Overview:
As an Assistant Project Manager (APM), you will play a key role in supporting the successful execution of multiple utility-scale solar energy projects from our corporate headquarters. Working closely with Project Managers, engineering teams, procurement, and field operations, you will help coordinate project activities across all phases ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
This position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities across several active projects. You will assist in tracking project milestones, preparing reports, managing documentation, and facilitating communication between internal departments and external stakeholders including contractors, vendors, and clients.
Location & Travel Details: This role will be located in our Dallas corporate office and will require working out of the office five days per week for corporate based project support. Travel up to 25% of the time will be required.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree (B. S.) from four-year college or university in Construction Management, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of five years of construction industry experience/knowledge of construction techniques, estimating and construction management
• Experience on utility scale renewables projects (solar, wind, BESS) preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Ability to work onsite in our Dallas corporate office five days per week and travel up to 25% of the time
• Take reasonable care of your own and others’ health and safety and of those who may be affected by the day-to-day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working toward Wanzek’s Zero Injury principles
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite; including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Read, analyze and interpret blueprints, professional journals, technical procedures, contracts or governmental regulations
• Write reports, business correspondence and document project activities
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from project managers, superintendents, clients, customers and the general public
• Effectively present information to top management, public groups and/or boards of directors
• Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume; ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

• Coordinate engineering studies
• Coordinate change order requests
• Coordinate situations with engineers
• Coordinate with estimating on projects
• Submittals and requests for information
• Work with owners and clients on specifications and technical questions in planning stages
• Work on projects in planning stages
• Coordinate with owners or clients on planning projects
• Coordinate with regional managers on status of projects
• Create subcontracts and PO’s
• Track job costs and predict monthly revenue streams
• Manage QA/QC on projects
• Identify, research and resolve all contract disputes with the Owner
• Maintain prime contract with the Owner or Client
• Establish monthly billing procedure with the Owner or Client
• Establish and maintain job cost control, which will be reported monthly
• Review general conditions cost on a monthly basis
• Review subcontractor’s application for payment based on percent complete and approve or adjust
• Approve material and subcontract invoices for payment
• Issue change orders to subcontractors
• Initiate and execute all monthly progress payments to the Owne