Assistant Project Manager
Fortune-Johnson LLC
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Description
WHO ARE WE?
With over 40,000 units completed, Fortune-Johnson is the premier contractor for building multifamily projects in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Our construction projects showcase a wide range of product types, including multifamily apartments, student housing, age targeted communities, and mixed-use developments. Fortune-Johnson takes pride in our industry-leading record of completing assignments on time and within budget.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Fortune-Johnson General Contractors is seeking an on-site Assistant Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate is a construction professional who has experience building projects in excess of $30M (preferably in multifamily, but not required). The Assistant Project Manager is Fortune-Johnson’s main representative at the jobsite. Their primary role will be the administrative responsibility of the project and to act as the key single point of contact for clients throughout the process.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
• Assist Estimating in the Preconstruction process.
• Review project plans, requirements, and specifications.
• Assist in creating a project specific logistics and safety plan.
• Create scopes of work that detail Fortune-Johnson requirements as well as cover plans and specification requirements.
• Selection and procurement of subcontractors in a timely manner.
• Ensure material and equipment are delivered to the jobsite in a timely manner.
• Monitor the project status for schedule, cost, quality and procedures.
• Manage project budgets.
• Analyze and forecast monthly cost update reports.
• Oversee the pay request and billing process.
• Manage RFI, submittal, change order processes as well as all document flow on the project.
• Partner with Project Superintendent to ensure project success.
• Ensure that work progresses according to schedule.
Desired Skills and Experience
• 3-5 years of experience (preferably in wood-frame multifamily construction on projects in excess of $20M). Depending upon the project size, scope, and complexity the years of experience may vary.
• Demonstrates leadership skills with ability and willingness to face challenges, solve problems, and motivate others, while maintaining effective relationships with customers by meeting or exceeding their requirements and expectations.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Supervises, mentors and develops direct reports.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
• Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer and company communication tools, such as email, internet, Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Office) and Procore project management software.
• Ability to build relationship with owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors that lead to positive outcomes.
• Excellent team player.
• Ability to maintain focus while working in a high level, fast paced environment.
• Ability to effectively organize, plan, and manage multiple activities to accomplish desired results.
Our goal at Fortune-Johnson is to recruit, hire, and maintain a diverse workforce. Equal employment opportunity is good business as well as being the law and applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, selection, hiring, training, transfer, promotion, termination, compensation, and benefits.
Fortune-Johnson provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of Fortune-Johnson without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Fortune-Johnson.
About this role
Fortune-Johnson, a leading Southeast and Mid-Atlantic multifamily contractor with over 40,000 completed units, is hiring an on-site Assistant Project Manager for their Charlotte office. This is a contract position based full-time at the jobsite, where you'll serve as the company's primary representative and single point of contact for clients. The role blends preconstruction support with day-to-day project administration: you'll review plans and specifications, develop logistics and safety plans, manage subcontractor selection and procurement, track schedules and budgets, oversee pay requests and change orders, and coordinate all document flow using Procore and other tools.
The ideal candidate brings 3–5 years of construction experience on projects exceeding $20M, ideally in wood-frame multifamily work. You'll need strong organizational and communication skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office and Procore, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while building relationships with owners, architects, engineers, and trade partners. You should be comfortable with financial analysis—forecasting costs, managing budgets, and analyzing monthly reports—and ready to partner closely with the Project Superintendent to keep work on schedule and within budget.
This role suits someone who thrives in a hands-on, on-site environment and wants to grow into larger project leadership. Fortune-Johnson emphasizes completing projects on time and within budget, so you'll be working within a culture that values precision and accountability.
Typical pay for this role
$80,000
Typical range: $40,000 to $100,000
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