Information Technology Project Coordinator

Our client, a large automotive company is urgently looking to hire an Information Technology Project Coordinator to join their team remotely!

** This will be a 6 month contract with the potential to extend or convert FTE after**

Required Skills & Experience:

• BS or BA degree in business administration or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Skills with standard project management tools including MS Project, MS Office, Visio and Excel (should know this very well)
• Develops, manages and reviews project documentation including project plan, budget documentation and status reports.
• Experience with standardized project management methodologies and processes
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once, as required, and prioritize appropriately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and organizational skills, and the ability to build strong working relationships with technical and non-technical teams alike at all levels including senior management.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate and guide the efforts of small or large teams to successful project completion.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Oversees the project plan, project scope, schedules, resource estimates, project budget, issue management, risk management, change control and status reporting.
• Communicates project status regularly to IT management and project stakeholders.
• Assesses alternative systems approaches for workability and economic feasibility.
• Works closely with the users and technical teams to ensure that the business requirements are clear and well defined, and that the technical solutions meet the business requirements.
• Recommends activities to IT management and users for approval.
• Assists users in prioritizing work and system maintenance requests.
• Formalizes project activities and guides a project acceptance as a production system.
• Migrate servers from Windows 2012 to 2019. The team is currently working on Windows Server 2012 uplift to Windows 2019 and we need someone who will act as a Project Lead responsible for managing the implementation of the project, overseeing the project plan, project scope, schedules, resource estimates, etc.
• Develops, manages and reviews project documentation including project plan, budget documentation and status reports.
• Estimates staff resource needs for analysts, programmers, user personnel, consultants, and equipment.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with project sponsors, stakeholders and key systems users.
• Applies project management methodologies and best practices as directed by senior management or that are most appropriate for the project.
• Plans team member work assignments and schedules and guides and monitors work performance.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future