Assistant Project Manager​/Project Manager- General - Columbia, SC

Harper General Contractors has a proud 75-year legacy of building trust and community across the Southeast. We are expanding our footprint with a new office in Columbia, SC. We are actively seeking a Project Manager or Assistant Project Manager to join our growing Columbia team as long-term team member, committed to building our presence in the region. This is a unique opportunity to become a cornerstone of our Columbia office, helping shape its culture, growth, and reputation from the ground up.

With a strong pipeline of local, secured work and a focus on delivering meaningful, high-quality projects of all sizes, we’re looking for individuals passionate about construction and community impact who want to help build something that lasts.

To build up our communities, our clients and each other by building trust in everything we do.

Promotes the company mission statement by joining the PM and Superintendent to form a team who work together to create a safe work environment, build a quality project, and keep projects on schedule while earning a fair and reasonable profit.

• Serve as the main point of contact for the Owner, Engineer, and Architect.
• Oversee the project to make all critical project decisions.
• Estimating and Preconstruction:
  • Effectively assist in Harper’s efforts regarding estimating, scheduling and interviewing trade partners, etc.
  • Responsible for the project preconstruction deliverables and estimates while working alongside Estimating. This includes:
    • Executive Summary.
    • Schedule of Values.
    • Qualifications and Clarifications.
    • Allowances.
    • Project Schedule.
    • General Conditions.
    • Three quotes on each scope.
    • Value Engineering.
• Produce, collect and process all pay applications and invoices for the project, for trade partners, vendors and Owners.
  • Includes collections and payments.
• Ensure the creation, approval, and management of:
  • Owner contracts.
  • Subcontracts, POs, and FSAs.
  • Cost controls/project financials.
  • Project engineering – submittals, RFI’s, document management, etc.
• Ensure proper project decisions with Superintendent to ensure timely and appropriate decisions related to the field.
  • These involve the following:
    • Schedule.
    • Deliveries.
    • Logistics, staging and phasing.
    • Quality control.
    • Employee staffing levels.
• Responsible for communication with Owner and Architect/Engineer related to office and field issues.
  • This includes:
    • Understanding issues and assisting in resolving issues.
    • Knowing the proper time to involve Owners and Arch/Engineers.
• Leadership regarding BIG 6:
  • Safety/SOAR.
  • Core.
  • Procurement/scheduling.
  • Pre-Install meetings.
  • Exterior skin systems meetings.
  • No strike utility plan.
• Oversee the project safety requirements along-side the Superintendent.
  • Ensure Harper safety requirements are explained, implemented, and demonstrated.
    • Project specific safety pre-planning.
    • Development of project site-specific SOAR orientation document.
    • SOAR implementation (if allowing other Harper staff to conduct orientations ensure proper message and execution of the document.)
    • OSHA standards are understood and followed.
    • Weekly Toolbox Talks with all active trades.
    • Safety stand down training as necessary.
    • Participate in the timely and effective investigations of all incidents including injuries, property damage, behavioral issues and near misses.
    • Weekly site safety inspections in Procore.
• Ensure and is responsible for creating and updating Schedules along-side Superintendent.
• Ensure and is responsible along-side the Superintendent to determine the sequencing of the work.
• Develop and manage – takes the lead – on project QAQC (has passion).
  • QA example:
    • Pre-installation meetings.
  • QC example:
    • Visual and documents inspections of work in place.
  • Support Superintendent in the coordination of all trade partner's scopes of work.
    • These involve the following:
      • Project site specific logistics/use including associated rules.
      • Scheduling of each trade (who goes where and when to start).
      • Developing and implementing recovery strategies to maintain project schedule.
      • Clarifications of design versus installation (RFI’s).
      • Schedule for the trades (durations and commitments of durations).
  • Manage office personnel to ensure staff…