Project Coordinator
Talascend is currently seeking a Project Coordinator for a remote, contract opportunity with our client.
Overview
The Project Coordinator will focus on managing engineering design activities, coordinating interfaces between project teams, and facilitating engineering work planning and team staffing to support successful project execution. The role involves analyzing project data, developing detailed schedules, and assisting in project management tasks to ensure project milestones are met.
Responsibilities
- Support project managers by monitoring progress, tracking key metrics, and generating reports while ensuring compliance with project management standards
- Analyze project data to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities 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 with the project controls organization
- Facilitate change process approvals for new and emerging engineering activities in line with project scheduling standards
- Break down high-level engineering tasks into discretized activity schedules for multiple design teams
- Verify and track team assignments within schedules and manage resource levelization over time
- Create resource forecasts on a bi-monthly basis and coordinate with relevant stakeholders
- Develop and refine standard design activity sequences for future project phases and procurement activities
- Manage detailed schedule logic tie interfaces and create milestones aligned with task activities
- Gather status reports from design teams and update project reporting venues
- Provide periodic status updates to engineering leadership and identify resource or sequencing pinch points
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited university
- 4+ years of direct project coordination experience, preferably in engineering or nuclear fields
- Proficiency in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting with relevant tools and techniques
- Ability to identify patterns, trends, and insights from data to support decision-making
- PMP certification strongly desired
- Experience in project management of engineering activities
- Strong understanding of technical schedule management, including project reporting, schedule development, logic sequences, and resource forecasting
- Experience with Primavera P6
- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA is a plus
- Knowledge of NRC 10CFR50 licensing process is desirable but not required
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Attention to detail and a drive for excellence
- Self-starter with the ability to coordinate and lead cross-functional efforts with minimal guidance
- Ability to handle projects with competing objectives and resolve conflicts between priorities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to foster teamwork and maintain trust and integrity
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.