DEA is currently recruiting an experienced full-time Project Coordinator to support our ongoing work with a local transit agency. This position will be located in our Seattle, Washington office but will also work out of a local client office in Seattle on a daily basis. The Project Coordinator would be responsible for a variety of project-specific duties including general office tasks in a fast-paced professional engineering firm. Duties would include the following:

• Preparing project contracts, project set-ups, and subsequent change orders;
• Setting up new project folders and overseeing the maintenance of project files;
• Prepare subconsultant agreements and task orders;
• Preparing and reviewing project invoices and progress reports;
• Reviewing project subconsultant invoices;
• Coordinating and scheduling project meetings, and preparing meeting agendas and minutes;
• Corresponding with clients and subconsultants;
• Formatting and performing quality reviews of large and small documents such as reports, letters, memos, minutes, etc;
• Coordinating the production and distribution of deliverables to the client;
• Organizing and managing project budgets;
• Providing backup for other administrative staff.

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of two years of experience in office administrative and project-related duties.
• Experience with project contracts and invoicing as well as general accounting practices such as Accounts payable/Accounts receivable (AP/AR).
• Experience in document management in SharePoint
• Experience coordinating and tracking the completion of deliverables and their review
• Basic skills in Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience multi-tasking and prioritizing competing requests.
• Experience coordinating and scheduling meetings for internal and external individuals.
• Customer service or quality control experience.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends and interface with the public and client sponsored events.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in the architectural/engineering/construction industry.
• Project management training or experience.
• Advanced skills in Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Additional software skills in Access, PowerPoint, MS Project Windows Explorer, Adobe, or similar programs.
• A passion for improving transit and the community

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance
• Health Savings and Lifestyle Spending Account with employer contribution
• Support for continuing education and training opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday Pay
• 401k and Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• A flexible hybrid schedule (up to 2 days working remotely each week) after an initial 6 month period and with client concurrence.
• Holistic Wellbeing Program with a focus on physical, emotional, financial, career and community health
• Opportunity for growth with support and mentoring to help with professional goals
• Potential salary range is $55,000-$80,000 annually depending on experience.

Transportation Jobs with DEA

The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their transportation systems must do more with less. From initial investigations through planning, concept development, final design, and construction, DEA responds with solutions that serve today's transportation needs while accommodating tomorrow's growth. Our Transportation Business Unit focuses on five markets; Bridges and Structures, Roads and Highways, Transit and Rail, Smart Mobility and Construction Engineering.

DEA is proud to be an AA/EEO employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to characteristics protected by applicable local, state, or federal law, such as race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or sexual orientation.