Engineering Project Coordinator

Vertiv Corporation; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv is seeking an Engineering Project Coordinator to drive engineering project execution for our Busway business. This role acts as the central hub between Engineering, BIM, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Project Management to move projects from kickoff through design, approvals, and release to manufacturing.

The ideal candidate has strong organizational skills and a solid understanding of ETO workflows, with experience coordinating drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or technical project execution in an industrial, electrical, or construction-related environment.
• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO) or configured product environments strongly preferred.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to engineering project execution, documentation flow, and handoff to manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of engineering workflows, including design development, customer approvals, and release to manufacturing.
• Familiarity with electrical and mechanical systems, preferably including busway, power distribution, or data center infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• ERP experience (Oracle, SAP, or similar) preferred.
• Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar project tracking and reporting tools are a bonus.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple engineering workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate engineering project kickoff activities, ensuring all required inputs are received, documented, and approved prior to design start.
• Maintain detailed engineering project trackers to monitor milestones, including design completion, BIM coordination, submittals, approvals, and release to ERP.
• Track dependencies and handoffs between engineering disciplines, BIM teams, and manufacturing engineering.
• Manage engineering documentation and revision control for drawings, models, submittals, and related technical records.
• Coordinate preparation, internal review, and customer submission of technical submittals and coordination drawings.
• Track customer comments, approvals, and revisions, ensuring timely incorporation into deliverables.
• Ensure approved outputs are released to manufacturing systems and communicated to downstream teams.
• Serve as the primary coordination point between Busway Engineering, BIM, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Project Management.
• Facilitate status meetings, document actions, and drive closure.
• Provide regular internal reporting on engineering status, risks, bottlenecks, and schedule impacts.
• Support Project Managers with accurate progress updates for customer communication.
• Maintain and update engineering schedules reflecting current status and change impacts.
• Compile engineering-focused project reports highlighting milestones and readiness for manufacturing.
• Identify gaps and escalate to Engineering Leadership when needed.
• Assist with audits, first-of-a-kind reviews, or project retrospectives as needed.

Skills

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project tracking

Documentation management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Tools

ERP systems (Oracle/SAP)

Smartsheet

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking an Engineering Project Coordinator to drive engineering project execution within our Busway business. This role is the central coordination hub between Engineering, BIM, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Project Management - ensuring projects move smoothly from kickoff through design, customer approval, and release to manufacturing. Ideal for internal candidates with strong organizational skills who understand our engineering workflows, ETO processes, and want to play a pivotal role in keeping complex engineering deliverables on track.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engineering Project Coordination & Tracking

  Coordinate engineering project kickoff activities, ensuring all required customer, commercial, and technical inputs are received, documented, and approved prior to design start.

  Maintain detailed engineering project trackers to monitor progress against defined milestones, including:

  • Mechanical and electrical design completion
  • 3D modeling and BIM coordination
  • Busway coordination drawing development
  • Technical submittal creation and submission
  • Customer review cycles and approvals
  • Manufacturing drawing creation
  • BOM creation, validation, and release to ERP

  Track dependencies and handoffs between engineering disciplines, BIM teams, and manufacturing engineering.

• Document Control & Engineering Deliverables

  Manage engineering documentation and revision control for drawings, models, submittals, and related technical records.

  Coordinate the preparation, internal review, and customer submission of technical submittals, coordination drawings, and approval packages.

  Track customer comments, approvals, and required revisions, ensuring timely incorporation into engineering deliverables.

  Ensure approved engineering outputs are correctly released to manufacturing systems and communicated to downstream teams.

• Cross-Functional Communication

  Serve as the primary coordination point between Busway Engineering, BIM, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Project Management for engineering-related activities.

  Facilitate engineering status meetings, document action items, and follow through to closure.

  Provide regular internal reporting on engineering status, risks, bottlenecks, and schedule impacts.

  Support Project Managers with accurate engineering progress updates for customer-facing communication.

• Schedule, Reporting & Process Support

  Maintain and update engineering schedules to reflect current status, customer review cycles, and change impacts.

  Compile engineering-focused project reports highlighting milestone status, approvals, and readiness for manufacturing.

  Identify gaps, late inputs, or process breakdowns and escalate to Engineering Leadership as appropriate.

  Assist with audits, first-of-kind reviews, or project retrospectives as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or technical project execution in an industrial, electrical, or construction-related environment.
• Experience supporting engineered-to-order (ETO) or configured product environments strongly preferred.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to engineering project execution, documentation flow, and handoff to manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of engineering workflows, including design development, customer approvals, and release to manufacturing.
• Familiarity with electrical and mechanical systems, preferably including busway, power distribution, or data center infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating drawings, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• ERP experience (Oracle, SAP, or similar) preferred.
• Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar project tracking and reporting tools are a bonus.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple engineering workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Effective problem solver with the ability to identify risks and escalate issues early.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a matrixed engineering environment.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT

5% or less The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES

Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

VERTIV BEHAVIORS

• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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