Associate Project Coordinator — Multi-Family
Brampton, ON
A Maker
At Simpson Strong-Tie, we’ve built a workplace where people are connected and engaged in creative thinking from day one throughout their careers.
When you think of the best a family has to offer — support, collaboration and respect — that’s what we value at Simpson Strong-Tie. When there’s a win, we'll cheer you on. When there’s a snag, coworkers step in to help you out. Working on solutions together is just the way we do things here, and that creates an atmosphere that often feels like home.
At Simpson Strong-Tie, you’ll find talented, passionate, dedicated, humble and genuinely kind people who are all connected by our shared mission — to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.
It’s this mission and our strong people-focused values that have made Simpson Strong-Tie a unique place to work for more than 60 years — a place where you can connect, create and build your career. We invite you to learn more about our culture and why our employees are our most loyal customers.
You
You want to be an important member of a strong team of other makers who take pride in their work and support each other. As a Project Coordinator, you will be responsible for driving company initiatives by partnering with the branch and outside sales team.
That’s year one. If career growth is important to you, we not only know how to help you with that, it’s what we love to do.
Position Summary
The Associate Project Coordinator effectively coordinates and communicates with our customers, field sales representatives, sales support, production, purchasing, shipping and inside sales on tasks needed to support sales on primarily multi-family projects. The Associate Project Coordinator is responsible for quoting, monitoring and the coordination of the project development schedule. The ability to prioritize and facilitate multiple projects simultaneously, balance ongoing duties with several special projects and perform accurately and professionally under pressure is essential to this role.
What You'll Be Doing
| % Time | Job Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| 60% | Facilitate projects by processing customer quote request, purchase orders, work orders, and work directly with purchasing and inventory management on back orders and current trends. Evaluate cost effective inventory and design solutions. Be able to understand and accurately process change order requests. Maintain a well-organized schedule and communicate status of all active, in-active and awarded projects. Prepare and ship project installation packages with each project. |
| 25% | Support the residential sale team by tracking all multi-family projects from start to finish: quote projects, respond to and track RFI, and communicate with engineering services. Coordinate all project shipments, project updates, provide layouts, research project issues, track purchase orders and back ordered products, support field sales, and provide field sales with needed information. Price material lists, stage, ship and invoice projects. |
| 10% | Properly maintain customer information in multiple databases. Input data into Salesforce, work management software and project management systems. |
| 5% | Process and correct any billing or shipping discrepancies. Answer and assist incoming customer calls. Oversee direct project shipments are accessible and point of contact is established. Prepare and process additional orders. |
Desired Skills and Experience
If you can do everything listed above, you’ve got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too:
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
- Two year degree, technical school certificate in Business or Construction Management, or equivalent experience preferred.
- 1-2 years of experience in various aspects of multi-family and commercial construction business, including budgeting, reading plans, and negotiating pricing.
- Ability to complete a take-off of building materials from construction plans using both Architectural and Structural drawings.
- Speaking and Written Communication: Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers. Bi-lingual (English and French) proficiency is required.
- Critical Thinking: Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Mathematic Reasoning: Ability to work with mathematical concepts, such as probability and statistical inference.
- Detail oriented.
- Desktop Applications: Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office and operate many different programs used for construction documents such as file sharing systems, Bluebeam, project management software, Smartsheet and Simpson SAP applications.
- Salesforce CRM usage will be critical to properly track and update job status with multiple internal customers
- Problem Solving: Ability to manage and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner.
This job does not require travel.
This full-time, non-exempt position is located in our Brampton, ON office. Remote work location is not offered for this position.
Relocation is not available for this position.
To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and resume to: Human Resources 53hr@strongtie.com
Effective Date: 3/9//2023
In keeping with the Company’s commitment to the communities in which it does business, we are an equal opportunity employer. This means that to the fullest extent required by local law, employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, colour, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender (which provincial law may define to include gender identity/expression, transgender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, and gender stereotyping), sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, genetic information, medical condition, covered marital status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.