Assistant Project Manager - Instrumentation and Electrical

MMR Assistant Project Manager - based in Abilene, TX

Location: Abilene, TX
Pay: $58-$65/hour based on experience
Per Diem: $900/week
Work Schedule: 6/10s

Company Culture: 

At MMR, our most valuable assets are not our buildings or equipment, it is our family of employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our investment in training programs and resources allows our employees to reach both their personal and professional goals. This is evident with MMR receiving numerous awards including “Best Place to Work” and consistently being recognized as one of the top Engineering News Record’s “Annual Specialty Contractors.” 

Organization Description: 

MMR has served as the industry leader in instrumentation and electrical construction, maintenance, and technical services for over 30 years. Our diverse list of clients allows us the unique ability to work across industry lines in the oil and gas upstream and midstream as well as chemical and petrochemical downstream, industrial manufacturing, power generation, renewable energy, mission critical, heavy commercial, and energy storage sectors. MMR holds the proud distinction of being the largest privately owned “Open Shop” contractor in the United States with over 30 branch offices including global locations in Canada and Mexico. For more information, please visit our website: www.mmrgrp.com. 

Job Description: 

MMR is seeking Assistant Project Manager candidates that support project leadership in procurement, contract change management, reporting, documentation, and cost tracking while managing designated scopes and administrative workflows to maintain progress and compliance. The responsibilities would include, but not limited to, the following:

• Assist with organization, planning, scheduling, and subcontractor scheduling of the project 

• Assist with developing job tracking systems including schedule, productivity, and cost 

• Maintaining and updating tracking systems, schedules, cost reports 

• Participate in weekly client update meetings  Maintain meeting minutes and action logs

• Prepare and submit weekly client update reports 

• Preparing and submitting change orders  

• Coordinating with site supervision to build work packages 

• Prepare and submit client invoices 

• Maintaining RFI log, change order log, invoice log, restraint log, drawing log, equipment log, material log 

• Updating schedule of values and preparing client invoices 

• Field material and equipment purchasing as required 
• Manage assigned scopes under PM direction

Required Skills and Qualifications: 

• BS in Construction Management or related field
• Experience in electrical and instrumentation construction preferred
• 2-6 years project support experience, with a focus in project engineering
• Must understand procurement tracking, change management, reporting, billing support, and documentation
• Must have knowledge in estimating, scheduling, and purchasing
• Experience in managing subcontracts
• Able to manage assigned scopes with limited supervision
• Strong ownership and follow-up
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills  
• Able to work effectively under time pressure and/or deadline 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Willingness to work flexible, varying hours, including evenings and weekends as needed 
• Regular and reliable attendance at work

MMR Group, Inc. and its affiliated companies ("MMR") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected class.