What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Coordinator position at WSP?
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for an in-house Project Coordinator for our Portland, Maine office. Be involved in projects with our WSP USA Earth & Environment Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
Join our Portland WSP Team, we are a team of dedicated professionals working to find solutions for our diverse customer base. Our team is recognized as a leader in A/E design nationwide within WSP and is known in the industry for delivering high-quality designs with technical excellence. We realize this success is the result of the efforts and abilities of our people. Our Portland, Maine team takes pride in maintaining a small family-like, flexible work environment while also having a large international organization’s structure, resources, and opportunities. Our Portland office is right in the heart of Downtown Portland; a diverse and lively city with an outstanding restaurant scene and lots to do if you’re an outdoor enthusiast or love the Arts – something for everyone. This is an opportunity to work with our talented Architects and Engineers in one of WSP’s focused growth areas. If this appeals to you, we would like the opportunity to discuss with you further as we grow our team to support our current workload and advance strategic planning towards our future vision.
Your Impact
- Support Project Managers and internal stakeholders in planning and executing projects
- Coordinate project setup and closing as per WSP’s Project Delivery procedures
- Assist with developing and maintaining project Work Breakdown Structure and schedule
- Setup and maintain budget and expenditure tracking under the guidance of Project Managers
- Interface with the accounting team regarding client invoicing, payments, and the monthly project billing cycle
- Maintain project contracts and documentation for sub-consultants, contractors, and vendors
- Track and manage compliance with requirements of quality management processes or plans
- Coordinate and document project team communications
- Coordinate document delivery, updates, filing, and implement other control systems
- Visible support resource for knowledge of WSP systems and protocols
- Provide non-technical document review, proofreading for accuracy, completeness, compliance with corporate policies, formatting adherence, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling
- Preparation of Excel spreadsheets
- Assist project team members with document formatting, copying, report production, binding, shipping, filing and scanning
- Prepare documents & items for Fedex pick up
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma (or equivalent), Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Excellent organizational skills including strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as a member of various teams or to work independently as required
- Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects and complete high-quality work against strict and conflicting deadlines
- A positive, collegial attitude and a high level of professionalism are essential
- A valid driver's license
- Project a professional company image through in-person and phone interaction
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe software
- Demonstrated experience with technical editing, document production (multi-section reports, Appendices, Table of contents, etc.)
- Ability and willingness to learn technical and business vocabulary
- This position requires effective time-management, written communication, planning, organization, creativity, team building, collaboration and interpersonal skills
- The successful candidate will take initiative and be able to work independently, be able to work / coordinate efforts from multi-discipline teams and successfully facilitate development and delivery of multiple, simultaneous deliverables with strict deadlines
- Must be flexible with work schedules and able to adjust to multiple and concurrent deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years professional administrative work experience
- Three or more years of directly related experience in the engineering consulting environment
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WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.