Project Administrator

Are you someone with strong leadership and administrative skills Do you enjoy building relationships and working collaboratively in a team environment with both internal and external stakeholders Are you a trusted partner and a problem solver As someone with excellent communication skills and business acumen you will thrive in our fast-paced and agile environment.

Your opportunity

Dillons Project Admin Groupis seeking a Project Administrator to fill an existing vacancy within our multidisciplinary team of professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects while providing clients with a fully integrated and superior customer experience. In this role you will be a welcome addition to our dynamic administrative team. As a Project Administrator you will showcase your financial organizational and communication skills in a fast-paced professional office environment. Your ability to create strong working relationships with technical project managers will elevate your and the companys collective success. Your drive for excellence will present opportunities to chart your own path to success with a rewarding career in our firm.

At Dillon we operate as one team. The successful candidate will be based out of our Windsor office.

We offer flexible work hours to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

What your day will look like

Project Administration

Project Initiation and Planning

• Support execution of agreements
• Initiate projects in Dillons financial management system
• Facilitate project plan completion and distribution to team
• Support health and safety plan preparation and communication

Project Execution

• Assist with the development and maintenance of documentation in accordance with Dillons quality management system
• Undertake document management of pertinent project information
• Provide enhanced and embedded project support to meet unique project requirements on an as required basis including administrative support and task coordination

Project Monitoring Controlling and Project Closing

• Facilitate monthly invoicing
• Financial monitoring budget analysis and data entries in Dillons financial management system
• Support scope change development and addition to the financial management system
• Liaise with Dillons finance department
• Support project close-out

General Office Support

• As part of a local administrative team assist with general office-related administrative activities as required and contribute to fulfill the variety of tasks necessary to run the office effectively

Learning and Development

• A commitment to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development.

What you will need to succeed

• Minimum of two years administration related experience or demonstrated combination of education skills knowledge and experience
• Prior experience in a project administration or project coordination role is considered an asset
• Post-secondary education in a project management or an administration related program is considered an asset

• Understanding of basic accounting principles terms and financial functions
• Understanding of project management concepts
• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite specifically Word and Excel
• Excellent attention to detail a high regard for accuracy and the ability to provide high quality outputs particularly in processing files and records with accuracy;
• Excellent interpersonal organizational and communication (written/verbal) skills
• A team player with the ability to multi-task; collaborates with others to promote understanding and provide necessary support
• Experience in a Professional Services consulting firm (engineering/environmental/planning) is considered an asset

Compensation:

$48000 - $72200

Dillon is including the salary range that we in good faith believe may offer for this position. It will be dependent on the successful applicants education experience and skills in addition to internal equity and geographic region. Dillon reserves the right to pay outside of the posted range contingent on factors unrelated to an applicants gender or other status protected by provincial and/or federal law.

Why choose Dillon

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;
• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;
• Creativity: discover new possibilities;
• Courage: do the things that matter especially when its hard;
• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;
• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

• Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

• A competitive compensation package

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Generous retirement savings plan
• Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options

• Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

• Learning and Development opportunities

• As a knowledge-based business we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how mentoring to share lessons advising to round out perspectives and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.

• Focus on Innovation

• The ability to anticipate examine and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business our culture people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to todays problems and tomorrows opportunities.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

• A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

• Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.
• Wellness Subsidy
• Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership purchase of home fitness equipment yoga classes and dance classes.

About Dillon

Dillon is a proudly Canadian employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning engineering environmental science and management. We partner with clients to provide committed collaborative and inventive solutions to complex multi-faceted projects. With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada Dillon offers a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure protecting the environment and developing communities.

Now operating for over 75 years we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Dillon has been listed as one of Canadas Best Managed Companies for 19 years in a row and has the distinction of being a Platinum Club member in this program.

Health & Safety at Dillon

Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillons core commitment to Health & Safety. This includes active ongoing engagement with our Health & Safety processes and platform and the active ongoing identification and reporting of health and safety hazards.

Employment Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Dillon

Dillon is committed to employment equity and an inclusive diverse workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities. If you require accommodation during the interview process please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Technology enablement and the use of AI at Dillon

We invest in modern technologies to enable continuous improvement across the organization. Please be advised that Dillon Consulting utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. While AI supports this process all hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying you acknowledge and consent to this use.