Amazon is seeking a Construction Coordinator who would love to help us with project administration. This position will be part of an exciting, fast-moving business unit, where everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work effectively in a highly collaborative environment. You are the right person for this job if you have a strong end user focus and a passion for producing high-quality work. You must be a self-starter, creative and a critical thinker with curiosity and drive for learning. You must demonstrate the ability to efficiently plan and prioritize deliverables and resources across multiple projects. This position requires you to manage and maintain schedules, procure materials and equipment for construction, place and manage purchase orders, contracts and project documentation because organization and attention to detail are in your DNA. You will work closely with internal teams and external partners. You will make decisions and find solutions quickly and with confidence, and not expect someone else to show you the right way forward. You are the right person for this position if you take ownership of your work, display a great deal of initiative, possess common sense, sound judgment, and a sense of humor.
Key job responsibilities
• Responsible for equipment procurement
• Creates and maintains project files.
• Responsible for collecting vendor quotes, assessing against construction drawings and processing purchase orders including full tracking up to delivery on site.
• Responsible for tracking orders on a per project basis.
• Communicates and distributes project related information to vendors and internal partners.
• Resolves problems with back orders, items not received, defective and damaged goods. Initiates and reports on damage and/or defective claims with warehouses and outside suppliers and vendors.
• Partners with the Construction Manager to coordinate and resolve shipping issues within internal and external teams and business partners.
• Responsible for tracking insurance certificates throughout a project.
• Partners with Construction Manager to ensure correct quantities are ordered based on construction document schedules, manages logistics for warehousing/delivery, and contracts align with budgets.
• Identify and manage opportunities to increase efficiency of vendor contract and purchase order implementation, project administration, and project closeout.
• Participates in the continuous improvement of procurement processes and implementation of best practices to maximize efficiency for the Design, Implementation and Development (DID) team.
Some travel may be necessary to project sites.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
2+ years of program or project management experience
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
2+ years of driving process improvements experience
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