Project Coordinator

 

Cunningham Engineering’s mission is to partner with our clients to ensure their success and improve the quality of the communities we serve.  We have many exciting projects on the horizon, and we need to expand our support team.  If you foster a passion for superior client service, we may have a career for you!  

At Cunningham, we value our employees as our prime asset by nurturing, motivating, and challenging them to achieve professional excellence.  We’ll provide you opportunities and training to allow you to advance your career. From day one, you will begin your Roadmap to Success, where you will have the opportunity to create your own career goals.  Working with your coach, you’ll develop a career path at Cunningham. 

In your role as Project Coordinator, you’ll help clients and Cunningham Staff succeed by providing superior client service and assistance in the management of various projects. In a collaborative and supportive work environment, you’ll be supporting the management of prominent, impactful, and challenging land development projects.    

Your responsibilities as a Cunningham Project Coordinator will include:

  • Coordinate Project Applications. Prepare entitlement and plan check applications and supporting materials. Research application submittal requirements to ensure complete and timely submittal packages. Track agency review periods – make calls and/or other actions as necessary to keep the process active and keep Clients informed.

  • Assist with Client and Project meetings. Arrange meetings among Clients, consultants, agencies and others. Prepare agendas and supporting materials. Attend meetings, as needed. Draft meeting minutes for distribution.

  • Conduct property research for design information. Research and understand municipal codes, ordinances and other regulatory documents. Obtain and maintain and organize file of existing utility information and record documents.

  • Able to understand the basics of a typical land development schedule through permitting.

  • Coordinate communications with Clients, consultants, agencies, co-workers. In some cases, serve as primary contact for communication, serving as the client liaison and the company representative.

  • Track project tasks for compliance with scope of work (on selected projects).

  • Set and maintain high standards for quality, schedule and attention to detail.

  • Manage all aspects of sub-consultant contracts: facilitate, draft, route and track proposals, scopes of service, contracts and amendments. Process signed contracts.

  • Assist with client contracts and scopes of services to format, finalize and submit to clients via email / docusign. Route signed contracts.

  • Assist with preparing SWPPPs and working with clients to process for Agency reviews and finalizing SWPPPs for distribution to client.

  • Organize and take ownership of the Agencies Reference and Project Reference Spreadsheets to assist in future projects and tasks resources and reference documents.

  • Track and input project information details into database to assist with insurance renewal documentation.

  • Manage obtaining certificates of insurance, including for subconsultants, and reviewing them for adherence to contractual requirements and maintain organized files.

  • File project related files and contract files, including offsite purging (at least once a year).

  • Produce weekly time management/overtime report to assist principals with overall workflow assignments.

  • Track and announce submittals during the weekly scheduling meeting.

Other Tasks of the Project Coordinator will include:

Tasks of a more administrative nature will occasionally be required to meet project deadlines and/or to fill in when admin staff is not available.

  • Track Principal/PM appointments and weekly schedules (Outlook Calendar).

  • Assist Principals/Project Managers with special projects.

  • Provide general office organization / administration assistance.

The successful candidate will possess:

  • Associate's degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two (2) year college or technical school.

  • A minimum of 2 years of general office management and/or administrative experience with increasing responsibility.

  • Strong management and organization skills. Experience with site development, subdivisions, municipal projects and/or transportation is preferred but not required.

  • Experience with infrastructure studies and design a plus.

  • Ability to exercise sound judgment when dealing with complex, often conflicting project-design requirements.

  • Ability to balance multiple projects and deadlines in a challenging and dynamic environment.

  • Ability to be positive, motivated and to be able to communicate effectively with team members, clients and public agencies.

Hourly wage will be based on experience and skills.

Cunningham is an equal opportunity employer.

Resumes are being accepted now via email. Don’t wait – apply today.

Please send your cover letter and resume to recruiting@cecwest.com.