Project Coordinator

Calspan Corporation•Minneapolis, MN

6d•$30 - $42

About The Position

Calspan JETS is the global leader in ground-based jet engine testing solutions. We design and deliver advanced facilities, electro-mechanical systems, and software that power the aerospace industry—from airlines and OEMs to MROs—ensuring jet engines around the world are safe, reliable, and ready for flight. We’re looking for a Project Coordinator to support project execution teams by maintaining alignment between internal project execution plans, contract delivery dates, business objectives, and an overall portfolio level resource plan. In alignment with Project Engineering, the Project Coordinator facilitates the flow of information and actions across the Operations departments throughout the project lifecycle. Heavily focused on data processing and task management, the primary areas of influence include prompt response and closure of departmental tickets, open action analysis, risk assessment, providing guidance to project engineers and project managers related to project-level changes, and quick action in support of critical objectives.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in relevant field and/or applicable professional certifications.
3+ years experience in a related discipline.
Previous experience in a related project-centric, technical, data management, or communications position.
A combination of education and experience equivalent to above.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
Experience with Project Management tools and technologies (Microsoft Project and Jira preferred).
Superior collaboration and teamwork – working problems with multiple conflicting solutions.
Strong analytical and technical critical thinking skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Intrinsic motivation and superior organization skills.
Ability to oversee multiple tasks in a challenging environment.
Data visualization/Power BI, proposal generation, business development experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Continuously review and complete open tickets assigned to the team, manage data and task-related changes across the portfolio of projects.
Provide administrative support: track task-level progression, review potential changes to upcoming activities, escalate outstanding issues, close open actions.
Define implications related to change requests: communicate changes/risks to relevant stakeholders.
Analyze the Execution Plan baseline information and support project engineers with cost and schedule impact assessments related to internal requests.
Support interdepartmental engagements by attending meetings, disseminating actions, distributing assignments.
Assist is the development of proposal and project schedules.
Track and status departmental deliverables such as drawings, specifications, and test procedures in alignment with project execution plan schedules.
Track and define themes, trends, and support root cause analysis for issues noted in the portfolio.