Company Profile:

Plant Prefab is the first Certified B Corporation™ building technology company dedicated to sustainable design, materials, and operations. The company’s patented Plant Building System™ utilizes advanced digital modeling and fully customizable Plant Panels™ and Plant Modules™ to help architects, developers, general contractors, and individuals design and build multifamily and custom single-family homes 20 to 50 percent faster than site-based methods. The system provides better quality control, design flexibility, and time, cost, and material efficiency than traditional methods of offsite or on-site construction. Plant opened a $40M, 270,000 square foot facility which can produce 3-5 million square feet of single and multifamily housing a year. It is the first automated factory in the US purpose built to create both panels and modules. 

With a mission to build a better world by design, over thirty Plant projects have been certified LEED Platinum or Gold, making the company one of the most experienced designers of homes at the highest level of LEED certification. Plant projects have garnered significant industry recognition including the AIA’s top sustainable award, Architizer’s Jury and People Choice Awards, Green Builder Magazine’s Home of Year, Business 2.0 “World’s 11 Coolest Products”, Business Week’s “Architectural Wonders of the World”, and the Sustainable Quality Awards Grand Prize.

Job Summary:

Plant Prefab is seeking an Assistant Project Manager (APM) to work with an expanding team to provide successful delivery of the various projects being built in our Tejon Ranch factory. Assistant Project Managers perform various coordinating tasks, like schedule/specification review, along with administrative duties, maintaining project documentation, RFIs, and change orders. APM’s work with the Project Managers to assist in ensuring that all projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will have excellent time management and communication skills and will collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver results on deadlines. The position will be based in our Tejon Ranch, CA facility and report to the Fabrication PM Lead.

Core Responsibilities:

• Coordinate various project management activities.
• Create and submit accurate change orders in a timely fashion.
• Help review/update budgets and scope of work documents.
• Coordinate procurement schedules and provide takeoffs to the purchasing department to ensure accurate and timely delivery of materials.
• Monitor project progress and handle issues as they arise.
• Interact with Clients, Architects, Engineers, MEP Designers, State and Local Jurisdictions, and Plant Management and Staff to understand and incorporate project objectives.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, reports, pictures, and videos.
• Ensure that quality standards and requirements are met for all projects.
• Make sure that clients’ needs are met as projects evolve.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports (including progress photo documentation).
• At certain times, may act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven work experience as an Assistant Project Manager or similar role
• 1-3 years of hands-on experience in ground up Residential, Multifamily Construction or related trades. Or 1-2 years in project management, from conception to delivery
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Knowledge in estimating and takeoff software (e.g., PlanSwift, Sage, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with project management software (e.g., Microsoft Projects, Autodesk Build, or similar)
• Strong, working knowledge of blueprints, architectural plans, and structural plans
• Familiarity quality control procedures
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of Plant Prefab
• PMP or Project management certification is a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation (salary, discretionary bonus, and stock options) commensurate with experience and skills 
• Excellent medical, vision, and dental insurance 
• The opportunity to work with great architects and meaningfully contribute to projects that improve the quality of life for people and the planet 

Application Instructions:

Please apply on Paylocity, taking care to complete all required fields.

Applicants must be authorized to legally work in the U.S.; sorry, no sponsorship is available. Applicants may be subject to passing a background check, drug screening, and pre-employment physical. Plant Prefab has an ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.