Assistant Project Manager

Company: American Family Care
Location: Birmingham
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

American Family Care (AFC) is one of the largest primary and urgent care companies in the U.S. providing services seven days a week on a walk-in basis. Our state-of-the-art centers focus on the episodic treatment of acute illnesses and injuries, workers compensation and occupational medicine. Each location is equipped with an onsite lab and in house x-ray capability.AFC is the parent company of AFC Franchising, LLC and this position will be in that division, working directly with franchise owners of American Family Care centers.SummaryAFC is seeking an Assistant Project Manager - Construction, which directly reports to the Director of Real Estate and Construction, and be responsible for managing the real estate pipeline and new store development initiatives for AFC Franchising, LLC within time and resource constraints, ensuring that franchisees are able to meet or exceed their contractual development agreements.This is a home office position based in Birmingham, AL with travel requirements.Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for all assigned projects from inception to closeout
• Provide support to the Construction Team as directed
• Develop project schedules and facilitate the development pipeline
• Prepare & execute schedules of milestones & production goals to ensure schedules are met
• Monitor contract performance to ensure scope, schedule, budget, and customer expectations are maintained or exceeded
• Coordinate project startup and closeout activities
• Attend all project meetings
• Make periodic site visits to assure the scope, schedule and quality of the project are achieved
• Provide project and departmental status reports to members as appropriate
• Ensure accuracy and proper control of all project or initiative documentation, to include, confidentiality for any sensitive information related to project or initiative goals or objectives
• Assess progress and develop action plans to meet productivity, quality, and project goals and objectives throughout the project or initiative life cycle
• Ensure all projects or initiatives follow and are compliant with company policies and procedures, as well as any applicable federal and state laws
• Effectively manage project or initiative scope by ensuring any changes to scope are documented and approved
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.Essential Qualifications
  • Develops people through feedback and responsibility delegation. Engages in fair and equitable treatment and evaluation of others.
  • Inspires performance by setting clear direction and high-performance expectations.
  • Ability to work independently as well as collaborate with other team members as needed.
  • Ability to diffuse escalating situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
  • A high standard for customer service.
  • Sense of urgency balanced with an eye for quality and detail.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate people + tasks.
  • Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  • Well organized with ability to balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced, high energy environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate to all levels of the project process (both internally and externally) including but not limited to construction field trades, architects, engineers, local governmental officials, and internal Company departments.
  • Proficiency in project management, financial, presentation and communication software including Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OutlookEducational Requirements
    • BS degree in Building Science, Business Administration or related field required.
    • 1-3 years project management or real estate operations experience required.
    • Preferred: experience in retail or franchising

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