Projects Administrative Assistant

Valeo; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo in Troy, MI is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support scheduling and PMO activities, collaborating with Site Project Manager and Director.

You will help deploy scheduling tools, set up work products, and ensure milestones are met through close coordination with L1/L2 teams.

Bachelor's degree required; 0-2+ years experience; US work authorization; join a global leader advancing greener mobility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 0-2+ years of experience in related field.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship; applicants must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Take over PM scheduling tasks and set-up related work products.
• Lead customer communications for project planning issues.
• Train, coach and support PMs and PTMs to establish mature PM practices.
• Deploy PMO templates and group standards.
• Ensure resources and competencies meet the project plan.
• Escalate gaps to QRQC or PSC when needed.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

What you will win:

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

About the Role:

Assist the Project Managers or the Site Project Manager/Director in order to ensure scheduling and scheduling tool deployment, such as:

• Take over some PM specific tasks related to Scheduling and set-up related work products
• Could take lead on customer communication for project planning issues
• Train, coach and support PMs and PTMs to establish mature PM practices (e.g. Scheduling activity (L1 and L2))
• Deploy L1/L2 best practices or Group Templates / standards included in PMO (project management office) training
• Ensure that L1/L2 are supported by appropriate resources / competences to meet plan done by team
• Ensure robust link between L1/L2 function to avoid coordination issue or missing information to reach milestones
• Support operational teams and ensure follow-up and resolution of identified improvement on schedules
• Support operational teams to set up scheduling routine review within current Project reviews
• Check and validate Project Team Members' activities and proposes timing scenario to achieve milestones
• Escalate gaps versus targets on above tasks to Department Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC) or PA to get Project Steering Committee (PSC) support if Project team is not able to tackle issues at their level
• Must be able to support link with resources management functionalities
• must comply and deploy action plan to meet PMO community objectives in phase with Group strategy ensuring reporting & target achievement

What You Should Have:

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, or related field.

0-2+ years of experience in related field.

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Join us!

Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!

Diversity by nature

At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talent. Are you looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about Valeo : https://www.valeo.com

Job

• Junior Project Manager Organization:
• Program Schedule: Full time Employee Status: Regular Job Type: Permanent contract
• Job Posting Date: 2026-09-22

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com