JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently seeking a Project Coordinator with a strong background in Electrical work to lead our Fabrication team in Longmont, CO. We are looking for individuals with expertise and experience who are ready to take on new challenges and assist us achieve excellence in schedule, safety, and quality.

Objective:

Create delivery excellence across assigned project, provide certainty and confidence to the customer/project sponsor, and robust control of project scope, schedule, cost and risk.

Responsible for the implementation and completion of a defined small project or subset of a larger project; managing scope, cost, schedule and risk, managing change and ensuring appropriate reporting and governance is in place.

Supports the project team by overseeing and monitoring project progress according to agreed measures and organizational procedures, recommending corrective action where necessary. Responsible for ensuring that scope is defined and understood, schedule is adhered to, cost/budget targets are met and for managing safety and risk. Requires knowledge and experience of the technical/functional area being managed and an awareness of the business issues.

This role covers positions responsible for effective management of less complex projects, typically with a single technical focus (eg engineering, procurement or construction) and low risk profile due to contract terms and conditions, and positions responsible for delivering small functional projects or portions of larger functional projects. Responsible for directing, organizing and controlling activities on small to medium sized projects or portions or larger projects under the direction of a Project Manager/Director. Budget responsibility for scope.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Delivery:

• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and/or consolidated plan to determine timeframe, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project.

• Defines/designs activities, starting from existing solutions.

• Provides the interface and maintains a confident relationship with other contributors to the project.

• Contributes to setting project evaluation parameters.

• Negotiates minor changes to project scope or specification with the project sponsor/customer.

• Interacts with the project sponsor/customer at a tactical level. • Regularly reviews and reports project progress to senior management and/or the sponsor/customer.

• May manage relationships with external suppliers at a tactical level.

• Solves problems requiring investigation and interpretation

• Conducts kick off meetings and work initiation processes

• Attends customer meetings and assists with determination of project requirements

• Assists in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, tenders, budgets, cash flow, plans, procedures and preliminary schedules

• Prepares project organization charts • Chairs progress/site/closeout meetings as appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members

• Tracks the progress and quality of work being performed by project team members, assuring outputs meet quality standards and capturing lessons learned

• Uses project scheduling and control tools to monitor project plans, work hours, budgets and expenditures

• Effectively and accurately communicates relevant project information to the customer and project team

• Assists in the review of Contractor quotations

• Keeps the Project Sponsor/Customer and other stakeholders informed about project status and issues that may impact customer relations, flagging early signs of schedule or budget slippage in order to agree corrective actions.

• Anticipates and takes pre-emptive action to address potential conflict situations that may impact on project delivery

Leadership:

• Leads a small project team consisting of technical/professional staff usually from one office

• Develops, communicates and reinforces team objectives and agrees ways of working with the team

Working relationships:

Internal: Leads a small work group consisting of technical and/or support staff; supported by supervisor for coaching on people management issues

External: Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal/external service providers or contractors.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

Typically requires University degree in relevant technical discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience

Journeyman or Master Electrician License Preferred

Knowledge, skills and experience:

Typically requires 3-8 years in a project delivery environment and have gained;

• An understanding of metrics and data collection and analysis methods as well as business awareness and ability to develop relationships across the project team to facilitate data collection.

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.