Project Coordinator, Construction
UMI Stone/Opustone · North Carolina ·
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Project management
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- No
- Company size
- 501-1000
Coordinates construction projects like branch expansions and relocations, aligning teams, vendors, and budgets while tracking timelines and budgets in a fast-paced environment.
Position Overview
The Project Coordinator – Construction, supports the planning and execution of branch expansions, new location openings, relocations, renovations, and facility improvement projects across the organization. This position partners closely with Construction, Facilities, Operations, Real Estate, vendors, contractors, and internal business leaders to ensure projects remain on schedule and move efficiently from planning through completion.
Candidates should have prior experience coordinating construction, facilities, commercial build-outs, branch expansions, retail openings, or similar physical infrastructure projects.
Location Requirement: Candidates must reside in the Midwest or Eastern United States to support travel requirements and project needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate activities supporting branch expansions, relocations, new facility openings, renovations, and other commercial construction projects.
- Maintain project schedules, timelines, meeting agendas, action items, and project documentation.
- Partner with Construction, Facilities, Operations, Real Estate, Procurement, vendors, architects, contractors, and consultants throughout each project lifecycle.
- Schedule project meetings and track milestones to ensure projects remain on schedule.
- Follow up with internal stakeholders and external vendors regarding outstanding deliverables and project timelines.
- Assist with tracking project budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and project-related expenses.
- Monitor project progress and proactively communicate schedule risks, delays, and roadblocks to project leadership.
- Support operational readiness activities to ensure new and relocated branches are prepared for successful openings.
- Prepare project status reports, dashboards, and executive updates.
- Maintain organized project files, documentation, permits, contracts, and project records.
- Assist with project closeout activities, lessons learned, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Support additional facilities and construction initiatives as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, Facilities Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2–4 years of experience coordinating commercial construction, facilities, branch expansion, retail development, renovations, or capital improvement projects.
- Experience working directly with contractors, vendors, architects, consultants, or construction teams.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting multi-site retail, showroom, branch, distribution, manufacturing, or commercial facility projects.
- Experience within the construction, building materials, building products, manufacturing, or distribution industries.
- Familiarity with project management platforms such as Smartsheet, Procore, MS Project, Monday.com, or similar tools.
- CAPM certification or progress toward certification is a plus.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong project coordination and organizational skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple construction projects simultaneously.
- Effective communication with internal teams, vendors, and contractors.
- Strong problem-solving and follow-through.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Professionalism and customer service mindset.
- Strong Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel.
Location & Travel
- Candidates must reside within the Midwest or Eastern United States.
- Ability to travel approximately 50–70% to support branch expansions, facility renovations, and new location openings.
BENEFITS
Medical
Dental
Vision
Employer Paid Basic Employee Life and AD&D Insurance
Employer Paid Long Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Voluntary Short-Term Disability
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Accident Insurance
Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
EEO
At Construction Resources, our people are the driving force behind everything we do. Construction Resources is an equal opportunity employer that aspires to be the best in the business by building an associate experience that celebrates growth, development, and purpose.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a full-time position that requires overtime as business needs dictate.
OTHER DUTIES
Please note: this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
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