Description
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Coordinator (PC) that plays a pivotal role in enhancing the effectiveness of our project management teams by providing comprehensive project coordination support. The PC aids project teams by meticulously tracking budgets and schedules, managing deliverables, organizing client and agency meetings, and other tasks as directed by the project teams. In addition, the PC supports best practices by ensuring data integrity and document management. At Westwood, we pride ourselves on our highly skilled and dynamic team, committed to delivering exceptional professional services to our clients.
Requirements
- Collaborate with corporate services, market leaders (ML), service leaders (SL), and project managers (PM) to facilitate contract management, branded materials, and prequalification processes for project pursuits.
- Partner with the division Administrative Coordinator to implement best practices and standardized procedures as it relates to project support.
- Support the production of proposals, ensuring alignment with directives from PMs, SLs, and MLs. Also conduct thorough reviews of proposals to ensure adherence to formatting standards, branding guidelines, consistency, and grammatical accuracy.
- Provide comprehensive support to PMs, SLs, and MLs during conference calls, meetings, and documentation processes, ensuring effective follow-up both internally and externally.
- Provide support to project management teams by preparing reports to support project management as needed.
- Attend client development meetings and public hearings as required to support the project and project manager.
- Supply necessary documentation for invoicing and collections to ensure timely financial processes.
- Maintain precise data management within the Deltek Vantagepoint database system, including project setup, tracking, and reporting functionalities.
- Assist professional staff in navigating licensure processes and ensuring compliance with state regulations.
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules to facilitate timely project execution.
- Submit and monitor various applications through relevant reviewing agencies to ensure compliance and approval.
- Participate in entitlement and other meetings with reviewing agencies as required by the project manager.
- Proactively communicate project managers and clients of upcoming project requirements to ensure preparedness.
- Assist with the logistics of pickups and deliveries from agencies and clients to streamline operations.
- Delegate deadlines and daily tasks effectively among project processors to optimize workflow and productivity.
- Coordinate with off-site Office Administrator to fulfill in-person office tasks.
Skills and Qualifications:
- A high school diploma, GED, or bachelor’s degree is preferred; however, equivalent professional
- experience and training will be considered.
- Prior experience in a professional services environment or a related industry is advantageous.
- Exceptional written communication skills are essential.
- Proven ability to engage effectively with both internal and external clients.
- Demonstrated adaptability to dynamic work environments and capacity to perform well under pressure.
- Strong attention to detail coupled with excellent organizational abilities.
- Competence in independently managing multiple projects and assignments, with the ability to prioritize tasks and work with minimal supervision.
- In-depth knowledge of Land Development Processes and Procedures.
- Familiarity with the processes and procedures of governing agencies.
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks while consistently meeting deadlines.
- A valid driver’s license and a clean driving record are required.
- Possession of a notary license is mandatory.
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may be required to perform
other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Skills Required
- High school diploma, GED, or bachelor's degree; equivalent professional experience and training may be considered
- Prior experience in a professional services environment or related industry
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Ability to engage effectively with internal and external clients
- Adaptability to dynamic work environments and ability to perform under pressure
- Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities
- Ability to independently manage multiple projects and assignments with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of land development processes and procedures
- Familiarity with governing agency processes and procedures
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record
- Notary license
Westwood Professional Services Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westwood Professional Services and has not been reviewed or approved by Westwood Professional Services.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match plus profit sharing is emphasized, with contributions into the plan noted when performance is strong. This structure is consistently highlighted as a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options and an EAP form the core of a comprehensive package. The breadth of health offerings is presented as competitive for the industry.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, certification support, identity protection, pet insurance, and referral bonuses indicate breadth beyond core benefits. Additional perks like holiday cash and student-loan services reinforce lifestyle support.
Westwood Professional Services Insights
What We Do
Westwood is a leading multi-disciplined AEC industry professional services provider for national wind energy, solar energy, electric transmission, private development, and public infrastructure projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through a focus on its people, culture, and clients, Westwood has quickly expanded to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. Awards In 2021, Westwood placed #4 and #21 respectively on Zweig Group’s national Hot Firms’ and Best Firms to Work for Lists, and received two 2nd place awards for Zweig’s Marketing Excellence. Westwood also ranked consistently higher four years in a row on the Engineering News Record (ENR) list as a leading design firm in the country. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide. Multi-Disciplined Surveying & Engineering Services Westwood’s core services, surveying and engineering, are greatly enhanced by the in-house expertise of our planners, landscape architects, GIS experts, and environmental scientists. As a full-service firm, our clients are able to easily tap into the extra knowledge it sometimes takes to keep projects moving forward. Westwood’s multi-disciplinary services frequently provide all that is needed in one consultant. We offer several services including surveying, aerial mapping and LiDAR, civil engineering, PV engineering, water resources management, transportation engineering, construction management, land planning & design, landscape architecture, environmental permitting, GIS, cultural resource services, NPDES and SWPPP compliance. - See more at: https://westwoodps.com/about-us/our-company









