Automotive Program Coordinator: Cross-Functional PM Leader

Jobtailor; Dearborn (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a detail‑oriented Project Coordinator to support automotive program management. You will help plan, track, and report on schedules, budgets, and deliverables while coordinating between engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, logistics, suppliers, and customers.

The role emphasizes strong organization, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work both independently and within cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, PM, Manufacturing, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 1–5 years of project coordination, project administration, or project support experience.
• Experience in automotive, manufacturing, engineering, or industrial sector preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience using project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira).
• Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers with planning, execution, and completion of automotive programs.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, timelines, milestones, and action item trackers.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, document meeting minutes, and distribute follow-up actions.
• Monitor project deliverables and communicate schedule risks or delays.
• Track project budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and expenditures.
• Coordinate activities between engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, logistics, suppliers, and customers.
• Maintain project documentation including project plans, change requests, status reports, and customer deliverables.
• Assist with new product launches, engineering changes, and production readiness activities.
• Support customer reporting requirements and ensure timely communication of project updates.
• Monitor open issues and drive resolution through cross-functional collaboration.
• Assist with resource planning and project workload coordination.
• Ensure project documentation complies with procedures and automotive quality standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to PM processes.
• Prepare project dashboards, metrics, and executive status reports.
• Perform additional project coordination duties as assigned.

Skills

Project Coordination

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

MS Office Proficiency

Microsoft Project

Jira/Smartsheet

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a detail‑oriented Project Coordinator to support automotive program management. You will help plan, track, and report on schedules, budgets, and deliverables while coordinating between engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, logistics, suppliers, and customers.

The role emphasizes strong organization, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work both independently and within cross-functional teams.