Project Coordinator

Role summary

The Project Coordinator supports the Project Director in overseeing delivery across all project disciplines. This position acts as the main coordination hub for engineering, construction, procurement, commercial, design, QA/QC, HSE, and project controls teams, helping keep work aligned with approved objectives, schedules, milestones, specifications, and governance standards.

In this role, you will closely track real progress on site, compare it with reported progress, highlight any delivery gaps, and help ensure that every team is working to the approved plan. The position combines coordination, compliance checking, reporting, administration, and stakeholder handling to support successful project execution.

Key responsibilities

• Bring together the work of construction, engineering, procurement, commercial, QA/QC, HSE, and project controls teams so activities stay coordinated.
• Follow project progress against approved timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Cross-check site progress against progress reports and flag any inconsistencies.
• Monitor completion of milestones and activities on the critical path.
• Keep all departments aligned with project targets and delivery dates.
• Escalate delays, constraints, and coordination concerns to the Project Director.
• Assist in putting corrective measures and recovery plans into action when needed.
• Check that work follows approved drawings, specifications, procedures, and technical requirements.
• Confirm that project activities use approved methods and meet required standards.
• Support review of technical submissions, progress updates, and project deliverables.
• Identify any deviation from approved requirements and help drive corrective action.
• Ensure compliance with project governance and reporting rules.
• Track closure of technical matters, RFIs, NCRs, and open actions.
• Create and maintain milestone tracking registers.
• Monitor planned versus actual delivery of project outputs.
• Validate progress claims submitted by project teams.
• Track KPIs across all project functions.
• Maintain action trackers and follow up to ensure timely closure.
• Provide early warnings about risks that may affect schedule, quality, cost, or overall project goals.
• Prepare coordination reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Combine updates from different teams into concise executive summaries.
• Build dashboards showing progress, milestone status, risks, issues, technical compliance, and decisions needed.
• Support preparation of presentations for the Project Director and management.
• Maintain correspondence and records related to project performance and delivery.
• Act as the communication link between project teams and the Project Director.
• Facilitate coordination between construction, design, procurement, commercial teams, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Organize multidisciplinary meetings and track follow-up actions.
• Make sure information moves efficiently across all project workstreams.
• Help resolve interface issues between different project disciplines.
• Maintain project risk and issue registers.
• Track open risks and the status of mitigation actions.
• Spot new delivery risks before they affect performance.
• Coordinate follow-up on important decisions and approvals.
• Escalate unresolved issues that could affect delivery.
• Keep project tracking tools and coordination registers up to date.
• Support document control for key project deliverables.
• Ensure records, reports, and meeting minutes are accurately filed and maintained.
• Assist with project schedules, action logs, and milestone registers.
• Support audits and compliance checks when required.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, project management, architecture, or a related field.
• An MBA or professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or similar credentials will be an added advantage.
• At least 10 years of experience in project coordination, project administration, construction project management, or engineering project delivery.
• Prior exposure to large-scale construction, healthcare, infrastructure, or industrial projects is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting senior project leadership is beneficial.
• Solid understanding of project management principles and delivery workflows.
• Ability to monitor milestones, schedules, and deliverables effectively.
• Working knowledge of construction processes and technical documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Microsoft Excel, and ERP or project management platforms; Power BI is an advantage.
• Strong reporting, analytical, and coordination abilities.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills and disciplined follow-through.
• Comfortable working across multiple disciplines and teams.
• Good communication and stakeholder management capability.
• High standards of accountability and professionalism.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to question information constructively and verify facts.

Additional information

This is a full-time, onsite role based in Nigeria.

The position is intended to support complex project delivery across multiple functions and requires close coordination with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.