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Construction Project Assistant

Progressive AE • Full-time • Grand Rapids, Michigan, US • 1m ago

Make an Impact

As a Construction Project Assistant, you will provide administrative and project-related support to the Construction and Procurement Team. You will provide exceptional customer and team focus while navigating multiple project deadlines. You will have a key role in Construction project tracking, scheduling, communication, and documentation.

Deliver Results

Work in partnership with the Practice Managers, Superintendents, Procurement Leader, and other team members to ensure that all project information is accurate and meets the quality requirements for assigned areas of responsibility before being communicated externally.
Prepare contracts, project specification/project manuals, and process Requests for Information (RFIs) through ProCore.
Create, compose, and review administrative correspondence and technical documents with thorough audit and application of formatting, grammar, spelling, and punctuation to ensure company standards are being met.
Master office functions and the regular use of office equipment such as copiers, scanners, projectors, phone systems. Learn and operate new office technologies as they are developed and implemented in the office to ensure they provide a quality experience for team members and clients.
Schedule meetings for Director of SPR and Lead Construction Services and project teams and ensure spaces and resources are ready and restored.
Provide hospitality for the team and client meetings and support office functions as needed.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma.
5+ years of administrative support experience supporting construction services.
Skilled in excellent communication, organization, and engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree.
CSI-CDT certification.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes—what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners—because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.
Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.

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