Project Coordinator

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Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects: KBRs work is at the forefront of engineering logistics operations science program management mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

KBR is looking for a Project Coordinator to join our team in Columbia MD. The Project Coordinator is responsible for supporting the planning execution monitoring and reporting of projects throughout the project lifecycle. This position serves as a key coordination point between engineering production program management finance customers subcontractors and other stakeholders to help ensure project activities remain aligned with established schedules priorities and objectives. The Project Coordinator assists with project planning schedule maintenance resource tracking labor and material monitoring forecasting support and status reporting activities. The role supports project teams by coordinating meetings tracking action items maintaining project documentation and facilitating project execution across functional organizations. The Project Coordinator provides visibility into project status risks issues milestones and performance metrics through the collection analysis and reporting of project data.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Serve as the central coordinator for projects initiated through requirements and project requests.
• Partner with functional teams to develop and maintain project schedules resource plans labor hour estimates and material cost estimates for new and ongoing projects.
• Review historical project data and engineering inputs to support estimating scheduling and project planning activities.
• Coordinate with engineering production program management finance and other stakeholders to support project planning execution and successful project delivery.
• Develop and maintain project schedules resource plans project timelines and coordination activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track project tasks milestones deliverables dependencies and action items to help ensure project activities remain aligned with project objectives.
• Facilitate recurring project status meetings capture meeting minutes document action items and monitor assigned task completion.
• Maintain project documentation including schedules status reports risk registers issue logs action item trackers change requests and project records.
• Monitor project progress and provide status updates to stakeholders regarding project performance risks issues and upcoming milestones.
• Coordinate communication among engineering production program management finance customers subcontractors and other project stakeholders as required.
• Support labor material resource and staffing tracking activities to provide visibility into project performance and future requirements.
• Prepare and distribute project status reports dashboards metrics and presentations using Jira SharePoint Microsoft Office and other project management tools.
• Assist with project planning forecasting budgeting support and resource management activities by collecting and analyzing project data.
• Track project risks issues and change requests ensuring concerns are documented and routed through appropriate project management processes.
• Help ensure project information schedules documentation forecasts and reporting data remain accurate current and properly maintained.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance project management processes reporting methods and team coordination.

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site
• Travel Requirements: Minimal
• Working Hours: Standard

Required Qualifications

• Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Project Management Engineering Operations Management Finance or a related field; 6 years of directly related project coordination project management or program support experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelors degree.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in project coordination project management program support operations or a related business function.
• Experience supporting engineering manufacturing defense government contracting or other technical project environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and project management tools such as Jira SharePoint Microsoft Project Smartsheet or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
• Experience supporting defense aerospace government contracting research and development or manufacturing programs.
• Experience developing project dashboards metrics and reports using Power BI SharePoint Jira or similar reporting platforms.

Basic Compensation:$84000-$115400/year

This range is for the Maryland area only.

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates knowledge skills abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short term incentives long term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Ready to Make a Difference

If youre excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Lets shape the future together.

Belong Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin veteran status genetic information union status and/or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.