Assistant Project Manager
CBI Construction · Charleston, SC · United States · On-site
Posted Oct 6, 2026
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Description
An Assistant Project Manager for CBI Construction (“CBI”) collaborates with his or her coworkers within CBI’s Project Management and on-site/field teams to ensure that company standards for safety, quality, scheduling and budgeting are met and adhered to for projects being constructed and/or managed by CBI. This role reports directly to CBI’s Project Manager.
Duties Include (but are not limited to):
Thoroughly review plans and specifications to determine project requirements and trade partner scopes of work while occasionally providing take offs, as needed
Collaborate with CBI’s Project Management and Field Operations teams to create project schedules that meet ownership’s delivery objectives and consistently measure and track progress throughout the life of the project and compare against project milestone dates
Collaborate with CBI’s Preconstruction team to ensure that the intent/scope of the original project construction estimate is maintained throughout the buyout and construction processes
Work with CBI’s Project Management and Field Operations teams to formulate Schedules of Value (SOV) for subcontracts, distribute SOVs to trade partners and confirm receipt
Prepare and collect LOIs, purchase orders, subcontracts and related paperwork including RFQ forms, vendor information documents, W9s, Certificates of Insurance, etc.
Maintain trade partner contact lists as subcontracts are executed & purchase orders issued
Collect, review and approve invoices and pay applications, as instructed by supervisor
Review, negotiate and facilitate the culmination of project change orders requests, as needed
Assist Project Management team in maintaining project budgets on a weekly basis, as needed
Become proficient with all project management software
Fulfill weekly reporting obligations to project ownership representatives
Distribute, review, document, and track all required product submittals, shop drawings, and substitution requests to and from trade partners, suppliers, consultants, and owner’s reps
Distribute, review, and maintain an accurate log of all Requests for Information (RFIs) as they arise throughout the project
Review project documents to confirm all necessary RFIs have been incorporated into revisions
Maintain product documents and document logs in digital form (through Procore) and distribute to CBI’s corporate team, field teams and project trade partners, to ensure all necessary parties are working off the latest documents
Adhere to Project Management-related items in CBI’s Weekly Processes & Procedures
Collaborate with CBI’s Project Management and Field Operations teams to create and maintain Project Action Item Lists and facilitate/administrate the completion of each action item in a satisfactory manner
Work with CBI’s Field Operations team to track materials that arrive to the site
Work with corporate and field team members to ensure adherence to company safety and insurance policies, protocols…