Assistant Project Manager - Property Development Services Projects

JLL ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

We're JLL. We're a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying and investing in real estate. We're a Fortune 500 company. We work across 80 countries, in 280 different offices, with a team of over 77,000 individuals. And we look after a property portfolio of over 4bn square feet, all on behalf of our clients. If you're looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you'll have a chance to innovate with the world's leading businesses, put that expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You'll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and you'll be inspired by the best. We're focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions - join us at JLL! We are looking for An Assistant Project Manager, Property Development Services Projects Start Date: 1st June 2020 End Date: 30th June 2020 Salary: Competitive - Market Rate Location: London, West End What this job involves * Assist project team on projects and assignments. * Deliver medium to large scale interior fit-out projects. * Proactively manage project-related issues on account or assignment. * Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of all project management technology as required for assigned projects. * Assist in developing scope and schedule for assigned projects. * May conduct and will document all weekly meetings. * Coordinate activities of sub-contractors and relocation of technical functions. * May manage minor renovation projects. * May assume responsibility for projects up to 25k SF with minimal oversight. * Interact and negotiate with contractors and subcontractors. * Demonstrate a proactive focus on meeting client and project requirements in a timely and cost effective manner. * Makes independent decisions with regard to their specific job duties. Seeks guidance on decisions outside work scope. * Ensure that all accounts receivables are maintained at a level not to exceed planned working capital charge as set by corporate finance, the project team and/or the Regional Operations Manager. * Coordinate and track all Vendor RFP's. - maintain accurate and consistent electronic files and documentation. * Assist local team in meeting target financial numbers on a Regional and National level as determined on a yearly basis by the Management Executive Committee. * Supports Team in achieving business development goals by preparing information required to help with the expansion of existing relationships or the pursuit of other new business. Identifies new leads through personal contacts. * Any and all other duties and tasks assigned. Requirements * Bachelor Degree from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience. * Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management preferred. * 1- 2 years as Project Coordinator or Construction/Architecture graduate. * Strong knowledge of construction, architecture or commercial real estate industry. * Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with executive level internal & external clients * Organizational & detailed-oriented with the ability to prioritize and manage differing needs of the business. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, strong knowledge of MS Office. * Ability to multi-task working within a team structure and independently. * Assumes complete responsibility for assignments of moderate complexity, and continues to aggressively improve skill base. JLL is an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community. JLL Privacy Notice Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL's recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely. For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our Candidate Privacy Statement. For additional details please see our career site pages for each country. For employees in the United States, please see a fully copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policy here. Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process - including the online application and/or overall se