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About Powersmiths/Socomec
Powersmiths is a member of the Socomec SAS corporate family of companies, a global organization with nearly a century of success in providing innovative solutions within the energy industry.
Powersmiths provides integrated energy and environmental solutions, and with Socomec SAS, integrated products for energy storage and critical power. Our products are designed for a wide range of applications in the building renewal market space, data centers, power distribution, power management and critical power markets.
Powersmiths’ team of highly skilled professionals has been serving the market for over 20 years. Our customers are located across the USA and Canada.
Powersmiths is committed to designing and manufacturing innovative products that serve the growing market in environmental sustainability, clean tech, and energy conservation.
About this role
The role of Project Assistant is to play coordination role in the meaning of reliable, timely, and professional support to the Project Management Team, assisting with the day-to-day project coordination activities. The position entails working with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization. The individual in the role will require the independent judgment to plan, prioritize, and organize a diverse workload. The Project Assistant role is a key role in the overall success of the project, taking a leadership role in the administrative activities throughout the lifecycle of the project.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Keep track of project tasks with respect to the project baselines including schedules, budgets, and quality;
- Assist in assigning the project activities to relevant resources and prioritize the project tasks when needed;
- Maintain the project schedule up-to-dated with adding required tasks and monitor the WBS;
- Contribute to the preparation of regular financial reports for management review;
- Analyze project risks and issues and when necessary, propose alternatives;
- Maintain the project risk register and issue log accurate and up-to-date;
- Organize the project meetings, attend, and maintain the meeting minutes;
- Prepare the presentation materials that are required for meetings;
- Provide administrative support in project management team;
- Maintain the project repository reliable and up-to-date;
- Ensuring that frameworks are followed and that every detail of a project is documented and kept up to date;
- Ensure that stakeholder opinions are managed in order to arrive at the best solution.
Essential Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills
- 5+ years’ experience in project planning and project coordination in industrial sector;
- Engineering degree (in electrical or industrial engineering) is preferred;
- Strong project management skills with demonstrated experience with coordinating industrial projects;
- Expert at MS Project, Project Online, SharePoint, Microsoft 365. Knowledge of Power BI is an asset;
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation or working towards it is an asset;
- Excellent time management skills with task prioritization and multi-tasking techniques;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with a large team;
- Ability to work under strict deadlines;
- Good problem-solving skills.
Working Conditions:
- This role is located in an office environment with frequent visits to the manufacturing facilities.
Compensation:
- Position is salaried;
- Powersmiths offers an interesting, innovative work environment, and a competitive group benefits package.
If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience for this job, please upload your résumé and apply through LinkedIn.
Upon request, we will provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities to support participation of candidates in all aspects of the recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
We thank all those who apply. However, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
