What You'll Do

As a Project Coordinator, you’ll play a critical supporting role in planning, tracking, and delivering infrastructure, utility, IT, and security projects. You’ll help keep projects organized and moving forward — ensuring schedules, budgets, and documentation are accurate while supporting client and team needs. This role is a chance to gain broad exposure to complex projects and contribute directly to shaping essential infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project managers and leadership in delivering client satisfaction and vendor coordination.
• Assist with development of internal JDFS processes, procedures, and tools that enhance performance and culture.
• Coordinate multiple action items & project activities, ensuring tasks, schedules, and deliverables stay on track.
• Maintain project documentation, records, and reports (schedules, budgets, status updates, WBS, etc.).
• Coordinate meetings — including project kickoffs, reviews, and progress updates.
• Ensure all work is properly documented to support compliance, safety, and quality standards.
• Help identify project risks and issues; escalate to leadership with recommended solutions.
• Support change management processes and maintain scope documentation.
• Provide onboarding assistance for new staff and contribute ideas for process improvements.
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams to maintain alignment.
• Perform additional support functions and responsibilities as assigned.
• Additional functions, responsibilities, and engagements as assigned.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of project coordination or related experience, ideally in utilities, construction, IT, or security sectors.
• Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication abilities.
• Proficiency with project tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and build strong working relationships.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Commitment to company culture, teamwork, and career growth.
• Minimum BS/BA or equivalent education & experience
• PMP or other industry recognized organizational Certification

Capabilities

• 3+ years of project coordination or related experience, ideally in utilities, construction, IT, or security sectors.
• Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication abilities.
• Proficiency with project tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams and build strong working relationships.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and contribute to continuous improvement.
• Commitment to company culture, teamwork, and career growth.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with commercial, utility clients, and/or public infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., CPUC, DOE, NERC/CIP).
• Background in technology integration, construction management, or enterprise system deployment.
• Speak Spanish, Japanese, Malay, Mandarin Chinese
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-accountability environments.

What Else You Need to Know....

1. JD Forward Strategies provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and strictly prohibits any type of harassment or discrimination in regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, disability status, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender expression, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, and/or local laws. 
2. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of JD Forward Strategies to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Human Resources at HR@JDForward.com
3. Your employment with JD Forward Strategies is on an at-will basis, meaning either you or the Company can terminate the employment relationship, at any time, for any or no reason, and with or without cause or notice. As an at-will employee, your employment with JD Forward Strategies is not guaranteed for any length of time. 
4. JD Forward Strategies (JDFS) intent is to be compliant with all Federal, State and Local Laws that protect the interest of our applicants, employees, and JD Forward Strategies.