# Assistant Project Manager - Fire and Life Safety Engineering

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Houston, TX
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $88,500 - $120,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

**Apply**: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93861?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_5419606a-f02

## Description

WSP is seeking a Full-Time Assistant Project Manager within the Fire & Life Safety (FLS) Specialty Service group for our Houston, TX office. Other locations considered: Arlington, VA, Columbia, MD, Dallas, TX, New York, NY, and Boston, MA.

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will be involved in projects with our Fire and Life Safety Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

**Your Impact**

Project delivery:

- Conduct project setup using internal systems, including converting project opportunities to billable jobs and communicating with internal teams.

- Manage engineering teams to complete multiple projects concurrently.

- Support the development and maintenance of project workplans, including schedules and tracking tasks.

- Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project status and schedules.

- Track financial performance metrics for projects and coordinate the QA/QC process for project deliverables.

- Create and manage project resource planning, ensuring alignment with project plans and staff utilization expectations.

Project pursuits:

- Assemble technical resource information, scope, and pricing to create responses for Requests for Qualifications and Proposals.

- Log and track the progress of project opportunities.

- Create and maintain a proposal fee database to enable data-driven and historical fee input.

**Culture and Personality**

Candidates are expected to possess many of the following attributes:

- Highly organized with exceptional skills in tracking progress.

- Highly collaborative with a proactive approach to communications.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to lead internal team meetings and participate in presentations.

- Resourceful self-starter capable of working productively on multiple projects simultaneously under strict deadlines.

**Who You Are**

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, architecture, engineering, science, or a related major.

- Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant post-education experience in a project management role.

- Experience in project planning, cost management, schedule management, and methods of analyzing and reporting project performance.

- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, and Adobe software applications.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Project management certification (e.g., Project Management Professional (PMP)).

**WSP Benefits:** WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

**Compensation:** Expected Salary (all locations): $88,500 - $120,000

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- Bluebeam
- Adobe software applications
- project planning
- cost management
- schedule management

### Nice to have
- Project Management Professional (PMP)

---

Source: [Apply at emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com](https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93861?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)