Project Coordinator Intern
Job Summary
Americas Residential, a division of ASSA ABLOY, is seeking a highly motivated Project Coordinator Intern to work in our headquarter office in Lake Forest, CA. This role will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a global company and a market leader in residential smart locks.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical intern interested in project management, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration to support our electronic lock product development portfolio and data analysis. Must be available to work onsite in our Lake Forest office 3 days a week for our hybrid schedule – Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Will be remote Mondays and Fridays.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the development of a project data and metrics platform to track schedule milestones, resource needs, and other portfolio attributes
- Assist in collecting, organizing, and standardizing historical project information to improve visibility and decision-making
- Help develop and maintain a centralized lessons-learned repository that is structured, searchable, and easy for teams to reuse
- Understand and document how different engineering and functional teams currently conduct product development and look for ways of optimization
- Identify gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for improved alignment and standardization across JIRA workflows
- Provide general project coordination and analytical support for PMO initiatives as needed
Education and Experience
- Currently pursuing a degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business, Operations of a related field.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Interest in project management, process improvement, and cross-functional ways of working
- Strong critical thinking, research, and problem-structuring skills
- Familiarity with Excel; exposure to Gantt-based scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project) is a plus
- Exposure to Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) or Power BI is a plus but not required
Work Environment
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Hybrid work in our Lake Forest Headquarter office at least 3 days/week.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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