PMO Project Coordinator

Redi-Group North America•Greenville, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The PMO Project Coordinator supports the day-to-day operation of a structured Project Management Office within an automotive manufacturing environment. The role coordinates project governance, reporting, stakeholder communication, risk and open-point management, and development-to-production handover activities. Working closely with the Senior Project Manager / PMO Lead, project owners, development teams and production stakeholders, the coordinator ensures project information is complete, transparent, current and followed through to closure. The role supports multiple projects and interfaces, including projects transitioning from development organizations into production. The work model is hybrid, approximately 70% on-site and 30% remote, with a strong on-site presence expected to support project teams, facilitate cross-functional alignment and ensure timely follow-up of project topics. The position description notes that duties are not limited to those listed. Employees may receive other job-related instructions from authorized supervisors, provided additional duties remain within the approved scope and the employee's training, qualifications and authorization. Qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, project management or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered.
At least 3 years of experience in project coordination, PMO support, project management, industrialization, manufacturing project support or a closely related role.
Demonstrated experience maintaining project trackers, action lists, risk registers, stakeholder information, meeting documentation and status reporting.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines and stakeholders while maintaining accurate documentation.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including consolidating project data and preparing operational and management-level reports.
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in English with cross-functional and international stakeholders at operational and management levels.
Ability to work proactively and independently, persistently follow up with action owners, identify missing information and escalate risks or delays in a timely manner.
Ability to work in a hybrid model with approximately 70% on-site presence and adapt to changing project priorities in a manufacturing environment.
Proactive follow-up, ownership and accountability.
Structured thinking, attention to detail and documentation discipline.
Clear communication, stakeholder coordination and timely escalation.
Ability to create transparency, prioritize critical topics and maintain momentum across multiple projects.

Nice To Haves

Experience in automotive manufacturing, new product launch, industrialization, project handover, production readiness, supplier/OEM project environments or implementation of PMO governance processes.

Responsibilities

Operate and maintain PMO processes, tools, templates and governance routines established by the Senior Project Manager / PMO Lead.
Coordinate development-to-production handover activities and verify that project information, responsibilities, risks, open topics, deliverables and readiness criteria are identified and transparent before handover.
Create and maintain stakeholder registers, including stakeholder roles, communication needs, decision interfaces and escalation paths.
Create, maintain and follow project risk and issue registers, ensuring risks have clear owners, mitigation actions and target dates, and escalating when required.
Create and maintain Lists of Open Points (LOPs), action registers and decision logs; follow up with action owners, challenge overdue items and escalate critical or unresolved topics.
Coordinate project communication processes, including recurring meetings, agendas, minutes, action tracking, information distribution and documented follow-up between development and production teams.
Prepare and maintain operational and management-level project reporting, including status, milestones, risks, open points, handover readiness, critical deviations and decision requirements.
Consolidate project information from cross-functional stakeholders and verify its quality, completeness and consistency before reporting or escalation.
Track project milestones, dependencies, due dates and handover deliverables; identify schedule deviations or missing inputs early and coordinate corrective follow-up.
Maintain organized project documentation and PMO records to support traceability, transparency, lessons learned and repeatable project governance across the portfolio.
Support continuous improvement of PMO processes, templates, reporting methods and handover standards based on project feedback, lessons learned and recurring execution gaps.