Title: IT Project Coordinator – Technology Deployment
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN | Hybrid
Job Type: Contract (12 months)
Compensation: $30.00 - $48.00 per hour (W2)
Industry: Retail
About the Role
Our client, a leading Fortune 100 retailer with a large-scale omnichannel and technology infrastructure footprint, is seeking a Project Coordinator to support enterprise technology rollout and deployment initiatives. This role serves as a critical liaison between technology teams, business stakeholders, vendors, field partners, and construction teams to ensure technology implementation projects are planned, coordinated, and executed successfully. Working within a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment, the Project Coordinator will support project intake, requirements gathering, risk identification, hardware procurement coordination, and project readiness activities. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in complex organizations, enjoys problem-solving, and has strong organizational and communication skills.
Key Responsibilities
Project Intake & Coordination
- Coordinate project intake requests from submission through execution readiness.
- Schedule and facilitate intake meetings with project stakeholders.
- Gather, document, and validate project requirements, assumptions, dependencies, and risks.
- Ensure project requests contain the information needed for successful execution.
- Partner with business teams, technology owners, vendors, and field resources to align project expectations.
- Identify and elevate project blockers, risks, and outstanding decisions.
- Support hardware procurement and deployment planning activities as needed.
- Track project milestones, deliverables, timelines, and status updates.
Project Administration
- Prepare meeting agendas, capture meeting notes, and document action items.
- Maintain project documentation and reporting within project management tools.
- Monitor open tasks and ensure timely follow-up with stakeholders.
- Assist Senior Project Managers with project planning and execution activities.
- Support cross-functional coordination among technology, operations, vendor, and construction teams.
Tools & Reporting
- Manage and maintain Smartsheet portals, reports, dashboards, and task tracking.
- Support team collaboration through Slack and other communication platforms.
- Utilize Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint, for project documentation and reporting.
- Leverage Jira and Confluence for project tracking, documentation, and collaboration.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in project coordination, project administration, project support, or related roles.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects, workstreams, or initiatives simultaneously.
- Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and translate business requests into clear requirements and actionable next steps.
- Demonstrated ability to identify risks, dependencies, gaps, and escalation points.
- Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Experience documenting project requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint.
- Experience using Smartsheet or similar project management tools.
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking abilities.
- Reliable, punctual, and self-motivated with excellent follow-through.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting technology infrastructure, deployment, implementation, or rollout projects.
- Experience working within retail, enterprise technology, logistics, distribution, or field operations environments.
- Familiarity with technology deployment projects involving: Network switches and wireless access points (WAPs)
- Structured cabling, including Cat6a and fiber installations
- Server and compute infrastructure IP telephony systems CCTV and IP camera installations
- Point-of-sale (POS) systems Mobile and handheld device deployments
- Power infrastructure including UPS, PDU, and ATS systems Network equipment installation and racking
- Experience coordinating vendors, contractors, or construction-related technology initiatives.
- Exposure to hardware deployment, infrastructure implementation, or field technology projects.
Benefits
Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.
Equal Opportunity Statement
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!