Project Admin. Assistant
Date: Nov 12, 2026
Location: Carrollton, GA, US, 30119
Company: Southwire Company LLC
A leader in technology and innovation, Southwire Company, LLC is one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers. Southwire and its subsidiaries manufacture building wire and cable, utility products, metal-clad cable, portable and electronic cord products, OEM wire products and engineered products. In addition, Southwire supplies assembled products, contractor equipment, electrical components, hand tools and jobsite power and lighting solutions. The company also offers digital solutions including contractor planning and utility grid resiliency as well as field services including cable testing, rejuvenation and replacement to support our customers as a value-add partner. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, employee benefits, tuition reimbursement and unlimited growth opportunities. Our more than seven decades of progressive growth can be attributed to our determination to developing innovative systems and solutions, exercising environmental stewardship and enhancing the well-being of the communities in which we work and live. How will you power what’s possible?
Job Description
Position Summary
The Project Administrative Assistant provides project coordination, reporting, documentation, and system administration support for the Project Management organization. This position is responsible for maintaining accurate project information, preparing recurring executive and cross-functional reports, monitoring project activities and deadlines, coordinating gate-readiness documentation, and supporting portfolio-level visibility.
The role serves as an important link between Project Managers, Product Managers, cross-functional team members, and leadership by ensuring project information is accurate, current, and presented in a format that enables timely decision-making.
The responsibilities align closely with current project-management objectives around improving ServiceNOW task and schedule visibility, upcoming and past-due task visibility, gate communication, and maintaining high-quality project data.
Responsibilities
• Maintain project and project-task information in ServiceNOW, including task status, timing, ownership, progress, and other required project data.
• Maintain standardized project-management templates, forms, trackers, and supporting documentation.
• Support reporting and data extraction from ServiceNOW for portfolio and leadership reviews.
• Support leadership visibility into project schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, and upcoming gate activity via HeatMap.
• Maintain gate-review documentation, decisions, action items, owners, and due dates.
• Maintain and update EP Strategy File containing resourced and non-resourced projects.
• Support recurring cross-functional gate touchpoints and ensure required documentation is prepared in advance.
• Create and input data into the monthly Product Development Review presentation deck.
• Prepare past-due and next-two-week task reports that identify upcoming deliverables, overdue activities, responsible owners, project names, due dates, and task status.
• Follow up with task owners regarding completion status, revised dates, blockers, and required updates.
• Escalate unresolved or significantly overdue activities to the appropriate Project Manager.
• All other duties as assigned
Requirements
• Associate or Bachelor degree preferred
• Prior project administration experience
• Work in a team environment
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk.
• Ability to lift and carry objects up to 20 lbs
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Self-starter, self- motivated
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, with emphasis on Excel
• Communicate clearly
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Understanding of project management, customer, contractor, subcontractor relationships.
• Experience maintaining parts inventory
Southwire is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Nearest Major Market: Atlanta