An exciting opportunity has arisen at Peterson Projects & Solutions at Colombo, Sri Lanka for PROJECT LEAD/ PROJECT ADMIN.

As a Project Lead/ Project Admin, you will play a key role in supporting project planning, coordination, and management. You’ll be responsible for maintaining project documentation, tracking timelines, and ensuring budgets stay on course. You’ll work closely with our internal teams to ensure projects are delivered seamlessly. From preparing reports and managing communication to handling financial proceedings like invoicing and payments, you’ll help ensure everything runs smoothly.

Are you detail-oriented, organized, and ready to contribute to impactful projects and do you want to be part of our international network? Then we are looking for you!

Tasks and responsibilities

Support the project team with planning, coordinating, and managing project activities.
Maintain project documentation, track timelines, and monitor budgets.
Coordinate the finance proceedings to ensure timely invoicing, payments and budget adherence
Liaise with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure seamless project delivery.
Prepare reports, meeting minutes, and project-related documents.
Assist in the management of resources and ensure adherence to project deadlines.
Manage communication and ensure issues are addressed promptly.

Requirements

Bachelor of degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration, or a related field
Prior experience in project management or similar roles.
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Our Company

Peterson Projects and Solutions is the advisory division providing pragmatic and hands-on solutions to your challenges. We support companies in achieving their sustainability goals by assisting them in defining their sustainability policies, reducing their environmental footprint and identifying potential sustainability claims and defining them accordingly.

Our values drive our business and our people demonstrate these attributes in all that they do. We are looking for candidates that act with integrity, demonstrate the highest level of service quality, are resilient, have an adaptive mindset and are committed to working safe, with long term view and sustainability. If you have these qualities, then we look forward to welcoming you to our global family!

Disclaimer: Please do not expect our team to respond if you do not meet the specified requirements.

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Peterson has been helping to build a better world for over 100 years. In 1920 Mr. Peterson started our company as a ‘graanfactor’, a service provider in quality and logistics in grain and feed, and today, over 100 years later, we have grown to become a trustworthy global partner for logistics, advisory, technology, and training. We now provide a comprehensive range of quality services to customers in over 80 countries.

Cross-sector, global expertise
Our in-depth knowledge and experience covers all aspects of the supply chain, across a wide range of industries, and cargo types. From oil and gas to renewable energy; from feed to regenerative agriculture and textiles.

Thanks to our global network of offices, and our 5,000+ people, we are uniquely placed to support businesses anywhere in the world, providing on-the-ground support and insight to assist our partners with local challenges that matter to them and the world around them.

Logistically speaking

From our roots in agricultural inspections, we have been operating for 103 years, and are now an independent global logistics provider and consultancy partner.

We deliver solutions across many different industries, from consultancy and technology solutions to industry leading integrated logistics services, through to practical training options for our clients.

Through our expert Projects and Solutions teams, we provide real solutions to clients’ sustainability challenges, across social, environmental, sustainable finance, and responsible sourcing areas.

Within Energy Logistics, we provide integrated logistics solutions that span the entire energy lifecycle, from exploration to production, through to decommissioning, partnering with clients at every stage of operations.

In the area of Commodity Logistics, we deliver a wide range of solutions including inland shipping, agency support, transshipment, road transportation and much more.

Our Core29 and Peterson Technologies teams of highly skilled professionals bring together a wealth of experience and expertise in various domains, including software development, business intelligence, and business analysis, to develop Technology solutions to support businesses.

And finally, through Peterson Academy we offer training services to advance skills, knowledge and expertise, by utilizing our global expertise across all the industries we work in.

Our values matter

Although the scale of our business may have changed over the past century, the values that drive us have not. We carry on to deliver long-term, sustainable and innovative solutions to clients across the globe. We are driven by our values of:

Safety

We are committed to keeping ourselves, our colleagues, our partners and communities safe

Integrity

We are a family company with trust as our biggest value, so we act and swear by honesty, making responsible and respectful decisions

Customer Focus

Our customers are the reason for our existence. Their success is our success; delivering the highest level of service quality and experience is our focus

Entrepreneurship

Every step we and our partners take is a step forward in helping them overcome their ongoing challenges

Long-term view

We think long term and keep an adaptive mindset, focused on sustainable growth and assisting our partners on their way towards a sustainable future

People first

We recongize the value in each person and support them to thrive

Our sustainability impact

Our vision is to be a leader in sustainable practices and to create a positive impact on the environment through our operations and services. We are committed to doing our part and have set a goal to achieve net zero emissions across all our operations by 2040.

Innovative thinking

We recognize the importance of looking ahead, forecasting and innovation. We see innovation as our duty to ourselves, our stakeholders and our clients. Not as a desire for new techniques and business models but more as a culture that we nurture in our company. Committed to providing top-quality service, using state-of-the-art technology, expert techniques and personnel for a range of services bespoke to the needs of our clients, we are proud to offer innovative solutions that are supported by our core values.

Sustainability Report 2023

To accelerate our journey towards a more sustainable future we launched our second annual Sustainability Report, and its focus is on how we are incorporating sustainability management into our overall strategy. Our 2023 report was developed about the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and covers all activities within the various business entities in the Royal Peterson and Control Union Group, regardless of their geographic location.

Number of employees: 6,000+
Sectors: Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy (Offshore Wind), Shipping, Port Management, Nuclear, and Commodity Logistics.
Preferred educational level: MBO for operational/technical roles (warehousing, stevedoring); HBO/WO (Bachelor/Master) for consultancy, engineering, and logistics management.
Preferred education: Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Maritime Studies, Business Administration, HSEQ Management, or Mechanical/Civil Engineering.
Career level: All levels, including Starters/Graduates, Experienced Logistics Professionals, and Senior Management.