PMO Project Coordinator — Grow into a Project Manager

Tangent-Technologies,-LL; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Tangent-Technologies, LLC is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the PMO by assisting project managers in planning, tracking, and executing projects. This role is ideal for someone early in their PM career who is detail-oriented, organized, and eager to learn, with a focus on keeping documentation, schedules, and communications clear and up to date.

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will prepare progress updates, maintain charters and minutes, coordinate meetings, track action

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in business, Project Management, or Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint, or similar).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers with project planning, scheduling, and progress tracking.
• Prepare regular progress updates for stakeholders and leadership.
• Maintain project documentation including project charters, timelines, meeting minutes, and status reports.
• Coordinate project meetings, prepare agendas, and track action items.
• Assist in monitoring project budgets, risks, and deliverables.
• Provide administrative support such as scheduling meetings, updating project dashboards, and maintaining shared PMO tools.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of timelines, financials and deliverables.
• Facilitate communication between departments and external vendors.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the success of the PMO.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Proficiency with collaboration tools

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in business, Project Management, or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Teams

SharePoint

MS Project

Smartsheet

Asana

Jira

Job description

Tangent-Technologies, LLC is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the PMO by assisting project managers in planning, tracking, and executing projects. This role is ideal for someone early in their PM career who is detail-oriented, organized, and eager to learn, with a focus on keeping documentation, schedules, and communications clear and up to date.

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will prepare progress updates, maintain charters and minutes, coordinate meetings, track action