Operations - Project Coordinator

• Compensation: USD 65,000 - USD 80,000 - yearly

KPFF Consulting Engineers provides structural and civil engineering services to architects, government agencies, developers, and contractors for projects with a wide range of functions. Established in 1960, KPFF has offices in Austin, Birmingham, Boise, Chicago, Des Moines, Eugene, Irvine, Lacey, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, Newport Beach, New York City, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, St. Louis,

Tacoma, and Washington, DC..

KPFF's civil engineering staff accomplishes projects for site development, parks, and recreation facilities and the improvements to existing city streets, urban arterials, and highways. Scope of services may include site planning, environmental analysis, storm drainage studies, wetlands enhancement, permit coordination, and design of site grading, drainage, storm detention, utilities, access roads, parking facilities, and public street improvements.

In addition to typical site development engineering, our civil group serves as a prime consultant to government clients for management and design of transportation, waterfront, site improvements, and major utility projects.

Our engineers work in dynamic teams with open communication and strong support from senior-level mentors. These teams work directly with our clients on some of the most challenging projects in the region. We promote decision-making at the level closest to the issue in order to most efficiently and effectively serve our clients, and to promote professional growth for our staff.

We are seeking a highly motivated Project Coordinator to join our team in downtown Los Angeles.

A Project Coordinator must be quality conscious with the ability to balance multiple assignments in a fast-paced, team environment. A team-oriented approach and the ability to collaborate with technical professionals is essential. The ability to listen and understand customer expectations, take direction from peers, and communicate effectively and proactively is required.

• Process contracts and amendments.
• Prepare subconsultant agreement letters.
• Answer general project questions for clients and subconsultants.
• Resolve invoicing and payment questions from subconsultants.
• Review invoice drafts each month and work with accounting to send invoices and any additional reports to the client.
• Maintain project files.
• Prepare records, reports, and correspondence using standards and templates.
• Assists Project Manager with workload planning and coordination.
• Develop and maintain project schedules.
• Work with Administrative team to prepare and distribute documents.
• Coordinate delivery of plans and proposals.
• Perform construction administration tasks:
  Track Requests for Information (RFI’s) and submittals, request review by technical staff, transmit responses, and file tracking logs.
• Work with Administrative team on Archiving process.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with KPFF staff, clients, consultants, contractors, and other personnel associated with KPFF.

• Strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines with dependability and consistency.
• Working knowledge of basic office equipment.
• Ability to adapt quickly, identify, and solve problems.
• Understand methods and techniques of data collection, research, report preparation, and financial analysis.
• Strong organizational, logistical, and time-management skills with ability to handle multiple concurrent tasks and meet deadlines.

• Associate or…