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Construction Assistant Project Manager - Water Division - Bay Area, CA

The Walsh Group

San Francisco, CAFull-time$99–149K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$99–149K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Walsh Group is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for its Pacific North Water Division in the Bay Area. The role supports complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, with preferred experience in treatment facilities, pipelines, pump stations, and related systems. The position involves project coordination, budget and subcontractor management, and collaboration with design consultants. A bachelor’s degree and previous water treatment construction experience are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project PlanningSchedulingProject CoordinationWork Plan DevelopmentSafety ManagementQuality ControlBudget ForecastingBudget ManagementChange Order ManagementSubcontractor ManagementDesign CoordinationSubmittal ReviewRequest for InformationMaterial TrackingEquipment TrackingTakeoff DevelopmentPeople LeadershipProblem ResolutionRelationship Building

Qualifications

4+ Years of ExperienceBachelor's DegreeWater Treatment Construction ExperienceRelocation for Specific Roles

Full job description

OVERVIEW

We are currently seeking an Assistant Project Manager for our Pacific North Water Division in the Bay Area.

Preferred Water Project Experience: Experience supporting the design, construction, commissioning, and startup of complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including advanced water and wastewater treatment facilities, recycled water systems, treatment plant expansions, pump stations, storage reservoirs, force mains, gravity sewer systems, large-diameter water transmission and distribution pipelines, and underground utility networks. Projects may include municipal, industrial, or public utility infrastructure requiring regulatory compliance, permitting, quality control, testing and commissioning, and coordination with owners, public agencies, utility providers, and multidisciplinary project teams to successfully deliver critical water infrastructure.

Does the idea of working on interesting and complex projects bring you joy? Are you challenged by making meaningful impact? Do you love solving problems by thinking creatively and trying new things? Are you an up-and-coming manager who always wants to do better? If so, we’ve got what you’re looking for!

Walsh Assistant Project Managers hunt for better ways of doing things. They are great listeners and soak up information in order to make better decisions. When they see potential in others, and they invest in it. They are on a journey to be the next generation of impactful leaders!

As a fourth-generation, family-owned business, Walsh recruits individuals who are seeking a small company feel with a large company backing. Walsh is a successful fast-growing company at the forefront of technology and is committed to being the employer of choice to our employees and the builder of choice to our customers.

Walsh is a company where, when you work hard, you will be recognized. If this sounds like you, please apply!

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Project planning, scheduling and coordination, including participation in work plan development

  • Safety and quality control management

  • Accurate forecasting and management of budgets

  • Change order management

  • Managing critical subcontractors and process equipment suppliers

  • Coordination with design consultants through design completion on Design-Build projects

  • Obtain and review submittals for compliance with contract documents and distribute to Owner/design consultants for formal review

  • Draft and submit Requests for Information as required

  • Assume responsible charge of process mechanical material and equipment tracking, including development of detailed takeoffs/logs and ensuring delivery prior to scheduled installation dates

  • Manage Project Engineers and collaborate with other Assistant Project Managers in responsible charge of other scopes of work

  • Resolution of problems involving labor disputes, material delivery and contract administration

  • Maintain vehicle, equipment, and tools management

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 4+ years of experience

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred

  • Previous water treatment construction experience preferred

  • Ability to establish relationships and lead people

  • Specific roles may require relocation

  • Salary Range: $99,000 - 149,000/Yr

Division: Water

Job Category: Project Management

Job Type: Full_time

Please note that job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for a bonus and other benefits.

The Walsh Group, Ltd. Is committed to providing equal opportunity to qualified applicants with disabilities to compete for jobs. To request a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please contact the Human Resources Department at 312-563-5905 or [email protected].

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability/Veteran

How this job compares

Set against the 401 open Assistant Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$99–149K/yr
  • US median$85–116K/yr123 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $124K, is 24% above the US median midpoint ($100K) — in the top quarter of Assistant Project Manager salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 20 open Assistant Project Manager jobs in California and 401 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Assistant Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (319 postings).
Education
148 of the 401 open Assistant Project Manager jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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