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Junior Project Manager Project Coordinator Jobs in Rochester, MN

Knobelsdorff Enterprises

Project Coordinator

Goodhue, MN · On-site

$50K - $65K/yr

Create and manage projects in Procore and Viewpoint, including uploading documents and reviewing budgets. * Communicate effectively with vendors and assist procurement with sourcing. Qualifications ...

McGough Construction

Project Manager

Rochester, MN · On-site

Participate in BIM coordination meetings * Manage project sustainability requirements and documentation * Understand the requirements of our owner's contracts, as well as subcontracts Subcontract ...

TERRACON

Project Manager

Rochester, MN

Coordinates effort with APR to make sure that APR has opportunity to engage throughout the project ... Manage all aspects of a small to medium sized project. * Works with client or NAM to define project ...

TERRACON

Project Manager

Rochester, MN · On-site

$77K - $119K/yr

Coordinates effort with APR to make sure that APR has opportunity to engage throughout the project ... Manage all aspects of a small to medium sized project. * Works with client or NAM to define project ...

CannonDesign

Project Manager III

Rochester, MN

$70K - $87K/yr

Participate in the coordination of all disciplines with design intent. * In collaboration with ... MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required. The ...

CannonDesign

Project Manager III

Rochester, MN · On-site

$70K - $87K/yr

Participate in the coordination of all disciplines with design intent. * In collaboration with ... MS Project, Deltek Vision, Bluebeam as well as other data management software is required. The ...

McGough

Senior Project Manager

Rochester, MN · On-site

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER McGough is rapidly growing and improving its self-perform concrete ... Conduct and provide timely documentation for construction coordination meetings * Participate in ...

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How much do junior project manager project coordinator jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 20, 2026, the average yearly pay for junior project manager project coordinator in Rochester, MN is $73,678.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $54,900.00 and $85,400.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Junior Project Manager or Project Coordinator, and why are they important?

To excel as a Junior Project Manager or Project Coordinator, you need strong organizational abilities, attention to detail, and a foundational understanding of project management principles, often supported by a relevant degree or entry-level certifications like CAPM. Familiarity with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Asana, or Trello, along with basic proficiency in MS Office, is typically required. Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills help you effectively coordinate tasks and manage stakeholder expectations. These competencies are crucial for ensuring that projects run smoothly, deadlines are met, and team collaboration is maintained.

What is the difference between Junior Project Manager Project Coordinator vs Project Scheduler?

AspectJunior Project Manager Project CoordinatorProject Scheduler
CredentialsTypically requires a bachelor's degree in project management, business, or related field; certifications like CAPM are commonOften requires a degree in project management, engineering, or related field; certifications like PMI-SP are advantageous
Work EnvironmentWorks closely with project teams, stakeholders, and clients; involved in planning, coordination, and communicationFocuses on developing and maintaining project schedules; works with project managers and teams to ensure timelines
Employer & Industry UsageCommon in construction, IT, and manufacturing industries; used by organizations managing multiple projectsPrimarily in construction, engineering, and IT sectors; used by project teams to track project timelines

While both roles support project execution, the Junior Project Manager Project Coordinator handles broader coordination and stakeholder communication, whereas the Project Scheduler specializes in creating and maintaining project timelines. Understanding these differences helps in selecting the right role for your skills and career goals.

What does a Junior Project Manager/Project Coordinator do?

A Junior Project Manager or Project Coordinator assists in planning, executing, and closing projects under the supervision of senior managers. Their main responsibilities include organizing project tasks, maintaining schedules, coordinating meetings, and ensuring that team members are on track with deadlines. They often communicate with different departments, help manage project documentation, and report on project progress. This role is ideal for those looking to gain experience in project management and develop organizational and leadership skills.

What are the typical challenges faced by a Junior Project Manager or Project Coordinator, and how can I prepare for them?

Junior Project Managers and Project Coordinators often face challenges such as juggling multiple tasks, managing tight deadlines, and ensuring clear communication among team members. Adapting quickly to shifting priorities and learning to use project management tools efficiently are also common hurdles. To prepare, familiarize yourself with project management software, practice effective time management, and develop strong organizational and communication skills. Being proactive in seeking feedback and learning from experienced team members can help you navigate these challenges successfully.
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Project Coordinator - Project Solutions

Project Coordinator - Project Solutions

Border States Industries, Inc.

Rochester, MN • On-site

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

This job post has expired today. Applications are no longer accepted.

Border States rating

8.0

Company rating: 8.0 out of 10

Based on 27 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

96th of 368 rated retail wholesalers

Job description

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you're empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.
This position will be located in: Phoenix, AZ This position may be based at any of our branch locations across North Dakota, South Dakota, or Minnesota. 

Application Deadline: July 13, 2026

Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.

Job Summary

The Project Coordinator - Project Solutions provides project management skills for managing contractor projects. Manages the flow of material from the planning phase to the completion of each assigned project. Maintains the schedule of jobs being handled, maintains accurate database on current projects, and ensures required specifications are met for all jobs in progress. Actively participates in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures. Obtains orders and provides order entry, expediting, pricing, follow-up, and other value-added services, as required.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

  • Works closely with Border States' Account Managers, Business Development Managers, Regional Managers, and sales staff to provide product management for the assigned projects to meet and exceed sales and gross profit objectives.  
  • Projects may deal with substations, power transmission, wind and solar energy, data Telco, HV industrial, commercial, or residential construction and industrial.
  • Manages the flow of material from the award phase to the completion of each assigned project. 
  • Ensures quality customer support through expediting, pricing, follow-up, returns, and other services, as required. 
  • Provides customers with timely follow-up on technical inquiries and requests.
  • Maintains the schedule of jobs being handled, maintains accurate database on current projects, and ensures required specifications are met for all jobs in progress. 
  • Organizes regular meetings to address concerns and provide valuable feedback, ensuring everyone is aligned with project goals.
  • Oversees complex projects from award to completion, ensuring they meet all scope, timeline, and budget requirements.
  • Manages and maintains comprehensive project documentation, including shipment schedules, financial summaries, and other customer-specific project records to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and alignment with project objectives.
  • Maintains a high level of teamwork and communication in ensuring a balanced workload within the team. 
  • Completes project group job form with customer information for each project handled.
  • Consistently provides responsive, quality service to our customers. 
  • Actively participates in coordinating, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, pricing, products, competition, and procedures.
  • Provides assistance in purchasing functions, product evaluations, inventory management, pricing development, and other related services.
  • Responsible for the completion of each assigned project. 
  • Obtains orders and provides order entry, expediting, pricing, follow-up, and other value-added services, as required. 
  • Coordinates with the Credit and Collections team to resolve customer-billing problems resulting from errors in the quotations process, pricing, shipping, deliver or other customer service/credit areas. 

Non-essential Functions

  • May develop and follow up on quotations for customers within the company profit objectives and guidelines. 
  • Responsibilities may include overseeing all or some of the following; product application and support, estimating, procurement, material management, staging, kitting, storage, job site delivery, back hauling, and project close out. 
  • May assist with negotiating with vendors for best pricing and best delivery of products to customers and/or jobsites
  • May be required to consult with engineers and developers on given projects.
  • May be responsible for calls on customer accounts and actively seek to develop new accounts to secure orders and generate sales of products and services. 
  • May perform material takeoff of bids that could include products such as wire and cable, transformers, splices, terminations, switchgear, apparatus, and specialty equipment. 
  • Provides customers with timely follow-up on technical inquiries and requests. 
  • May develop quotations and request bid/performance bonds for customers within company profit objectives and guidelines. 
  • Contacts vendors for pricing, as needed.
  • Attends training programs, as required. 
  • May assist with trade shows, as needed.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's in business or trade degree preferred or the equivalent in work experience. 
  • 2 years of prior customer service, quotation, or sales experience with strong knowledge of electrical products and utility systems preferred. 
  • Comprehensive knowledge of product lines and applications, alternate product substitutes, and supplier pricing policies preferred. 
  • Strong working knowledge of PC for Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint), internet, email, and SAP software preferred.
Skills and Abilities
  • Technical ability to understand electrical systems and product applications with prior electrical distribution experience preferred. 
  • Technical ability to read specifications and drawings highly preferred. 
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, reading, and customer service skills are preferred with the ability to effectively plan and organize and work well on a team. 
  • Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.
Physical Requirements

Lift and carry requirements (weight and frequency):
Occasionally 0 - 33% Frequently 34 - 66% Continuously: 67 - 100%

  • Lift from Floor to Waist:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Frequently
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Frequently
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 51 to 75 lbs. -Not at all
    • 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 101 + lbs. - Not at all
  • Above Waist Lift:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
    • 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 101+ lbs. - Not at all
  • Unilateral Carry:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
    • 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 101+ lbs. - Not at all
  • Bilateral Carry:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 76 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 101+ lbs. - Not at all
Physical Activity

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

  • Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Frequently
  • Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
  • Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently
  • Bending/Stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally
  • Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
  • Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Frequently
  • Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently
  • Crouching/Squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
  • Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
  • Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally
  • Repetitive Motion (substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously
  • Trunk Rotation (movement in any direction, whether standing or sitting, with at least one foot stationary and in contact with the floor) - Occasionally
  • Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
  • Handling (applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
  • Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working primarily with fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
  • Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Occasionally
  • Driving (the control and operation of a fork lift) - Frequently
  • Desk Work (tasks generally performed at a desk, including use of a computer, printer, fax machine, telephone and other office equipment) - Frequently
  • Use of tools (safely operate equipment needed for receiving, conveying, stocking, packaging, and shipping parts) - Frequently
  • Hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously
  • Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Occasionally
  • Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Frequently
Additional Information

The table above represents the range of activities that take place over the course of the "average" work day for this position. Daily variations can occur depending on the volume and type of customer orders; volume of incoming product received; the weather; and the needs of Border States and its customers. The pay range for this position is $32.94 per hour to $42.40 per hour, depending on experience. 

Our History

Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers' needs, which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.

Values
As a Border States employee-owner, you're responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.

Our Purpose
We believe unstoppable businesses shouldn't go it alone. We are owners - of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.

Service Philosophy
We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.

Service Standards
Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .

Your career
Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?

Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time and more!
Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All

It's not just the law.  It's something  we've believed in since our founding.  We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace

Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre-employment screenings:

  • Criminal background check (required for all positions)
  • Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
  • Drug testing

The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.

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