 100% match up to 5% of gross earnings
Flexible vacation and sick time
Tuition reimbursement for continued learning opportunities
Wellness incentives
Parental leave for mothers and fathers
Generous employee referral bonus program
Free employee assistance program services
Free short- & long-term disability insurance
Gym reimbursement
Charitable gift matching and volunteer events
New hire mentorship program
EEO
At Skender, our values guide our behavior and shape our actions. Our promise is an authentic commitment to equality, opportunity, and a respectful work environment for all. We embrace individuality and listen to diverse voices. We believe that hiring those with different experiences and backgrounds, ultimately enhances our expertise as an organization. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This statement applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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