Development Specialist

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onboarding logistics for new hires, including schedules, materials, orientation sessions, and cross-department collaboration with HR, IT, and hiring managers.
• Ensure workstations, system access, and training resources are ready prior to start dates.
• Support multiple development projects across one or more campuses, including tracking project deliverables, managing documentation, and ensuring compliance and version control.
• Partner with project managers to monitor project milestones, risks, dependencies, and action items, providing regular progress updates and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Manage vendor onboarding, coordination, and shipment logistics, including packaging and labeling in compliance with company and carrier requirements.
• Coordinate logistics for meetings, events, conferences, and project-related activities, including travel arrangements, itineraries, agendas, meeting materials, and catering.
• Maintain office organization, supplies, and cleanliness across multiple development sites.
• Monitor inventory and reorder office supplies as needed.
• Partner with site security to establish construction security protocols and manage access credentials as needed.
• Prepare and present project status updates and executive reports, including tracking daily logs, incidents, and environmental compliance.
• Coordinate “topping out” events and other milestone celebrations in partnership with contractors and marketing teams.
• Accurately process and submit executive expense reports in a timely manner.
• Collect and share best practices with project teams to promote efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Assist in the execution and administration of contracts.
• Assist in local jurisdiction permitting and entitlement processing and reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+/- years Associate’s Degree
• 2 + years of relevant experience in construction administration, project coordination, development operations or related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong organizational and scheduling skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience in data center or other complex construction/mission-critical facility environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work across all organizational levels and external partners.
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a proven capacity to adjust to evolving business needs.
• Team-oriented with a collaborative approach to supporting multiple QTS locations.
• Clear, professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage concurrent projects while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with project management tools such as Procore is preferred.

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