Jr. Project Manager, IT

About the role

Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading domestic and international freight forwarder. We provide customized logistics and warehousing solutions for clients across all industries via air, ground, and ocean freight. Based in Richmond, Virginia, we are a subsidiary of Estes Express Lines, offering a hybrid transportation network backed by our extensive line haul network.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager, IT with project scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs, and change management
• Develop project resource plans and status reports
• Support technical asset inventory management
• Work directly with customers, vendors, and implementation partners
• Manage IT projects and project segments by specified objectives within specified resources
• Manage all aspects of assigned projects, to include reporting on project progress-to-plan, status updates, and facilitating team meetings
• Review/gather functional and non-functional requirements, create communication and risk plans, update overall project plans through project lifecycles
• Ensure development of products and services to customer requirements
• Act as liaison and interface to different business units
• Prepare ongoing daily, weekly, and monthly project status reports and schedules
• Support asset inventory tracking, including software licenses, computers, printers, and other equipment
• Track project progress in Project Management software (Asana) including managing and monitoring project budgets and contracts
• Translate metrics into actionable, meaningful intelligence
• Support the evaluation, recommendation, and implementation of new technologies
• Manage communication related to development projects and tickets to end-users and set expectations
• Manage and/or perform use case testing
• Regular attendance is required
• Comply with company C-TPAT and TSA security procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Information Systems, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics preferred and 1-2 years of relevant experience
• Prior experience working in the transportation/freight movement industry desired
• Knowledge of standard project management methodology
• Ability to help manage project teams, risks, and issues
• Flexible, excellent attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure during periods of peak work volume
• Proficient in Access, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, including formula and Pivot Table creation
• Ability to write queries and build reports using MS Access and Excel
• Proficient in MS Mail/Outlook/Exchange
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong time management, organization, communication, and presentation skills
• Consistently meet documented deadlines and objectives
• Able to multitask and prioritize work
• Project Management experience
• Ability to comply with all company policies, rules, procedures, and Code of Conduct
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment independently or with groups of people, such as other departments, and communicate known concepts
• Mentally and emotionally capable of handling a high-stress environment
• Responds well to questions
• Ability to read, interpret, and comply with written information and documents such as safety rules, operations/procedure manuals, and maintenance instructions with a high comprehension and concentration level to include the ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to read and interpret complex business and/or technical documents
• Ability to write comprehensive reports and detailed business correspondence
• Ability to present to a group of departments
• Ability to solve problems with a variety of concrete variables through semi-standardized solutions that require some ingenuity and analysis
• Ability to draw inferences and follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve moderately complex problems
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, random drug and/or alcohol tests, and be subject to a criminal history background check
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• At this time, EFW will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position
• EFW offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $50,000.00 to $62,000.00
• Comprehensive benefits package including:
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Job referral bonus program

Pay

$50,000.00 to $62,000.00

Schedule

Normal office situation

Supervision

Position functions with supervision and has no direct reports.