Assistant Project Manager

Vanir
Chicago, IL

The Assistant Project Manager assists with providing the planning, coordination, and direction for project management activities to ensure they meet owner needs, specifications, cost, and schedule. May supervise office/field administrative staff or project/field engineers and other assigned staff.


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Field Inspections: inspect formwork, reinforced steel, and reinforcing steel placement (rebar) before
  • pouring.
  • Testing: conduct testing (slump, air entrainment, temperature, cylinder prepartion) in the field and lab.
  • Compliance: verify that concrete placement and curing comply with construction documents, site plans
    and standards (e.g. ACI, IBC)
  • Documentation: maintain detailed records of inspection results, material samples and deficiencies, prepare
    reports
  • Quality Control: oversee concrete pours to ensure quality and issue corrections or stoppages if specs are
    not met

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or equivalent is required
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience as an Assistant Project Manager
  • Knowledge of project development, design-phase management, construction estimating, cost, project controls/scheduling, documentation, engineering/construction principles
  • Strong computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite products, and experience with project-related systems such as Prolog and Primavera
  • Proficiency with various document control systems, as well as new construction and modernization
  • Construction Manager in Training (CMIT) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT) preferred

Benefits

Vanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.


If you're interested in working for Vanir please visit our website to learn more and to apply online at

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Contact Email: [email protected]


Persons with medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.


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Pursuant to the Ban The Box Act/Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.


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Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.

Posted 2026-05-06

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