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Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator – 9-Month FTC Role
(KBR – Estates Intelligence Division)
About KBR and the Project
KBR is a global technical solutions provider with 28,000 employees across 34 countries, serving clients in 80 nations. We collaborate with diverse stakeholders to deliver technical solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and sustainability in industries like infrastructure, defence, and asset management.
Our Estates Intelligence (EI) division specialises in empowering clients to optimise their estate and asset portfolios through data-driven decision-making. Using the "6 As" Methodology—aggregation, automation, assurance, audit, analytics, and asset management—we deploy our Viaverse platform, a single source of truth, to:
- Standardise data flows across supply chain and operational teams
- Enable real-time transactional management with stakeholders
- Provide actionable insights for strategic asset lifecycle control
As part of a large-scale mobilisation programme, KBR is transitioning a new public sector client onto the Viaverse platform. This requires:
- A multi-workstream approach (design, build, test, transition, hypercare)
- Significant data migration, process change, and operational upskilling
- A cross-functional technology team underpinned by rigorous project governance
This is a high-impact role within a UK public sector transformation, offering real-world exposure to complex programme delivery, March 2025 start.
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About the Role
We are seeking a Project Coordinator to report to the IT Project Managers, providing executive support for the Programme’s delivery team. This is an opportunity to:
- Develop Project Management skills under direct supervision
- Contribute to a large-scale, time-sensitive mobilisation
- Work with UK government and commercial stakeholders
Key Responsibilities
The Project Coordinator will:
- Plan & Coordinate
- Update project schedules under IT PM guidance (responsible for replanning where needed)
- Manage smoothed float, critical path tracking, and deconfliction to prevent delays
- Responsibly for burn-down reporting, task progress updates, and status dashboards
- Governance Support
- Shadow stand-ups, sprints, and checkpoints, deputising for IT PMs as required
- Collaborate with KB EI governance bodies to ensure plan alignment
- Oversee configuration and change management reviews for Project Gates
- Risk & Issue Management
- Maintain and update the internal RAID log ( Risks / Assumptions / Issues / Decisions ), adhering to audit requirements
- Lead Quality Gateway assessments (documenting outputs and mitigate action plans)
- Ensure RAID governance visibility is provided to stakeholders proximarily
- Communication & Reporting
- Ensure KANBAN boards (Jira or other) are optimised for transparency
- Prepare internal deliverables and external reports (if mandated) via PowerPoint/Excel
- Take minutes at governance meetings and maintain action logs
- Transitional Assistance
- Support collaboration with client teams & external suppliers (iniative log), ensuring alignment
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The role offers an entry-level career growth opportunity for candidates aiming to transition into Project Management.
Required Qualifications, Experience & Skills
Experience:
✔ Previous experience in programme/project support or under a PMO environment ✔ Proficiency in supply chain, risk management, and change controls ✔ Demonstrated ability in volumetric and complex reporting (Develop numerical/verbal outputs) ✔ Client-facing experience, particularly with non-technical public sector stakeholders ✔ Extensive experience interfacing with outsourced teams (clients, suppliers), with a focus on relationship and delivery alignment ✔ Experience delivering in fast-paced environments with mandatory go-live milestones
Technical Skills:
- Project Management Tools ( Must have: Intermediate/Advanced MS Project / Smartsheet )
- Data & Reporting ( Intermediate Excel skills, inc. Pivot tables & macros )
- Collaboration & Visualisation ( MS PowerPoint, Jira KANBAN or alternative agile tools )
- Technical Awareness (Azure, IaaS, virtualization and data integrity)
The position is based at Leatherhead (Surrey), with a hybrid workload (minimum 3 days on-site per week).
Interested? [Contact KBR HR] for a detailed application.
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