Project Coordinator at Caterpillar Inc.

Job Purpose

In this role you will independently or as part of a team, be involved in the maintenance of NPI and non-NPI projects and in the improvement of processes used in scheduling, monitoring, and managing projects.

What you will be getting up to:

• Coordinates with Project Managers to schedule and support project control meetings,
• Provides software support during control meetings and makes minor schedule changes/corrections during control meetings.
• Analyze data from scheduled updates, works with project team members to resolve logic errors, communicates, and distributes updated schedule results to Project Managers, and
• Provides metrics from activity updates.
• Provides daily support for Project Managers and team members in the form of schedule maintenance.
• Creates report packages and posts to project web site, also maintains project web site.
• Adhere to established Standard Operating Procedures.
• Backup for Maintenance Supervisor.
• Assist with quotations and Purchase Order Creations.

Qualifications and Requirements

• + 2 years of progressive work experience in new product development, re-engineering, project management etc.
• Experience with project management software (i.e., Primavera P3/P3e and SureTrak).
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Bachelor’s degree in business or with technical focus (i.e., engineering) is desirable.

The successful candidate must possess the following interpersonal skills:

• Good listener with strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong oral and written communication abilities.
• Highly motivated, self-starter requiring little supervision.
• Team player with excellent people skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively.