Project Coordinator - Development & Construction
AIA Austin · Austin, TX · 3 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as the administrative coordinator for the Development & Construction team.
- Monitor project action items and follow up with internal teams, consultants, contractors, and vendors to ensure timely completion.
- Maintain project task trackers and proactively identify overdue items.
- Aid project managers in maintaining visibility into upcoming deadlines, decisions, and deliverables.
- Coordinate calendars and meeting availability for project leadership and key stakeholders.
- Schedule recurring project meetings, consultant coordination calls, site walks, and milestone reviews.
- Prepare meeting agendas and distribute meeting minutes and action item logs.
- Ensure appropriate project participants are included in meetings and communications.
- Support portfolio-level reporting and project status updates.
Contract Administration & Consultant Onboarding
- Coordinate consultant and vendor onboarding processes.
- Routinely route agreements for review, execution, and distribution.
- Track contract status and outstanding signatures.
- Collect and maintain W-9s, insurance certificates, ACH forms, and vendor setup documentation.
- Coordinate vendor onboarding with Accounting.
- Maintain consultant, vendor, contract, and amendment logs.
- Ensure all executed agreements are properly filed and accessible to project teams.
- Support contract renewals and amendments as required.
Budget Tracking & Financial Administration
- Maintain project budget tracking tools and consultant fee logs.
- Enter and update contract values, approved change orders, allowances, and commitments.
- Track invoices received, approved, and paid.
- Maintain billed-to-date reporting for consultants, vendors, and project expenses.
- Reconcile invoices against contract values and approved change orders.
- Identify potential overages, missing documentation, or budget discrepancies for PM review.
- Cope with invoice routing and approval workflows.
- Prepare recurring budget reports and project financial summaries.
- Support forecasting and project cash flow visibility.
Document & Information Management
- Maintain project filing structures and document control standards.
- File and organize contracts, proposals, invoices, permits, consultant deliverables, meeting notes, and project correspondence.
- Maintain version control and document organization standards.
- Ensure project records remain complete, accurate, and accessible.
- Support project closeout and archival processes.
- Maintain project contact lists and distribution lists.
Schedule & Reporting Support
- Aid in maintaining project schedules and milestone trackers.
- Track permitting milestones, consultant deliverables, owner decisions, and project deadlines.
- Prepare recurring project status reports and dashboards.
- Aid in portfolio reporting and executive-level project summaries.
- Maintain reporting tools and project tracking systems.
Permitting & Entitlement Support
- Aid with permit application tracking and coordination.
- Maintain jurisdictional contact information.
- Track review cycles, comments, approvals, and permit milestones.
- Coordinate permit-related documentation requests.
- Maintain permit logs and status reports.
Construction Phase Support
- Maintain RFI, Submittal, ASI, Change Order, and Punch List logs.
- Aid in distribution and tracking of construction documentation.
- Support contractor, consultant, and owner communications.
- Track project closeout requirements and turnover documentation.
- Cope with collection of warranties, manuals, training materials, and closeout packages.
Operational Readiness & Handover Support
- Aid in project turnover from construction to operations.
- Coordinate collection and organization of operational documentation.
- Aid in pre-opening coordination activities.
- Help ensure projects transition smoothly into ongoing operations.
- Aid in post-opening issue tracking and closeout efforts.