A remote assistant project manager takes delegated project management responsibility off a loaded PM: cost tracking, procurement follow-through, schedule updates, change order preparation, and subcontractor coordination. Helping Companies provides this role for contractors who need more project management capacity than coordination support alone can supply, but are not ready to add another full project manager.
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A remote assistant project manager carries delegated project management work rather than administration alone. That includes tracking committed and forecast cost, following through on procurement and material deliveries, maintaining schedule updates from field input, preparing change order documentation, and coordinating subcontractors on day-to-day issues. Helping Companies provides this role for contractors whose project managers are stretched across too many jobs to give each one proper attention.
The assistant project manager role fits contractors whose constraint is project management capacity, not paperwork.
An assistant project manager takes real responsibility, within a scope you define, and reports back to the project manager who owns the job.
Platform experience is confirmed against your requirements before any candidate is presented.
Adding an assistant project manager lets an experienced PM cover more work properly instead of covering more work thinly.
Every engagement starts with understanding the work you actually need covered, not a generic job description.
We review your current workload, the software your team works in, and the specific tasks you want covered.
We agree a written scope for the role: the tasks it owns, the tasks it does not, and how work is reviewed and approved.
We match remote staff to the defined role and introduce them to your team, your systems, and your standards.
Access is set up, early work is reviewed closely, and scope expands as your team gains confidence in the output.
Drag the sliders to estimate what the admin work this role takes on is costing your company today.
Estimates only. They assume a placeholder blended rate of $18 per hour for the remote professional, and that about 10% of the work stays with your team for direction and review. Your free consultation includes an exact quote for your scope.
Hours freed up per week
38 hrs/week
Estimated weekly saving
$588/week
Estimated annual saving
$30,576/year
If something here is specific to how your projects run, raise it on the consultation.
A remote assistant project manager carries delegated project management work: cost tracking and forecasting, procurement follow-through, schedule updates, change order preparation, and subcontractor coordination. The project manager retains ownership of the job; the APM carries a defined portion of the work and reports back.
A coordinator owns documentation and communication flow. An assistant project manager carries delegated management responsibility that requires judgment - cost forecasting, procurement decisions, change order positions. If your gap is paperwork, hire a coordinator. If your gap is management attention, hire an APM.
Not on its own. Field observation, quality verification, safety, and owner presence require someone locally. A remote APM works alongside your on-site team - handling the office-side portion so the people on site can stay on site.
By working directly in your accounting and project management systems rather than in a separate spreadsheet, so committed cost, actual cost, and forecast come from your source of truth. Proficiency in the specific platforms the position requires is set as a requirement before recruiting begins, and candidates are screened against it, so the software your team works in is agreed rather than assumed.
Typically yes, on scheduling, documentation, and day-to-day coordination, using your systems and email. Commercial positions - pricing, scope disputes, contract matters - stay with your project manager.
The experience level is set by you rather than assumed by us. Years in the industry, the project types and sizes the role has to be credible on, and the systems the position works in are all agreed while the role is being defined, and candidates are screened against those requirements before any profile reaches you. A candidate who does not meet the bar you set is not presented.
Schedule a consultation to review how many jobs your project managers are carrying and which parts of the role could be delegated to a remote assistant project manager.
