Project Coordinator

Molex; Lisle (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement

Paid time off

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Project Coordinator to support Project Managers across POC labs, Advanced Manufacturing, and operations projects. You will help build action plans, maintain schedules and budgets, and ensure clear communication among cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes documenting milestones, preparingReports, and facilitating stakeholder meetings to drive on-time, high-quality project execution. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, CS, Engineering or related field.
• Experience with MS Project, JIRA, Smartsheet or similar.
• Proficiency in MS Office 365 tools for data tracking and presentations.
• Experience with project schedules, milestones, and status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers by building and maintaining action plans (resources, timelines, budgets).
• Coordinate project activities and serve as interface between team members and managers.
• Maintain accurate project documentation (schedules, budgets, reports).
• Schedule and facilitate stakeholder meetings, capture action items and follow up.

Skills

Languages (Mandarin/Spanish/Korean)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Smartsheet

Microsoft 365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

Job description

Your Job

As a Project Coordinator, you will support Project Managers by coordinating execution activities that keep projects moving-plans, schedules, documentation, meetings, and follow-ups. This role partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders and will primarily support Proof of Concept (POC) lab, Advanced Manufacturing, and other operations projects as needed.

Visa sponsorship is not being offered for this role.

What You Will Do

• Support Project Managers in building and maintaining action plans (resources, timelines, budgets).
• Coordinate project activities and serve as an interface between team members and managers.
• Maintain accurate, current, and accessible project documentation (schedules, budgets, and reports).
• Schedule and facilitate stakeholder meetings, capture action items and drive follow-up.
• Track milestones and deliverables to support on‑time, quality project execution.
• Identify project risks and support mitigation on planning and elevate isses as appropriate.
• Provide day-to-day coordination support for Proof of Concept labs, Advanced Technology, and Operations Project Management execution needs.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field.
• Industry or academic experienc with at least (1) of the following: MS Project, JIRA, Smartsheet or similar.
• Experience using Microsoft 365 (Power Point, Excel, and Word) for creating presentations and data tracking & analysis.
• Experience working with project schedules, documentation, tracking milestones, and status reporting (industry or academic projects).
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Fluency in Mandarin, Spanish, or Korean
• PMP or other project management certification

For this role, we anticipate paying $60,000 - $100,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Who We Are

Molex is a global electronics leader committed to making our world a better, more-connected place. While working with Molex, you join a network of engineers, leaders, creatives, and visionaries in more than 40 countries, each helping to enable transformative technology innovation in the automotive, data center, industrial automation, healthcare, 5G, cloud and consumer device industries.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes the following:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.