Project Coordinator

SLB•Houston, TX

23d

About The Position

The Project Coordinator supports the Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Project Director during project execution across project management areas, including administration, HSE, management of change, quality, budget control, risk management, scheduling, procurement, and reporting. The coordinator may act as deputy when the Project Manager is absent. Alternatively, the role may manage and execute a package of work to agreed specifications, scope, quality, lead time, and cost, with the objective of on-time delivery and achievement of budgeted margin and cash.

Requirements

Preferably degree-qualified in Project Management, Engineering, Business, or a related area, or equivalent experience in a project management- or engineering-related role.
Basic experience in bespoke machinery or manufacturing; subsea experience is preferred.
Ability to recognize when and how to escalate issues to obtain necessary support.
Ability to understand project financial constraints, targets, and information, including cash, revenue recognition, and project P&L.
Basic experience in contractual and financial functions.
Proven experience with at least some project collaboration tools, such as MS Office, Teams, Planner, SharePoint, ProArc/Time/PIMS, or ERP/SAP.
Effective written and verbal communication skills across project stakeholder levels.
Ability to influence key decision makers and negotiate to achieve desired results.
Ability to build effective working relationships across functions and sites.

Nice To Haves

A degree in Project Management, Engineering, or Business (or equivalent experience is also accepted).
Experience in bespoke machinery or manufacturing, preferably in a subsea background.

Responsibilities

Promote safe working and compliance with HSE requirements.
Communicate with stakeholders, establish effective working relationships with clients when required, and coordinate interfaces across project, engineering, quality, business planning, finance, procurement, manufacturing, operations, customer, and project services teams.
Coordinate and participate in project launch meetings and support project start-up activities.
Coordinate and follow up activities across Administration, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (AEPC) functions from project start-up through closeout.
Support risk and opportunity review meetings, identify risks, and formulate and implement mitigation strategies.
Support change management processes, ensure project changes follow global procedures, and assist the Business or Commercial Manager with progressing and closing changes.
Support manpower planning with Finance; contribute to man-hour forecasting and actual-versus-budget monitoring and control; and coordinate project personnel mobilization and demobilization.
Support expediting to achieve on-time delivery, particularly for manufacture and assembly, and liaise with Supply Chain to protect the critical path and delivery dates.
Understand cash forecasts, revenue recognition, and project P&L, and communicate relevant information to project stakeholders.
Maintain and update project tracking and status information for reporting.
Support the setup and maintenance of internal and external communications platforms, including SharePoint and Teams.
Process input from work packages and functional areas and assist with weekly and monthly reporting.
Create and manage organization charts, vacation lists, and project contact lists.
Support departmental continuous improvement initiatives and lessons-learned activities throughout project execution.
Coordinate with Engineering, the Project Start-up Team, and Finance to load top-level part numbers onto Sales Orders through Sales Order Amendment Forms and ensure demand is loaded in SAP according to the contracted schedule.