Assistant Project Manager (San Diego Metropolitan Area)

Construction Assistant Project Manager

Highland PM, LLC

San Diego, CA

• Posted: April 28, 2026
• Full-Time

Project Location: San Diego, CA

About Highland: Highland is a mid-sized General Contractor located in San Diego—a contractor’s paradise. Our growing company is seeking talented individuals to join our team as Assistant Project Managers, Superintendents, and Project Engineers. The ideal candidates will have experience in multi-family podium construction and a passion for delivering quality projects on time and within budget.

We offer competitive salaries, benefits packages, and opportunities for rapid career growth. We can assist with relocation costs for those in other parts of the country who are interested in moving to sunny San Diego. Salary ranges for our three open positions are as follows:

• Project Engineer: $80k - $100k
• Assistant Project Manager: $90k - $120k
• Superintendent: $120k - $160k, plus car allowance and gas card

If you are a skilled construction professional who is looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we want to hear from you! Apply today to join our team and take your career to the next level.

Position Description: Manage and implement engineering and administrative project procedures and requirements. Coordinate with project field operations to ensure transfer of information between owner, design team and subcontractors is delivered, understood, and implemented.

Reports to: Project Executive and/or Project Manager

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Create, maintain and administer project documentation such as subcontracts, requests for information, submittals, etc.
• Overall responsibility for communication of information between all project team members
• Work with Preconstruction and the project manager in the development of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) or initial project budget.
• Work with Project Manager to prepare a procurement schedule for subcontractors, major material and equipment purchases to ensure timely buy-outs and overall compliance with the construction schedule is maintained
• Conduct thorough construction document reviews and examine all documents for constructability.
• Review submittals for accuracy, conformance to project specifications, coordination with related trades and constructability.
• Work with the project team to maintain a culture that values safety, health and cleanliness.
• Support the project superintendent in coordinating the work to ensure that it is constructed in an orderly and deliberate manner that is consistent with the standard-of-care set forth in the contract documents that is viewed by industry as an effort that is consistent with best-practices standards.
• Prepare, submit and track RFIs and responses to ensure the project is constructed consistent with the plans and specifications.
• Maintain and update the project record set including “posting” of all RFIs.
• Manage and organize all project photo documentation.
• Ensure all aspects of the projects are compliant with all contract terms and legal requirements that govern the project and the community in which the project takes place.
• Manage changes in project scope and implement document controls to ensure that the most recent documents are being used at all times to prevent avoidable rework.
• Manage the punch list and project closeout process to assure timely completion.
• Other duties may be assigned as need to support the goals of the company.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience as a Construction Assistant Project Manager is required.
• Previous experience in multi-family construction is preferred.
• A degree in Construction Management, Architectural, Engineering or related field is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to understand drawings and specifications, project engineering tasks.
• Strong oral and written communications skills is required.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Projects Adobe and other related software required to create required documentation is required. The ability to use Procore and similar software is also beneficial.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.

Physical Demands: Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb stairs, and ladders, and negotiate work areas under construction. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, multi-story work environments, and moderate to loud noise.

Highland PM, LLC

4304 Park Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92103