Project Manager Assistant

Your Capabilities and Credentials 

• Able to handle ambiguity and work independently to drive things to completion with minimal direction.
  
• Possess outstanding organization skills and capacity to handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently. 
  
• Able to identify needed and missing information, reference information sources to get needed information independently; and ask for help or confirmation of conclusions from senior staff or peers.
  
• Ability to learn independently.
  
• Ability to work remotely and in an office environment, productively and efficiently in both. 
  
• Ownership of quality and accuracy of own work.
  
• Consistent drive to improve own knowledge and capabilities.
  
• Ability to view issues from multiple viewpoints in order to communicate with team members and resolve or avoid conflicts inherent in communication.
  
• Customer Service mentality when working with both internal and external people.
  
• Possess impeccable communication skills and superior organizational capabilities. Must be able to work both independently and as a team member with multi-national staff and teams. Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks concurrently.
  
• Must possess novice skills in Microsoft Excel 
  
• Possess intermediate skills in Microsoft Word (all word processing functions: formatting, styles, etc.).
  
• Present a superior level of professionalism and discretion in all interactions, both internally and externally to the organization.
  
• Prefer intermediate skills in SharePoint (managing a site, utilizing the site to its fullest capabilities).
  

Education and Experience

• 0 to 3 years of experience in project support, preferably in engineering, design, or construction industry.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in business or other applicable field preferred but not required. High school diploma required.
  

This is a temporary position. Prior experience with or understanding of project earned value management practices, including analysis of cost and schedule variances, development of bottoms-up estimates to complete, and analysis of estimates of completion to ensure successful management during all project stages.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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