Project Coordinator - Aurora Water Project Controls

JOB LOCATION

Aurora, Colorado 80016-2946

City of Aurora, Colorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora, we're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization, guiding the decisions of the individuals and the organization. At the City of Aurora, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of: Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, and Customer Service, and we welcome all who share these values to apply.
 
Why Work for Aurora?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse community
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Hiring Salary: $53,037 - $66,297/year

The deadline to submit an application to this position is April 20, 2026. However, it is subject to close at any time once a qualified pool of applications are obtained.

OVERVIEW OF JOB

The Project Coordinator (Project Controls) is responsible for monitoring and performing analytics on the Utilities’ Capital Improvement Program. The project coordinator also interacts with Water finance and planning and engineering team, assists with the overall capital program planning, resourcing, analysis, and estimating under the supervision of the Project Delivery Manager of the Project Delivery Services Division.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The listed primary duties and responsibilities is not a comprehensive list of expectations for the job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees may be assigned other duties. 

• Maintain the Planning and Engineering (P&E) division workload document by creating individual and consolidated project schedules.
• Update the PM workload monthly by coordinating with the PMs with regards to milestone progress and collect the project spend information from finance
• Assist in review of capital and financial data to assist in annual budgeting process including any reporting required to understand capital project statuses.
• Assist in creating reports on workload allocation and create schedules for annual project efforts.
• Maintain accurate data in project database system which includes general project data, estimated and actual project costs, and change order information.
• Maintain the Projectmates software and assist in teaching others and troubleshooting the system
• Serve as operational advocate for the continued and procedural use of installed project management tools.
• Advocate and review accurate record keeping within project management system(s)

• Use collected project information to provide reports to Project Delivery Services (PDS) and other water divisions regarding project information
• Collect, maintain, understand, and summarize historic project pricing information that may be used to review submitted cost estimates from developers and engineers or provide planning level (Class 5) estimates for future project planning
• Compile additional operational reports as requested including project, personnel resource, and fiscal data
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education: 

• Associate’s degree in construction management, project management, information Systems or related field.

Experience: 

• 1 year of experience in planning and executing projects.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Driver's license with a good driving history

Knowledge:

• Understanding of scheduling and resource management including cost loading of schedules
• Understanding of principals of project planning, management and budgeting
• Knowledge of project management principles
• Knowledge of construction estimating

Skills: 

• Intermediate to expert level skills in Microsoft Excel
• Intermediate skill in scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or P6 etc.
• Intermediate data management skills

Abilities: 

• Ability to develop and analysis schedules
• Ability to analyze project financial data
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens
• Ability to handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

WORKING CONDITIONS

Essential Personnel:

• When a local announcement of emergency or disaster is declared by the City, all City of Aurora employees may be required to work as essential personnel.

Physical Demands:

• Sedentary physical work requiring ability to lift a maximum of 10 pounds
• Occasional lifting, carrying, walking, and standing
• Vision for data analysis and preparation
• Hand/eye coordination for operation of computer keyboard
• Foot/eye coordination for operation of motor vehicle
• Speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with co-workers.

Work Environment:

• Primarily works in a clean, comfortable office environment with moderately quiet noise levels.

Equipment Used:

• Uses standard office equipment including a computer
• City-issued vehicle
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment.

The city of Aurora will implement furlough days (unpaid days off) for most employees in 2026. The scheduled furlough dates are January 16, April 10, July 2, and December 24.

For Veterans preference:  Please show all of your employment history, including military service and related documentation (DD214) on the application.
           
The City of Aurora is an equal opportunity employer.  We are required by state and federal agencies to keep certain statistical records on applicants.  It will not be used in any way to discriminate against you because of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, disability or military status, gender identity, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification as defined by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunity Commission.
                                         
Despite the changes in Colorado law, the City of Aurora maintains a drug-free workplace.  A positive test of marijuana is grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for employment with the city for one year or termination once hired.
 

Drug Testing, Thorough Criminal Background Check, and Employment References:
As a condition of employment, all applicants selected for employment with the City of Aurora must undergo a thorough criminal background check. 

Applicants selected for safety-sensitive positions are required to complete and pass a drug screening as a condition of employment. Safety sensitive positions include Civil Service positions within Police and Fire Departments and positions where their job responsibilities have direct and substantial responsibility that would impact the health and safety of others.  

Employment references will be conducted on finalists for City of Aurora vacancies.