Joshua Nian
Markham,ON
Summary
Experienced and detail-oriented Project Coordinator with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams and overseeing project lifecycle phases from conception to execution. Skilled in compiling project submissions, managing client feedback processes, and coordinating technical and administrative activities. Excels in fostering collaborative relationships and effectively communicating project updates to internal teams and clients. Seeking to leverage expertise in project management to drive successful outcomes in a dynamic and challenging environment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Coordinator - Progressive Design Build
Scarborough Transit Connect
01.2024 - Current
- Led project information acquisition from various sources, ensuring thorough understanding and communication among stakeholders
- Streamlined project submissions by compiling comprehensive data and managing client feedback for prompt issue resolution
- Orchestrated collaboration among diverse project stakeholders, optimizing workflow alignment with project goals
- Implemented robust information systems for efficient data gathering and dissemination, enhancing coordination efforts
- Developed standardized templates for streamlined project documentation and communication
- Led coordination efforts among design disciplines to ensure compliant and constructible designs
- Successfully resolved conflicts between designs, fostering collaboration and project alignment.
Project Coordinator
ONxpress Transportation Partners
03.2022 - 12.2023
- Efficiently planned, scheduled, and managed day-to-day construction activities, ensuring adherence to the P6 project schedule
- Supervised on-site work, including surveys, de-vegetation, and geotechnical tasks, ensuring quality and compliance with project requirements
- Coordinated with the Procurement Department to effectively track purchased equipment, tools, and contracts, optimizing resource management
- Assisted senior management in estimating costs and monitoring project expenses by extracting key information from supplier invoices, contributing to budget control and cost-effectiveness
- Developed work plan methodologies and addressed client comments, ensuring timely approval and client satisfaction
- Communicated project updates to internal teams and clients through engaging whiteboard presentations, facilitating effective project communication and stakeholder engagement
- Proficiently interpreted project documentation, including PA, drawings, and technical brochures, to ensure compliance with technical specifications and customer requirements
- Maintained a comprehensive daily record of construction activities, proactively adjusting project scope and schedule in response to management changes and order adjustments, ensuring project progress and alignment with objectives.
Project Coordinator
Aecon Group
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Key contributor to securing the SSE project through strategic bid process involvement
- Coordinated with discipline directors to meticulously compose and review bid proposals, ensuring timely submission
- Skillfully extracted crucial information from EJV engineering drawings for impactful PowerPoint presentations
- Enhanced utility relocation, construction, and traffic management plans, optimizing project strategies for internal and external bid teams.
Mechanical Design Engineer
Linear Transfer Automation Inc
07.2019 - 10.2020
- Independently led and managed design projects valued between $300,000 to $1.5 million, achieving successful project completion and exceeding client expectations
- Conducted project kick-off meetings and design reviews, capturing comprehensive client requirements and feedback, ensuring alignment with project objectives
- Designed intricate automated tools, machines, and production lines for OEMs and suppliers, enhancing operational efficiency and productivity
- Reviewed, error-checked, and released drawings to purchasing and machine build departments, ensuring accuracy and adherence to project specifications
- Monitored project schedules and costs, implementing effective tools and techniques to maintain on-time and within-budget project delivery
- Mentored and trained junior designers, facilitating their professional growth through orientations and onboarding training sessions, fostering a skilled and motivated team.
Junior Mechanical Designer
Prodomax Automation Ltd
09.2017 - 07.2019
- Designed new fixtures and systems to enhance and expand old production lines, resulting in increased capacity for lower ball joint production, thereby improving operational efficiency
- Innovatively created a manually-operated fixture to adapt an existing press, enabling the production of a new ball joint model, thereby enhancing production capabilities and product offerings
- Analyzed design specifications and effectively communicated crucial information to the supervisor, resulting in reduced design costs and elimination of unnecessary purchase orders, demonstrating cost-saving initiatives
- Collaborated with engineers and conducted necessary production line observations to complete work assignments, ensuring seamless integration of design solutions and efficient project execution.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Mechanical Engineering Technology
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON04.2023
Advanced Diploma - Mechanical Engineering Technology
Georgian College
Barrie, ON08.2017
Skills
- Project Management
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
- Information Gathering and Synthesis
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Client Feedback Management
- Project Scheduling and Monitoring
- Budgeting and Expense Monitoring
- Technical Documentation Interpretation
- Conflict Resolution
- Engineering Design
- Mentoring and Training
- Compliance Management
- Communication (Internal and External)
- Collaboration and Team Building
- Risk Management
- Presentation Skills
- Meeting facilitation
Certification
- Certified Project Management Professional, PMI
Timeline
Project Coordinator - Progressive Design Build
Scarborough Transit Connect
01.2024 - Current
Project Coordinator
ONxpress Transportation Partners
03.2022 - 12.2023
Project Coordinator
Aecon Group
03.2022 - 08.2022
Mechanical Design Engineer
Linear Transfer Automation Inc
07.2019 - 10.2020
Junior Mechanical Designer
Prodomax Automation Ltd
09.2017 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Mechanical Engineering Technology
McMaster University
Advanced Diploma - Mechanical Engineering Technology
Georgian College
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