Junior Project Manager

Zycron has joined with a Utilities company in search of a

• Work with various levels of Project Managers and are responsible for the coordination of project work including preparation, tracking, and maintenance of project plans, resource plans, schedules, and budgets as well as coordinate publications, review and signoff major Project deliverables.
• Support the PMs assignment of tasks to resources, assist in time tracking, handle project plan administration, financial tracking, and other project information tracking, analysis, and reporting which includes ensuring deliverables are tracked effectively, and resource utilization is managed according to plan.
• Serve as a backup for the Project Manager, sometimes leading meetings and producing status updates
• Work with the project manager to develop project plans, schedules, and budgets, and to track work and status related to projects aimed at the delivery of IT products and services to business units
• Supports project managers in their development of labor estimates, cost estimates, schedules, milestones, deliverables, project plans, and meeting minutes as well as report on progress of the project to the Executive Steering Committee, Sponsors and Transformation Advisory board and all stakeholders.
• Coordinate quality activities to meet quality objectives Manage Project risks, issues and change control, communicating the impact to the project.
• Be interested in a career as a Project Manager and will be given responsibilities that will allow him/her to advance into Project Management duties
• Be willing to pursue a PMP as part of a career in Project Management
• Assist the PMO Lead with general PMO activities such as reporting, meeting minutes, follow up on project information and action items

• At least 2 years of direct execution of Project Management activities (even if the job title was not directly related to Project Management). This could be in any stage of the project process.
• MS Project hands on experience including understanding of task types, dependencies, and resource leveling
• Associates Degree required
• Basic understanding of PMBOK project management process groups and the project management iron triangle
• Basic understanding of PPM Tools
• Excellent MS Office skills including MS Project and Visio.