Construction Project Manager
Handshake • Remote
Education
Associate
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$80/hr
Listed
7d ago
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Overview
Handshake is looking for retail construction and cost estimation professionals to support AI research through flexible, hourly contract work. This is not a traditional job. You'll draw on your hands-on experience with project cost estimation and architectural plan review to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI better understand retail construction workflows and cost planning practices.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity that can be done alongside research, teaching, postdoctoral work, or industry employment.
Details
This project involves using your professional experience and hands-on knowledge of the tools you use in your daily work to create expert-level training data and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience required.
Fully remote with a flexible, asynchronous schedule and no minimum hour requirement; most contributors work approximately 5–20 hours per week when participating in an active project.
Placement depends on current project needs, with opportunities to be considered for future projects as they become available.
Qualifications
At least 2 years of professional experience in cost estimation or construction project management, in roles such as:
Cost Estimator or Construction Project Manager
Or equivalent roles in the retail industry
Hands-on experience with construction and estimation workflows, including:
Detailed cost estimation
Architectural plan review
Strong written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and asynchronously with AI research teams.
Work authorization information
F-1 students who are eligible for CPT or OPT may be eligible for projects on Handshake AI. Work with your Designated School Official to determine your eligibility. If your school requires a CPT course, Handshake AI may not meet your school’s requirements. STEM OPT is not supported. See our Help Center article for more information on what types of work authorizations are supported on Handshake AI.
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Interview Prep
Sample questions for a Project Manager role, written in-house to help you prepare.
How do you build a risk register for a new project, and how do you decide which risks are worth actively managing versus just monitoring?
I score each identified risk on likelihood and impact, and I focus active mitigation effort on the ones that score high on both, since spreading equal attention across every possible risk dilutes focus from the ones that actually threaten the project. Lower-scoring risks stay on the register and get monitored, but they don't consume active planning time unless their likelihood or impact changes.
How do you allocate limited resources across competing project priorities when you can't fully staff everything at once?
I prioritize based on which work is on the critical path versus which has schedule slack, since delaying critical path work delays the whole project while slack work has more flexibility. I also make the tradeoff visible to stakeholders rather than making the call silently, since resource allocation decisions often have implications beyond what I alone can see.
What's your approach to identifying dependencies between workstreams early enough to avoid them becoming a bottleneck later?
I map dependencies explicitly during planning, not just track tasks in isolation, and I flag any dependency where the downstream team's start date is close to the upstream team's committed finish date, since that's where a small delay upstream cascades into a schedule risk downstream. Building in buffer specifically around tight dependencies, rather than uniformly across the whole schedule, protects the areas actually at risk.
How do you decide when a project's scope needs to change versus when the original plan just needs better execution?
I look at whether the gap between plan and reality traces back to a flawed original assumption, which suggests scope needs revisiting, or to execution issues like unclear ownership or slow decision-making, which suggests the plan itself is still sound. Changing scope to compensate for an execution problem usually just creates a new set of issues rather than fixing the real one.
Why this role
This Construction Project Manager role pays $80/hr fully remote, so the Business work here isn't limited to whoever happens to live near an AI lab's office.
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Common questions
Can I use Handshake if I graduated years ago?
Probably not a good fit. Handshake's AI Fellowship roles target current university students and early talent within about 1-2 years of graduation. Experienced professionals typically find faster approval and better rates on Outlier or Mercor.
Is Handshake itself the employer for AI training roles?
For the AI Fellowship roles specifically, yes, Handshake acts as the employer of record. That's different from the rest of the site, which functions as a job board listing openings for other companies.
What does task-based AI training work look like?
Practical, hands-on data work: recording short videos, categorizing images, rating text responses, or analyzing data. Tasks are designed to be short and distinct, typically 5 to 60 minutes each.
What does asynchronous AI training work mean in practice?
No set hours, no check-ins, no meetings. You log in when you want, pick up an available task, complete it, and submit; nobody is waiting on you in real time. That's different from remote employment, where you're expected online during business hours. The tradeoff: you're competing with others for available tasks, so an empty queue means there's simply nothing to do until more work is released.
What does Business work look like for a Construction Project Manager?
Tasks here are scoped to Business, not generic labeling. As a Construction Project Manager, expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Business) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Business background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
Expert is named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with this, expect the screening process to test for it directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $80/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change between when we last checked the listing and when you apply, so confirm the current number on the platform's own application page before committing time.
What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
You'll be taken to Handshake's external site to complete your application there. This listing links through a referral, but the process is identical to applying directly; the link just routes you correctly. Create an account on their site and follow their onboarding steps.
Are Handshake AI training listings internships?
Some are, some aren't. Handshake lists both standard internships and separate "AI Trainer" fellowships. Check the job description for "1099" or "Contract" language: that signals a freelance role, not W-2 employment.