Assistant Project Manager at Encon Heating & AC – Stratford, Connecticut

The Assistant Project Manager is responsible for aiding in project management and sales while also providing cross-functional support to other teams with the goal of providing exceptional customer service to clients. A highly qualified person will help prepare others to resolve roadblocks while observing and learning the skillsets of project management. Successful Assistant Project Managers are training to be experts in the following:

• Represent ENCON to create PEACE of MIND by being TRUSTWORTHY and providing an EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
• Supporting great customer relations and ensuring an exceptional customer experience.
• Be a mentee of the team members by learning the trade, project management, and creating relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in sales calls with new and existing customers by gathering preparatory information, preliminary takeoffs, and aiding in organization.
• Assist with estimating new projects by collecting material and equipment quotes, performing pipe and duct takeoffs, reaching out to subcontractors for quotes, writing proposals.
• Assist project managers in information sharing process. This includes but is not limited to organizing drawings, submittals, proposals, change orders pursuant to the needs of production within the appropriate format and process developed for communication.
• Visit job sites with Project Managers or Production Managers to learn construction means and methods while building relationships with clients and production.
• Perform necessary safety training.
• Attend bi-weekly residential department production meetings.
• Stay up to date on the latest products and technology in the HVAC industry.
• Return internal and external customer calls the same day they are received and all email inquiries within a business day (even if it is simply to acknowledge the message & let them know when we can address their request).
• Assist ENCON’s closeout process.
• Assist in buyout pricing with subcontractors and for large equipment and material orders.
• Enter and update sales opportunities using the appropriate technology.
• Learn the following from Project Management team:

- Billing.

- How to appropriately have conversations regarding collecting AR (Accounts Receivable).

- How to appropriately have difficult conversations with customers.

- How to keep job costs and keeping them within budget.

- How to perform monthly cost adjustments based on input from Production Managers.

Required Skills & Experience

• Problem Solver
• Self-Driven
• Organized
• Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, etc.)
• Strong entrepreneurial skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Baseline knowledge of the construction industry as a whole

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 1-3 years’ construction related project management experience
• Engineering degree or HVAC trade license
• Baseline knowledge of local codes

Encon is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

CT LIC # HTG-0386317-S1

Putnam NY LIC# 31097

Westchester NY LIC # WC-33774-H21

MEC # 1093

AA/EOE

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Salary Description 70-85K yearly + bonus