Project Coordinator

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 
AHEAD is seeking an experienced and creative Project Coordinator to join our growing Engineering team. We are looking for a candidate who can help us manage key engineering resources, assignments, and execution. This position will focus on project resource management, load balancing, and the implementation and administration management of a PMO System. This position operates within and services the AHEAD ESG Engineering department.  

Responsibilities

• Manage work tasks and projects for engineers and technicians.
• Capacity planning and resource management.
• Ability to resolve resource conflicts through prioritization. 
• Monitor and report on progress of the projects. 
• Manage projects to ensure they don’t fall behind schedule. 
• Manage task management system for all Engineering resources. 
• Report on project engineering resource utilization.
• Create project schedules and baseline.
• Develop and present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent experience. 
• 3-5 years of experience managing projects within defined and recognized standards.  
• Demonstrated ability to work within Jira.
• Great communication skills, creativity and ability to work closely with key customers, technical resources, and other team members to successfully deliver assigned projects within time and budget scope. 
• Strong understanding of product development life cycle and customer on-boarding. 
• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management. 
• Knowledge of project management techniques and tools. 
• Proficient in project management software. 
• Strong attention to detail and excellent documentation skills. 
• Proven experience in people management. 
• Proven experience in strategic planning. 
• Proven experience in resource and load balancing 
• An understanding of quality control and computer assembly methods. 
• Experience in successfully working with outside suppliers and producers. 

Why AHEAD:
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
We understand that you have a life outside of work. That’s why we offer paid time off, paid company holidays, and a great benefits program including maternity/paternity leave and much more!
Please note that although some job posting are indicated as remote, it is solely for the purpose of the posting. It is company policy for employees within thirty miles of an office to be in-office at least 2 days per week.