Job Title: Project Administrator

Reports to: Director of Project Administration

Location: New Orleans, LA

JOB SUMMARY:

The Project Administrator is responsible for assisting Project Managers with accounting needs from the project turnover meeting to project completion. The Project Administrator ensures the company job cost accounting methods, standards, and processes are maintained.

The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, a solid understanding or desire to learn our project management accounting software Viewpoint Vista, passionate about supporting our Project Management team, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are key to success in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with your designated project manager teams to ensure all proper information is input into Gallo’s accounting system
• Track Subcontracts, Purchase Orders and Change Orders
• Ensure projects are billed by designated dates with all necessary documentation
• Maintain professional customer service with General Contractors and Owners
• Assist in implementing new processes to your project teams when applicable

Weekly Job Responsibilities:

• Attend Turnover meetings
• Entering estimate breakouts from the project team
• Entering pertinent job information into vista
• Entering Subcontracts and sending out via DocuSign
• Entering Purchase Orders and sending out via DocuSign
• Entering Contract Change Orders, getting signed and returned
• Entering PO and Sub Change Orders and sending out via DocuSign
• When and as directed, fulfill compliance for Subcontracts, Purchase Orders and Change Orders
• Initiate routine billings for project managers and send out to Customer by due date with all needed information
• Open projection codes for PM Cost Projections

IDEAL EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Verbal and written communication: One of a project administrator's tasks is to provide documentation, which requires excellent written communication skills. Verbal communication skills are also important and can help you collaborate with our Customers and Project Teams.
• Organization: Project Administrators are responsible for coordinating the many tasks that comprise a completed project.
• Time management: Project Administrators work to ensure that every stage of our project is completed within a certain time Excellent time management skills can help you complete your own tasks and keep others on schedule.
• Collaboration: Projects are collaborative efforts and project administrators work closely with managers, contractors, and a range of other professionals. The ability to work as part of the team can help ensure successful project
• Proficiency with project management accounting software: Familiarity or desire to learn Viewpoint Vista is an important qualification for Project Administrators
• Multitasking: Project Administrators have multiple responsibilities that they might have to manage simultaneously, including documentation, task monitoring and resource management. This makes multitasking and task prioritization valuable skills for the team.
• Flexibility: Conditions can change rapidly during the lifecycle of a project. In these circumstances, adaptability can help Project Administrators change their processes, develop new plans, and ensure the success of the project.

About Gallo Mechanical

Gallo Mechanical is a top-tier mechanical construction and service provider headquartered in New Orleans. Gallo Mechanical LLC is built on a bedrock foundation of dedication to family, service and performance. The company, a 75-year locally-grown family operation, is deeply invested in finding the best way to both serve and grow the community in which they live and work. As they have grown over the last seven and a half decades, Gallo Mechanical has sought to ensure that their focus remains in reinvesting in their community through both the work they carry out and the opportunities that they provide. 

Inclusive Employer

Our number one focus will always be our people. Gallo Mechanical welcomes employees from varied backgrounds and walks of life, and it’s reflected in our diverse community. Gallo Mechanical is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to administering personnel actions, including hiring, training, promoting and compensating its employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.