Project Assistant (Akron, OH)
Location: Akron, Missouri
Country: United States
Category: Project Management
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Posted Date: March 11, 2026
Job ID: 645105
Job Description
Job Title: Project Assistant
Location: Akron, OH 44320
Contract length: 13-month Contract-to-Hire
Pay: $20/hr - $22/hr
- High School Degree + minimum 3 yrs relevant experience
- Associates + minimum 2 yrs relevant experience
- Bachelors + some relevant experience
Project Collaboration
- Work with Client's SCADA engineering teams to ensure successful project execution.
- Verify project scope, work orders, change tickets, and RTU outage requests prior to SCADA testing and commissioning.
- Identify, communicate, and resolve project issues as they arise.
- Attend weekly meetings with the client and provide necessary information as requested.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Verify SCADA configurations are ready before the field project date
- Confirm EMS upload dates occur before the field project date
- Coordinate with Client EMS testers to assign testers for each SCADA job
- Provide regular project updates and maintain accurate job completion status for each job listed in SCADABase
- Update the SCORES and Engineering Support columns as needed
- Schedule field technicians to capture as-found configurations when requested by engineering department
- Verify all contracted SCADA jobs for the upcoming week with the Project Manager and field personnel
Field Support
- Request site access for contracted SCADA techs
- Assist the field tech finding the correct U-drive folder for SCADA jobs
- Manage Field Technician Project Reports:
- Edit and create documents for Technician Project Reports based on technician feedback
- Assist technicians with paperwork and answer any questions
- Verify and record the submission and accuracy of project reports using an Excel spreadsheet
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