Job Summary

Project Server/PWA Administrator will have with a blend of skills centered on enterprise project management, technology, and strategic business analysis. The successful candidate must have demonstrated experience supporting all aspects of administration and support within the Microsoft Project Server technologies. Partner with Portfolio / Project Managers and Team Members to deliver world class support and customer service.

Provide application-level support for the Project Server. Gather business requirements for system use and reporting for a diverse set of business users. Develop appropriate views, custom fields, create calendars, and templates to meet the customer needs. Manage the Enterprise Global template and Enterprise Resource Pool. Setup permissions (including users, groups, and categories) to meet customer requirements. Provide tiered support for application users, develop helpdesk scripts for support and triage end-user requests. Provide user training and system demos for users in each Project Server role, as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• 45% - Develops, maintains, and supports Project Server
• 45% - Partners with the business customers to understand their requirements and deliver solutions that are accurate and timely
• 10% - Creates, modifies, and maintains technical documentation
• Continually - Seeks out opportunities to contribute to the business success through proactive involvement in team initiatives.
• Responsible for MS Project Enterprise PWA administrative functions
• Work closely with resource managers and program managers to assign work, identify resource gaps, and critical path items
• Provide weekly reports to communicate upcoming deliverables and resource forecasts
• Work with program managers to develop and maintain project schedules
• Maintain master project schedule for platforms and programs
• Develop and maintain MS Project Enterprise calendars, lookup tables, custom fields, templates, reports, & filters
• Add, edit, archive MS Project Enterprise users and resources
• Provide user support for troubleshooting MS Project issues
• Develop and maintain Power BI reports
• Develop and maintain workflows with Power Automate and SharePoint
• Work closely with Program Managers and IT to continuously improve the MS Project Enterprise environment
• Train project team members, program managers, and resource managers in MS Project Enterprise
• Works to understand the Cirrus New Product Introduction System (NPIS) a phased gating system methodology for project and reporting standards.
• Advanced data analytics and reporting.
• Create standard project tools, reports, and dashboards.
• Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool for data extraction, research and analysis.
• Maintain project assets, communications, and related databases.
• Develop heuristic models to drive predictability of future project plans.
• Responsible for data management and analysis of project metrics.
• Managing projects requires extreme attention to detail with a high level of accuracy required.
• Meeting punctuality and preparedness is required and expected to lead by example.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Experience and Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5 years project scheduling experience preferably in a product development, engineering or environment
• Expert knowledge in the use/administration of MS Project Desktop, Enterprise, PWA, and/or Server (Project Online).
• A thorough understanding of the Project client/server integration
• Extensive experience with the Project Professional client
• General project management understanding/experience
• Experience with integrating MS Project with Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint, Windchill, and TEAMS
• Experience with resource loaded schedules
• Project coordination or project management experience preferred.
• CAPM, or PMP, certification preferred.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

• MSITP in Enterprise Project Management, or MCTS in Project Server
• MCTS Microsoft Office Project
• PMP or other project management certification (Optional)

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Work beyond 40 hours per week may be required.

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.