Associate Project Manager

Qualifications

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

Education and/or Experience                                                 

Bachelor’s degree in project management, information technology, construction management, engineering or architecture or related field.  Must have at least 3 years of experience in planning, design, construction and project management related duties and activities, preferably in higher education or healthcare facilities.

The following skills are preferred:

• Experience in project management, preferably with higher education, research setting or healthcare facilities. 
• Experience on projects involving specialized processes, procedure rooms, and complex mechanical, electrical, plumbing, (MEP) and heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC) support systems is also preferred.
• Demonstrated competency and exposure to information technology and building projects of different scales and involving all building trade divisions preferred.
• Familiarity in coordinating multiple interest groups and stakeholders required.
• Experience in working within complex phasing constraints and within existing densely built mature facilities environments preferred.

Technical & Computer Skills

• Familiarity with building processes and codes in the City of Glendale preferred.
• Familiarity with computer-aided design software (Autodesk preferred)
• Experience using project management (Procore, Microsoft Project, IT cloud collaboration) software preferred.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) required
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills with all project stakeholders whether directly or indirectly involved is required.
• Demonstrated negotiation skills and ability to understand construction documents, and evaluate appropriateness of estimate, bids, and cost proposals required.
• Excellent customer service skill required.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to perform within deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Must be able to handle sensitive and confidential information.

Language Skills                                               

High skills:  Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. The ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures manuals. The ability to effectively present information to top management and boards of directors.

Reasoning Ability                                            

High skills:  Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Mathematical Ability

Intermediate skills:  Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interests, commissions and proportions, percentages, area, circumference and area and to interpret graphs.

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. 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 frequently required to sit, walk, stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl.  This individual must be able to tolerate repeated routine tasks and have the ability to physical enter and comfortable move through a construction site.  This individual will be visually inspecting work in process which includes but is not limited to traversing significantly uneven surfaces and climbing ladders.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision correctable to 20/20 in one eye, hearing correctable to normal. 

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. This position is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Midwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not discriminate against an employee or applicant based upon race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or veterans status, in accord with 41 C.F.R. 60-1.4(a), 250.5(a), 300.5(a) and 741.5(a).  Midwestern University complies with the Smoke-Free Arizona Act (A.R.S. 36-601.01) and the Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82/).