Construction Project Coordinator NI Academy 1

$53,625 - $71,500/Yr

Lumen Technologies - Kent, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Kent, WA

Telecommunications

About the position

Lumen is seeking early-career or second-career self-starters who are self-motivated individuals interested in project management. In this unique Project Coordinator position, you will participate in our Network Implementation (NI) Academy, which is a robust training program designed to jump-start and enable your success in this role. You will learn to manage projects utilizing our technology, networks, products, processes, and customer service best practices. This position is located onsite in our WA market, specifically at 23315 6th Ave S, Kent, WA. As a Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for assigning and tracking complex projects and processes within budgetary and scheduling guidelines. This role requires travel between construction sites, working in outdoor environments, and conducting pre-construction meetings with multiple contractors and municipality inspectors. You will validate construction progress and perform post-construction audits, ensuring that all telecom field equipment is properly installed. Additionally, you will attend multiple weekly project update calls and handle construction-related customer concerns for various projects. Collaboration is key in this role, as you will work closely with the Lumen engineering team for design reviews and issues, learning to use both design construction prints and civil permits. You will manage post-construction billing and multiple projects simultaneously, analyzing and updating work plans and schedules. Your ability to develop methodologies, procedures, and systems for project tracking and reporting will be essential, as will maintaining active communication with internal and external stakeholders to track project issues and risks and document progress for status reports.

Responsibilities

• Assign and track complex projects and processes within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Travel between construction sites and work in outdoor environments.
• Conduct pre-construction meetings with multiple contractors and municipality inspectors.
• Validate construction progress and perform post-construction audits.
• Open telecom field equipment to validate proper installation.
• Attend multiple weekly project update calls and handle construction-related customer concerns for multiple projects.
• Work with Lumen engineering team for design reviews/issues and learn to use design construction prints and civil permits.
• Manage post-construction billing and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Analyze and update work plans and schedules, develop methodologies, procedures, and systems to produce project tracking and reporting.
• Maintain active communication with internal and external stakeholders, track project issues and risks, and document progress to prepare status reports.

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• Knowledgeable and able to work in appropriate systems and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytic, leadership and presentation skills.
• Ability to work well independently or within a group.
• Willingness to travel to different locations as needed.
• Comfortable working in an outside environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Associate or bachelor's degree
• 2-3 years related experience in telecommunications, engineering, or network planning.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• Voluntary lifestyle benefits
• Short-term incentives or sales compensation
• Long-term incentive eligibility for Director and VP positions
• Comprehensive benefits package enhancing physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing