Project Assistant Jobs in Nebraska (NOW HIRING)

Summary

General Excavating is an award-winning contractor serving public and private owners throughout Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. General Excavating specializes in the construction of underground utilities, natural gas distribution, environmental remediation, excavation shoring, directional drilling, hydro-excavation, and heavy civil including bridge and concrete structures.
 

General Excavating is searching for a highly motivated Assistant Project Manager, who is expected to assist and monitor construction related activities in field operations. This role is responsible for the support of Project Managers and Superintendents to ensure project success. Assists with overall management of construction project sites and procurement through final acceptance, while ensuring project safety. Maximizes profits and cost controls to maintain stability and growth of the organization by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Studies specifications and plans to coordinate procedures for appropriate construction methods based on project start and completion.
• Studies staffing and equipment needs for each phase of construction and assists with direction of construction activities and related staffing/equipment needs.
• Assists with procurement of materials, tools, and rental equipment to conform to project schedules.
• Maintains Foreman / Superintendent staffing schedule per project on a weekly basis and ensures equipment scheduling aligns with field schedule.
• Coordinates with on-site personnel engaged in planning the work procedures, executing work procedures, interpreting specifications, plans, and coordinating various phases of construction to prevent delays.
• Confers with supervisory personnel, owners, engineers, inspectors, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers to resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints or construction problems to improve construction methods and performance.
• Ensures accurate quantity tracking to assists project management team with divisional forecasting prior to monthly forecast reviews.
• Maintains past cost data are updated regularly for each department to include costs related to mobilization, temporary roads, supervision, equipment/labor ratios, surveying, as-builts, testing, safety management, etc.
• Assist Project Manager with production tracking on active projects, as needed.
• Assists with subcontractor and supplier solicitation across departments
• Inspects and reviews work in progress to ensure that workmanship conforms to specifications, plans, schedules, and safety compliance. May assist with quality control program documentation depending on jobsite requirements.
• Ensures as-built documentation of completed work through GPS data collection and redlines drawings are maintain weekly.
• Assists with investigations and reports damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites to ensure that proper construction procedures are being followed.
• Monitors compliance with project safety program requirements. Documents and ensures corrective measures are implemented as necessary.
• Assists with compliance with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules and governmental regulations.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a job.

Education and/or Experience

Five (5) years minimum related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract multiply and divide. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance. Ability to read a tape measure and convert inches into tenths.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with arms while operating equipment. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical part, fumes, airborne particles, caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Conditions of Employment

Candidate is required to meet the above qualifications and job duties, task frequency and PPE requirements. Approval of pre-employment reference & background checks, and post offer drug testing with fit for employment screening are required as conditions of employment.

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