Description

Location: Canal Winchester, OHPosition Type: Office

Summary

The Assistant Project Manager is an integral member of a project team responsible for providing administrative support to Kent Power’s Project Managers throughout the project life cycle. In this role, you will also work with the Project Manager to coordinate and accomplish the necessary project tasks and requirements.

Essential Functions 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Complete project start-up packets as assigned by Project Manager. Provide completed packet along with printed drawings to General Foreman. 
• Submit Purchase Order Requisitions to Purchasing department during project start-up phase and as needed throughout the project life cycle. 
• Begin the PM process including but not limited to, reviewing, and understanding drawings, specifications, customer requirements and identifying stakeholders.  
• Assist Project Manager with field-team-member tasks including authenticating timecards as needed and providing monthly crew reports to safety department, tracking units on projects and miss digs. 
• Support certain aspects of WIP processing and various other tasks including filing of project documents within the appropriate database and attending project related meetings, as necessary. 
• Openly communicates with Project Managers, alerting them of situations that require attention as well as maintains open lines of communication with the project team and may act as a back-up to the Project Manager.  
• Work with customer reps to manage landowner issues, government agencies, railroads, safety reps, other utilities, transportation departments, environmental agencies, miss-digs, permits, etc. 
• Acts as a champion for all Kent Power initiatives, processes, and programs. 

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and multi-function printers. The noise level in the work environment is moderate but can be loud. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some lifting is required. This would require the ability to lift equipment, climb a ladder, and operate small hand tools, as necessary. 

AAP/EEO Statement

Kent Power provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. 

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma 

Preferred Education and Experience

• Associate degree 
• Two years of related experience