Construction Project Coordinator (LSNA-TX)

As a Construction Project Coordinator, you’ll be an integral part of Jacobs’ organization in Houston, TX. This role plans and supports a variety of assignments related to project delivery and strategic growth of the group to position Jacobs for success. Working with other members of the team, you’ll perform a variety of activities, ranging from coordination and planning of ongoing construction activities, team communication and training, document management, support of strategic business initiatives such as proposals and presentations and provide construction field support.

During your time with Jacobs, you will engage with multi-location office staff and various engineering and support disciplines executing design projects to establish documentation databases, coordinate access, coordinate and support design efforts, author and/or coordinate technical reports and proposal development, independently lead the coordination of Houston, TX document control functions related to the construction effort at the site.

This candidate may be based in any U.S. location and assigned to team in Northeast Houston, TX

Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with the Houston TX operations team to coordinate and perform writing, editing, and issuance on time of reports, deliverables, and proposals for a variety of project/construction execution efforts
• Working closely with the Houston, TX operations team to input accurate data for resource planning tools, operations planning, hiring, and management reporting to help coordinate the entire program during lifecycle of construction project
• Manage multiple tasks concurrently and engage with various team members/ stakeholders/ reviewers to facilitate work streams and documentation
• Coordinate geographically-dispersed teams
• Use a collaboration site to establish systems and tools for document control and implement document control plans that becomes standardized ways of execution engineering processes
• Establish standard process/policy locally, and perform quality reviews of overall communication and documentation processes on systems platform
• Provide direct contribution to the daily management of projects, project communication, deliverables, construction activities and overall ownership of the document control function.
• Prepare, process, and distribute project communications and information flow such as engineering deliverables, construction deliverables, reports, meeting minutes, submittals, requests for information (RFIs), field orders, clarifications, pay requests, change orders, etc.
• Manage documentation during design, construction, commissioning, and closeout phases of projects.
• Maintain files in hard-copy and electronic retention systems, as required.
• Ensure project organization and access are established in an efficient manner and participants are trained in application of program document control system.
• Prioritize own and others’ work to meet team deliverables
• Follow enterprise health and safety policies and procedures and escalates issues
• BS/BA in business, journalism, English, or technical discipline, or relevant experience in the engineering, architecture, construction industry in lieu of degree
• 4+ years of experience in the EPCM Construction Industry
• Attention to detail to complete tasks independently, quickly, and correctly the first time which meet requirements
• Ability to manage competing priorities, between strategic initiatives with longer due dates and tactical execution of tasks on urgent and immediate timelines
• Advanced editing and proofreading skills, with an eye towards client messaging, themes, aesthetics, quality, and content
• Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail and quality
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Passion for continuous improvement and correcting system inefficiencies and waste with ability to resolve obstacles through long term focus on resolution and continuous improvement
• Ability to work effectively within complex business systems
• Technical writing skills obtained through some combination of education (BA or BS) or experience working in an engineering and construction organization; ability to quickly implement company guidelines on assigned documents and establish appropriate project information through advanced editing and proofreading skills, with an eye towards client messaging, themes, aesthetics, quality, and content
• Proficiency in multiple document management platforms such as EIDA, Primavera Unifier, etc
• Understanding of scheduling and planning fundamentals as it relates to construction

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