Project Coordinator
Job ID
130589
Job Type
Contract
Industry
Nuclear
Pay Rate
$63
- $80 an hour
Location
Work from home
Talascend. is seeking a Project Coordinator for a remote contract opportunity. This role will focus on the management of engineering design activities, coordination of interfaces between project teams, and facilitation of engineering work planning and team staffing. Specifically for the scope of this role, this includes responsibility to interface with multiple engineering teams on a daily/weekly basis to project/coordinate required activities, develop detailed schedules for technical work execution, support individual teams in forecasting a variety of needs to successfully meet project milestones, and generally support the project management in the successful planning and execution of the assigned project scope. The Project Coordinator will also perform project data analysis, assisting the PM in identification of anomalies, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve project execution.
Tasks
- Support the Project Managers by monitoring progress, tracking key metrics, and generating reports, while also ensuring compliance with project management standards.
- Analyze project data, identify patterns, and trends to understand project performance and identify areas for improvement. Prepare detailed reports and presentations on project status, risks, and issues, using data-driven insights.
- Manage modifications to the high-level engineering schedule through interfaces to project controls organization on behalf of engineering. Initiate and facilitate change process approvals for new and emerging engineering activities consistent with project scheduling standards.
- Align and manage breakdown of the high-level engineering tasks into discretized activity schedules (subtask breakdown) for a multitude of design teams.
- Verify and track team assignments within schedule, manage engineering resource levelization over time and generate resource forecasting on a bi-monthly basis. Communicate and coordinate buy-in from relevant stakeholders and track requests to resource managers.
- Develop, refine, and manage the standard design activity sequences in preparation for schedule development of future design phases and procurement activities. Generating detailed versions for specific activity sequences such as procurements or integrated analyses.
- Manage detailed schedule logic tie interfaces for activities within a design team, as well as the external logic links to other design team areas. Create and track milestones alignment to task activities.
- Gather status reporting from design teams and manage updates to project reporting venues. Provide periodic status updates to key engineering leaders and identify pinch points in resource allocations and/or sequence timing.
Key Qualifications and Skills
- B.S. or higher in a relevant discipline from an accredited university and 4+ years direct experience with proven project coordination skills. Additional consideration for engineering and nuclear degrees/experience.
- Proficiency in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting using relevant tools and techniques.
- Ability to identify patterns, trends, and insights from data to support decision-making.
- PMP certification strongly desired.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting or project management of engineering activities.
- Strong understanding of technical schedule management, including project reporting, schedule development, logic sequences and fragnets, and resource forecasting.
- Experience with Primavera P6
- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA a plus.
- Knowledge of NRC 10CFR50 licensing process desired but not required.
- Excellent communication and complexity management/organization skills.
- Attention to detail and aspiration for excellence.
- Candidate must be a self-starter and possess ability to coordinate and lead a cross-functional effort with minimal direction.
- Ability to handle projects that include many competing objectives and design constraints, with ability to resolve conflicts between priorities.
- Strong communication skills desired.
- The service provider will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the contractor must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the contractor has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.
- Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
- Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds
- Repetitive work: Prolonged
- Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
- Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day
- Travel required: 0-5%
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Pay range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Talascend also offers a variety of benefits including: health and disability insurance, 401(k), EAP, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, plan requirements, schedule type, and client work site mandates.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.