At Variscale Services & Engineering, Inc. (VSEI), we believe in the power of people, and we’ve built our business around the value of our team members. VSEI delivers world-class technology infrastructure solutions spanning public/hybrid cloud and on-premise environments. With unique engineering validation and global deployment capabilities built to support data centers worldwide, VSEI helps customers streamline infrastructure for cost-effective digital transformation. At VSEI, our team members are rewarded for their contributions, and recognized for the determination, ingenuity, and precision with which they execute. If you want to help power the future of business and technology infrastructure, we have an opening for you.

About the Role

The Project Specialist, will coordinate with teams to ensure that field services and projects are delivered on schedule. This person will manage project related logistics, actively monitor project risks, proactively identify mitigations, and communicate document project status to program managers, project managers, and clients to ensure that projects are executed according to plan.

Responsibilities

• Drive project schedules with specific attention to detail to customer needs/expectations and communicating project status to all key stakeholders.
• Help manage the day-to-day relationship with customers and deliverables to customer timelines (message key milestones and schedules internally and externally).
• Coordinate and support delivery and deployment.
• Stay cognizant of on-site resources and service procedures as required/defined by customers.
• Manage and coordinate resolution of customer operational issues by ensuring the right functional and technical experts are engaged and helping track/communicate progress as necessary.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and provide escalation management.
• Create and validate periodic internal and external reports
• Create, maintain and improve internal and external operational work instructions, standard operating procedures, and knowledge base documents.
• Identify process improvements to drive operational efficiencies
• Resolve escalations through effective tracking of customer and company challenges, risks, and issues; gather key stakeholders and subject matter experts to review the escalation, identify resolution path, and see successful execution of resolution.
• Provide administrative support with internal and external customers, and cross-functional team, as needed.
• Provide reporting as required by cross-functional teams and customer
• Facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to team members.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, project management, and communication skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations by facilitating project focus to keep projects on schedule
• Experience with IT Service Management and project-based operating environments
• Good understanding of Project Planning Principals
• Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Ability to resolve complex problems, drive for results, innovate and think strategically
• Additional languages including Spanish
• 3 years of relevant experience in data analysis, and/or project management required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Variscale Services & Engineering, Inc. offers a highly competitive salary commensurate with work experience and/or education, an excellent benefits program that includes a 401(k) plan, health and dental insurance, and paid time off. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status. Variscale Services & Engineering, Inc. is a Drug-Free Workplace.