Jr. Project Manager, IT - Estes Forwarding Worldwide

Overview

Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading domestic and international freight forwarder in the United States, providing customized logistics and warehousing solutions for clients around the world and across all industries via air, ground, and ocean freight. A subsidiary of Estes Express lines with corporate located in Richmond, Virginia, EFW is uniquely backed by Estes Express Lines’ extensive line haul network providing EFW clients with a hybrid transportation network. The company has received industry awards, including Specialty Carrier of the Year and E-Commerce Delivery Carrier of the Year, and has been recognized by Global Trade Americas as a leading 3PL to watch.

We are proud to offer highly competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Job referral bonus program

Responsibilities

The Jr. Project Manager, IT will be responsible for assisting the Project Manager, IT with all aspects of technical project lifecycles including project scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs and change management. Additional responsibilities include developing project resource plans and status reports and supporting technical asset inventory management.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Work directly with customers, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Preferred candidates will have some project management experience.
• Manage IT projects and project segments by specified objectives within specified resources.
• Manage all aspects of assigned projects, to include reporting on project progress-to-plan, status updates and facilitate team meetings.
• Direct and monitor the requirements, framework conditions and progress of IT projects.
• Review/gather functional and non-functional requirements, create communication and risk plans, update overall project plans through project lifecycles.
• Ensure development of products and services to customer requirements.
• Act as liaison and interface to different business units.
• Prepare ongoing daily, weekly and monthly project status reports and schedules.
• Support asset inventory tracking, including software licenses, computers, printers and other equipment.
• Track project progress in Project Management software (Asana) including managing and monitoring project budgets and contracts.
• Translate metrics into actionable, meaningful intelligence.
• Support the evaluation, recommendation and implementation of new technologies.
• Manage communication related to development projects and tickets to end-users and setting expectation.
• Manage and/or perform use case testing.
• Regular attendance is required.
• Comply with company C-TPAT and TSA security procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/ Experience & Qualifications:Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Information Systems, Information Technology, Supply Chain Management or Logistics preferred and 1-2 years of relevant experience. Additionally, prior experience working in the transportation/freight movement industry desired. However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.

• Knowledge of standard project management methodology.
• Ability to help manage project teams, risks and issues.
• Must be flexible, able to pay excellent attention to detail and work under pressure during periods of peak work volume.
• Proficient in Access, PowerPoint, Word and Visio.
• Advanced skills in MS Excel, including formula and Pivot Table creation.
• Ability to write queries and build reports using MS Access and Excel.
• Proficient in MS Mail/Outlook/Exchange.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Strong time management, organization, communication and presentation skills.
• Consistently meet documented deadlines and objectives.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work.
• Project Management experience.
• Must be able to comply with all company policies, rules, procedures and Code of Conduct.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment independently or with groups of people, such as other departments, and communicate known concepts.
• Must be mentally and emotionally capable of handling a high stress environment.
• Responds well to questions. Ability to read, interpret and comply with written information and documents such as safety rules, operations /procedure manuals and maintenance instructions with a high comprehension and concentration level to include the ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to read and interpret complex business and/or technical documents.
• Ability to write comprehensive reports and detailed business correspondence.
• Ability to present to a group of departments.
• Ability to solve problems with a variety of concrete variables through semi-standardized solutions that require some ingenuity and analysis.
• Ability to draw inferences and follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve moderately complex problems.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, random drug and/or alcohol tests, and will be subject to a criminal history background check.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.
• At this time, EFW will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
• EFW offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.