PMO Project Coordinator

Redi-Group North America•Wade Hampton, SC

2d•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 position supports multiple projects and interfaces, including projects transitioning from development organizations into production. It follows a hybrid work model of approximately 70% on-site and 30% remote, with a strong on-site presence to support project teams, facilitate cross-functional alignment, and ensure timely follow-up of project topics.

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 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 creating clear 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.

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 actively follow project risk and issue registers, ensuring risks have clear ownership, mitigation actions, target dates, and appropriate escalation.
Create and maintain Lists of Open Points, action registers, and decision logs; follow up with action owners, challenge overdue items, and escalate critical or unresolved topics.
Coordinate project communication, 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 covering status, milestones, risks, open points, handover readiness, critical deviations, and decision requirements.
Consolidate project information from cross-functional stakeholders and verify data quality, completeness, and consistency before reporting or escalation.
Track project milestones, dependencies, due dates, and handover deliverables; identify schedule deviations or missing inputs and coordinate corrective follow-up.
Maintain organized project documentation and PMO records to support traceability, transparency, lessons learned, and repeatable project governance.
Support continuous improvement of PMO processes, templates, reporting methods, and handover standards based on feedback, lessons learned, and recurring execution gaps.