Project Coordinator - Aurora Water Project Controls

JOB LOCATION

Aurora, Colorado 80016-2946

City of Aurora, Colorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora, we're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization, guiding the decisions of the individuals and the organization. At the City of Aurora, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of: Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, and Customer Service, and we welcome all who share these values to apply.
 
Why Work for Aurora?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse community
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Hiring Salary: $53,037 - $66,297/year

The deadline to submit an application to this position is April 20, 2026. However, it is subject to close at any time once a qualified pool of applications are obtained.

OVERVIEW OF JOB

The Project Coordinator (Project Controls) is responsible for monitoring and performing analytics on the Utilities’ Capital Improvement Program. The project coordinator also interacts with Water finance and planning and engineering team, assists with the overall capital program planning, resourcing, analysis, and estimating under the supervision of the Project Delivery Manager of the Project Delivery Services Division.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The listed primary duties and responsibilities is not a comprehensive list of expectations for the job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees may be assigned other duties. 

• Maintain the Planning and Engineering (P&E) division workload document by creating individual and consolidated project schedules.
• Update the PM workload monthly by coordinating with the PMs with regards to milestone progress and collect the project spend information from finance
• Assist in review of capital and financial data to assist in annual budgeting process including any reporting required to understand capital project statuses.
• Assist in creating reports on workload allocation and create schedules for annual project efforts.
• Maintain accurate data in project database system which includes general project data, estimated and actual project costs, and change order information.
• Maintain the Projectmates software and assist in teaching others and troubleshooting the system
• Serve as operational advocate for the continued and procedural use of installed project management tools.
• Advocate and review accurate record keeping within project management system(s)

• Use collected project information to provide reports to Project Delivery Services (PDS) and other water divisions regarding project information
• Collect, maintain, understand, and summarize historic project pricing information that may be used to review submitted cost estimates from developers and engineers or provide planning level (Class 5) estimates for future project planning
• Compile additional operational reports as requested including project, personnel resource, and fiscal data
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education: 

• Associate’s degree in construction management, project management, information Systems or related field.

Experience: 

• 1 year of experience in planning and executing projects.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Driver's license with a good driving history

Knowledge:

• Understanding of scheduling and resource management including cost loading of schedules
• Understanding of principals of project planning, management and budgeting
• Knowledge of project management principles
• Knowledge of construction estimating