Project Coordinator, in North America

Regular, Full-Time

Hybrid

Do you want the opportunity to co-create with our experts on some of the most prestigious infrastructure programs in North America? Can you work with limited to no supervision and as a part of a team located locally and remotely? And can you contribute with your expertise and get to learn from experienced colleagues? Then, here is your chance to convert aspirations into actions.

COWI is seeking a Project Coordinator to join our collaborative team in North Vancouver, BC. In this role, you will closely collaborate and support a professional team that provides technical expertise, design leadership, project management and specialized engineering expertise on numerous infrastructure projects.

• Assist in project planning, monitoring, and forecasting, including resource allocation, scheduling, and budgeting.
• Support project change, and risk management, and ensures compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Facilitate meetings, prepares agendas, and manages documentation.
• Monitor the financial progress of the project, oversee earned value calculations, and examine reporting data.
• Track project financial performance, manage earned value and analyses reports.
• Assist in subcontractor management, invoicing, and contract preparation.

• Completed post-secondary education in engineering, business, project management, construction management, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in project coordination/management, project controls, commercial contracts, or financial roles, preferably in construction or engineering.
• Proficiency in project management fundamentals, including earned value analysis, work breakdown structure, and project management plan development.
• Comprehensive planning and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple deadlines when managing tight schedules.
• Proficient in written and verbal interpersonal communication, with demonstrated capability in Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Solid decision-making and problem-solving abilities, ability to adjust to shifting priorities, and effective collaboration with stakeholders.
• Based on expected project assignments, fluency in Spanish is considered a strong asset.

The first step to growth in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our insight – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Being part of the COWI community offers more than just a competitive salary. We support our people both professionally and personally.

Some of our benefits include:

Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Supportive close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share! | Full time hires get minimum 4 weeks vacation to start |Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual Fitness spending account. Yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga or gym membership | Group RRSP program with company matching | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public…