Assistant Construction Project Manager-K-12 Projects (Anticipated Opening)

Turner Townsend

Portland, Oregon, United States Posted November 4, 2026

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On-site Full-time Mid level
Job Description

Turner & Townsend Heery is looking for an Assistant Project Manager to support large K-12 construction projects. The Assistant Project Manager will lead individual, multi-disciplined construction project solutions for clients, with direct accountability for project delivery.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
  • Demonstrates capability to read, understand and apply standard documents affecting real estate projects, including but not limited to:
    • Agreements/contracts
    • Leases
    • Work letters
    • Project charters
    • Surveys and drawings
  • Interfaces directly with clients to define project requirements.
  • Prepares scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimate & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification.
  • Identifies project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists.
  • Conducts simple request for proposals.
  • Completes bid analysis with management support.
  • Recommends resources to clients.
  • Leads project delivery resources/team (typically smaller team) providing project guidance and direction to achieve project goals.
  • Implements communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed.
  • Facilitates project meetings.
  • Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements.
  • Ensures project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
  • Tracks progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines, reports status and variances.
  • Creates action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule.
  • Implements change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure Client approvals, and issue change orders.
  • Assesses change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support.
  • Implements standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks.
Required Skills
project management procurement quality assurance communication change management risk management
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