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Job Description
Location:Etobicoke Ontario
In-Office:Hybrid (2 - 3 Days a Week)
Vacancies:3 vacancies (Permanent & Contract)
Start Date:ASAP
Job Title:Project Assistant
Position Overview
We are looking for a highly organized and proactiveProject Assistantto support our Project Management team in the successful delivery of projects. This role involves coordinating project schedules budgets documentation and reporting ensuring accuracy and efficiency throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have strong technical administrative and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide administrative and technical support to Project Managers including SAP project setup cost review reporting and documentation.
- Assist in preparing and delivering project proposals.
- Maintain and update project plans in SAP including time amendments quotations and re-planning activities.
- Track and summarize financial data preparing cost reports and monitoring project budgets.
- Monitor purchase orders for subcontractor staff.
- Provide schedule updates progress reports and assist with Earned Value Analysis (EVA).
- Support Business Analysts with month-end activities and ad hoc requests.
- Identify track and support the management of project risks.
- Maintain historical cost and schedule records for future project planning.
- Provide general departmental support such as coordinating meetings preparing minutes handling expenses and organizing office activities.
- Collaborate with Project Managers to monitor critical path items cost loading and scheduling activities including managing logic ties constraints milestones and codes.
Qualifications & Skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel including macros and pivot tables PowerPoint).
- Experience with SAP (preferred) and/or Primavera P6 or MS Project (an asset).
- Post-secondary education in business administration or a related field; a university degree is preferred.
- Minimum 3 years of related administrative or project coordination experience or equivalent advanced education.
- Background in design and construction project management is an asset.
- Knowledge of cost and scheduling analysis estimating and planning is an asset.
- Strong organizational skills with proven attention to detail and accuracy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively under tight deadlines.
- Self-motivated able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Professional attitude with flexibility to support a wide range of tasks.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Access
- Bluebeam
- Construction Experience
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Office Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Administrative Experience
About Company
The Morson Group is a unique blend of recruitment and design consultancy businesses that provide our clients with the skilled labour to succeed and support a growing candidate base in finding their next roles. Our market-leading engineering design solutions leverage the latest technol ... View more
