Project Coordinator - Aurora Water Project Controls

City of Aurora

9d•Onsite

About The Position

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 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.

Requirements

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
Skills: Intermediate to expert level skills in Microsoft Excel
Intermediate skill in scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or P6 etc.
Intermediate data management skills
Abilities: Ability to develop and analysis schedules
Ability to analyze project financial data
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens
Ability to handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

Competitive total compensation package
Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs
Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
Rewarding public sector work impacting a large and diverse community
Rich benefits package with low employee costs
Generous paid leave program
100% funded Employee and Family Care Leave Program
Retirement pension plan and 457b plans available
Subsidized recreation center pass, on-site fitness centers and wellness programs
Continued education and career advancement opportunities