Project Planning & Transformation Coordinator (12 Month FTC) - USA
BuroHappold Engineering - Greater New York City Area
Job description
Described by our clients as ‘passionate’, ‘innovative’, ‘collaborative’: BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world’s leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.
As an organisation we strive for progress and are committed to finding new and better ways to deliver elegant solutions. We recognise that this can only happen if our people can keep up with, create and implement the latest developments in technology and ideas. We offer learning and development opportunities at every level, to help shape exciting and personally satisfying careers.
We are currently seeking to recruit a talented and dynamic individual to carry out a Project Planning & Transformation Coordinator role on a 12 month contract. Working with our local change teams, you will facilitate the implementation and configuration of our new EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) Software. The position can be located in any of our North America offices - New York, Chicago, Boston, LA, or San Francisco - but will necessitate near constant travel to BuroHappold locations across the globe.
This exciting and challenging role is a unique opportunity to become an expert in project planning using Deltek Vision software, assist with a major strategic change initiative and travel between our 23 office locations around the world, meeting new people and developing new relationships at all level. You will champion the “BuroHappold Way” and will work closely with central and local change teams to ensure the success of the change programme.
Part of a central team your objective will be to deliver the new EPM (Enterprise Project Management) software into our business units and support our project managers as they transition from existing manual systems. You will need to become a subject matter expert in both the software and how to manage projects successfully using the BuroHappold Way.
We are looking for someone with strong communication skills, resilient and with a positive mind-set to help us deliver a revolutionary change to the business.
Whilst prior experience and qualifications relating to the Deltek systems are desirable, we are willing to provide training for the right candidate and there is an opportunity to grow in this role. Projects Office and Systems is a small team that interacts with a wide range of people from all levels within the Business so the right personality is as important, if not more so than previous experience.
Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation and configuration of the EPM software
- Understand the individual needs and challenges being faced by each Business Unit
- Work with the central team to identify, document, articulate and monitor business rules required to support the planning process
- Work with the central team to implement and refine transition processes and tools
- Support local finance teams to successfully transfer their project portfolios in a risk free manner
- Work with project managers to help them understand how to set up and monitor projects and resources using the new system
- Support project managers to help them migrate to the new system
- Obtain expertise and extensive knowledge of the Deltek tool set
- Help planners to identify success and encourage people to share their successes globally
- Hold feedback workshops to resolve local issues
- Assist and guide the local deployment teams as they rollout the BuroHappold Way
- Provide training in the toolset and the BuroHappold Way.
Desired Skills and Experience
Person specification:
Personal Attributes
- Hardworking with a “hands on” attitude
- Positive minded and self-motivated
- See opportunities not obstacles and be resilient
- Enjoys investigating and resolving issues
- Able to bring people on a journey
- Have a passion for delivering the change
- Is enthusiastic about the work, and encourages enthusiasm in others
- Diligent
Required Skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise a busy and varied workload with minimal supervision
- Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Flexible attitude with good team working skills
- Have a good attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills
- Able to build good customer relationships
- Able to work under pressure and alongside employees from all levels of the business
- Written and verbal communication skills to produce succinct correspondence and reports, articulated in a way that is appropriate for the audience
- Able to understand and confidently talk about the financial management of projects
- Be able to read and understand process maps
- Be able to confidently create a project plan in any location
- Be credible in the engineering/ professional services workspace
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
Desirable Skills
- Working in a global, matrix managed business
- Engineering or professional services business background
- Experience of Deltek Vision resource and project planning
- Experience of working in a project delivery environment
Additional criteria
- Must be prepared to travel internationally, the role can be based anywhere but most of the time you will be travelling between 12 international office locations
About this company
Described by our clients as ‘passionate’, ‘innovative’, ‘collaborative’: BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world’s leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.
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