Project Coordinator at Universal Homes FZE

Role: 

• Assist project manager with the coordination of resources, equipment, meetings, and information.
• Be able to organise projects with the goal of getting them completed on time and within budget, for large scale residential and/or commercial building sites.

Project Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures,
• Organising, attending and participating in project meetings,
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings,
• Ensuring project deadlines are met,
• Budgeting, planning and implement project changes,
• Providing administrative support as needed,
• Ensuring projects adhere to procedures and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project,
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable,
• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution,
• Updating and maintaining all construction related inputs to the company ERP,
• Preparing all legal paperwork for contractors.
• Assist with resource scheduling so that team members have the resources they need to complete their tasks such as material, asset procurement and labour.
• Collecting and analysing relevant data for project performance evaluation.

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree in construction related field from a reputable institution of higher learning with 2 years experience as project coordinator,
• International experience or education is a great advantage.
• Well-organised,
• Advance spreadsheet program skills,
• High proficiency in MS projects and primavera,
• Detail-Oriented,
• Able to thrive in a team environment and have excellent communication skills,
• Have good time-management skills,
• Good critical thinking skills to troubleshoot potential problems,
• Knowledge in Fidic Red Book of contracts.

Key Attributes:

Act with Integrity

• Represent the organisation in an honest, ethical and professional way and encourage others to do so,
• Set an example for others to follow and identify and explain ethical issues,
• Demonstrate professionalism to support a culture of integrity within the team/unit,
• Act to prevent and report misconduct, illegal and inappropriate behaviour.

Service

• Support a culture of quality service in the Organisation,
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of operations procedures,
• Identify and respond quickly to operations needs,
• Consider requirements and develop solutions to meet ends,

Deliver results

• Complete work tasks to agreed budgets, timeframes and standards,
• Take the initiative to innovate,
• Seek and apply specialist advice when required.