Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager Job Ca tegory: Exempt
Location: Goldsboro, N.C. Travel Required: Minimal, up to 20%
Reports To: Project Manager Position Type: Full-time


Job Description
Role and Responsibilities
1. Assist Project Managers in coordinating all phases of complex, long-term projects to ensure alignment with contract requirements, schedules, and customer expectations.
2. Support engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and operations teams in the execution of electrical and mechanical project requirements.
3. Assist with the development and maintenance of project schedules, budgets, resource planning, and milestone tracking.
4. Monitor project progress and help identify potential risks, delays, or issues while supporting corrective action efforts.
5. Maintain effective communication with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and internal departments to support successful project execution.
6. Assist in ensuring compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, quality requirements, and company procedures.
7. Support the management and updating of project schedules to accommodate established milestones and completion dates.
8. Assist in assembling project design submittals and reviewing documentation against technical specifications and contract requirements.
9. Coordinate with engineering, operations, procurement, manufacturing, finance, and quality teams to ensure project deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
10. Assist with project documentation including scope letters, procedures, O&M manuals, warranty documentation, and closeout packages.
11. Support project meetings, maintain meeting notes, track action items, and follow up on outstanding tasks.
12. Assist Project Managers with customer reporting, project status updates, and overall project administration.
13. Electrical industry experience and Primavera P6 experience preferred.
14. Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications and Skills:
1. Associates or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field preferred.
2. Familiarity with electrical and mechanical engineering principles.
3. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
4. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
5. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management software (MS Project, Primavera P6, etc.).
6. Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
7. Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
8. Self-starter with a willingness to learn and grow within project management.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior experience in traction power projects
• Familiarity with specialized equipment
• Commitment to continuous improvement, professional development, and operational excellence.

General Physical Demands & Safety Awareness:
1. Balfour Beatty Rail - Traction Power Group is committed to excellent Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) performance as an integral part of its service and business activities. Employees should have experience with, use appropriately and encourage others to use Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) in the appropriate areas of our operation.
2. For general manufacturing & warehousing areas with MEDIUM duty, employees should be able to exert or lift to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 10 lbs. of force frequently. Walking, bending, standing and sitting foreseen frequently.
3. For general office areas with LIGHT duty, employees should be able to exert or lift to 25 lbs. of force occasionally and up to 5 lbs. of force frequently. Both standing and sitting are foreseen frequently.
About Us
Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.
Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).
Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.