Project Coordinator Jobs

Job Summary

AKS Engineering & Forestry (AKS) has an immediate opening for a Project Coordinator for our Keizer, Oregon office.If you are looking to join a well-respected and talented team of professionals in a dynamic organization, then you will want to consider AKS.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Must be able to lift and move items over 40 lbs.; stand for several hours; squat and bend.
• Familiar with the site development process.
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines.
• Experience supporting engineers, architects, contractors, or surveyors preferred.
• Must have valid driver’s license with a good driving record and able to operate a company-owned vehicle.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive with proven history of taking initiative to start/complete tasks.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Functions & Responsibilities:You will be working with and supporting Project Managers with project-related correspondence and coordination. Typical responsibilities include preparing and maintaining documents, setting up meetings, creating and filing project correspondence, maintaining project schedules, downloading, and uploading files from FTP sites, project filing, coordinating internal team members, and working with the other administrative staff. Because you will be working closely with the entire project team to facilitate communication, excellent written and verbal communication skills are important. This role will require interacting with clients, vendors, subconsultants, and contractors in a professional manner in a fast-paced environment. To be successful in this role, you need the ability to support several engineers, providing a wide variety of administrative and computer skills to assist engineering projects.

• Assist in preparing/tracking client proposals, additional services, and agreement letters
• Networks with clients, subconsultants, and colleagues to build/maintain professional network
• Check and fill printers with paper and help maintain cleanliness of common areas
• Communicate with project teams and clients, regarding deliverable schedules, task completion, process changes and requirements, using multiple channels of communication including face to face, email, text, and phone
• Assist and prepare written documentation at each submittal phase, as well as assisting in assembling/maintaining project correspondence (i.e., letters, transmittals, meeting minutes, electronic file requests)
• Assorted office maintenance/projects
• Develop and maintain project files and schedules using Smartsheet, or similar software
• Run errands including, but not limited to submittals to different jurisdictions, survey equipment to onsite crews, purchasing supplies, banking, grocery shopping, delivering packages
• Do what needs to be done
• Coordinate permitting with AKS team, client, and jurisdictions
• Provide support in various word processing, project filing, and spreadsheet tasks, as needed
• Assist in receiving client, subconsultant, and contractor calls in absence of Project Manager
• Provide backup to front desk including answering the phones and processing mail (lunches, meetings, vacation coverage)

Company Overview

AKS Engineering & Forestry is a locally owned multi-discipline engineering consulting firm focused on developing infrastructure for private and public clients throughout the Pacific Northwest. Remaining true to our values and diligently maintaining our focus on quality enables our staff to thrive and grow. With four offices and over 26 years in business, AKS is a well-respected and trusted resource to a broad portfolio of clients providing a unique and diverse combination of services.

- Civil Engineering - Land, Aerial, and Hydrographic Surveying
- Land Use Planning - Landscape Architecture
- Forestry/Forest Engineering - Arboriculture
- Natural Resources - Water Resources
- Construction Support Services - GIS

Culture

AKS is recognized annually as one of the Top Workplaces in Oregon and Southwest Washington. With a reputation built on personal responsibility, straight answers, practical solutions, and client and employee service, AKS has become a highly sought-after place to work. We care deeply about building long-term relationships at all levels of our organization and look for opportunities to share meals together every week, go on teambuilding adventures, make team site visits, and host events that bring our people and clients together.

We are organized around multidisciplinary teams that follow a project from conception through construction. We function as one team, one company, one community, and empower our employees to deliver their best work to evolve, grow, and succeed.

Benefits:

AKS proudly offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, immediately vested 401k matching, and additional benefits and special perks. Including:

• Collaborative team environment, fun atmosphere, all staff, and team events
• Flexible work schedule, vacations, and time off
• Weekly lunches with dining area set up to encourage staff to spend unstructured time together
• Opportunities for personal and professional development, mentorship, advancement, and training
• Security working for an established, reputable, stable, and successful company

Visit our website atwww.aks-eng.comfor more information on the work we do, and all that AKS offers.