Overview
Position: Project Administrator
Assistant Pay: $27/hr
Location: Columbus, OH
Duration: 12 months with potential extensions
Shift: M-F 8-5pm
Candidate Requirement:
- Proven experience in a project management organization (e.g., creating requisitions, contract change requests, document control, and payment authorizations)
- At least 2 years of relevant work experience
- Strong understanding of process flows, document control, and updating information in corresponding ERP systems
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy and compliance
- Punctuality, professionalism, thrives in a structured environment
Qualifications (Pluses)
- Proficiency in Asset Suite 8 including: creating requisitions, change request orders, and payment authorization
- Experience with project controls, scheduling, reviewing project financials
- Process mapping experience – detailing out workflows and processes
- Familiarity with diversity terms and commercial terms in contracts
- Background in field estimates and cost management
Responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled Project Management Assistant/Lead to support our client in the utilities industry. The Project Management Assistant team supports the Project Managers with administrative tasks related to distribution projects. This role requires a strong understanding of managing work in Asset Suite 8 such as: creating requisitions, contract change requests, contract payment authorizations, and managing project initiation and close-out tasks. The successful candidate will perform these tasks at various project stages, from concept to close-out, by utilizing job aides and their strong attention to detail.
- Create and manage contract requisitions (CREQ) in AS8, including all project information found in proposals
- Create and manage contract payment authorizations (CPA) using AS8, including routing for approvals, managing invoices, and completing CPA checklists
- Follow up with vendors and project managers to ensure compliance and resolve discrepancies urgently
- Create and manage contract change requests (CCR) in AS8, including filling in project information and routing for approvals
- Process and execute project initiation and close-out tasks, including creating and managing work orders (WO), project IDs (PID), and service requests (SR) in AS8
- Finalize all CPAs and create CCRs to close out projects and contracts
- Ensure compliance with all project requirements and resolve any issues or concerns
- Project deliverable reporting