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Remote project assistant jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors like technology, consulting, healthcare, and financial services, at companies running distributed teams and remote-first operations. From entry-level coordination roles at software startups to senior-support positions on global project teams, employers hiring remotely right now include Kent Companies, University Enterprises, and SWCA Environmental Consultants. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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This is an opportunity to put GIS to work while construction is underway. You will provide maps, data, applications, and technical support that help project teams protect sensitive resources, track environmental commitments, document field conditions, and respond to changing needs. Your work may support plant salvage, environmental monitoring and inspections, project design and proposed disturbance updates, variance requests, and compliance reporting.
You will take ownership of GIS deliverables and collaborate with project managers, construction personnel, field staff, and resource specialists. The work offers the opportunity to apply and expand your technical expertise while supporting natural and cultural resource management across the Southwest and beyond.
This requisition may be filled at one of the following levels, based on minimum relevant experience:
- Assistant Project Geospatial Scientist: Three (3) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
- Associate Project Geospatial Scientist: Four (4) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
- Project Geospatial Scientist: Five (5) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
This is a full-time, regular (with benefits), hourly/non-exempt position reporting to SWCA’s Las Vegas, NV office. A hybrid arrangement is available for employees based near the Las Vegas office. Hybrid arrangements may also be possible at other SWCA offices, depending on local circumstances. Employees who do not live near an SWCA office will work remotely. All candidates must be able to work a Pacific Time Zone schedule. Travel is not expected on a regular basis but may occasionally be required to support project work.
Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established.
We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.
- Leads projects or tasks of varying sizes from start to finish, employing experience and technical knowledge and proficiency to manage tasks.
- Executes technical tasks directly or through others, performing complex geoprocessing, modeling, or spatial analysis in coordination with subject matter experts and senior team members.
- Helps ensure the overall quality of work is consistent with SWCA's standards and practices, working collaboratively with team members to maintain high standards.
- Produces moderately complex cartographic-quality maps adhering to SWCA or client mapping templates, demonstrating advanced cartography and visualization skills.
- Manages large, complex data sets, showcasing expertise in data management, organization, and optimization for geospatial projects.
- Designs, creates, maintains, and performs QA/QC of geospatial databases, ensuring data integrity and reliability across projects.
- Independently troubleshoots complex problems for resource teams, providing solutions and support for technical challenges encountered in projects.
- Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Build and maintain web maps, dashboards, and applications using ArcGIS Online and related web GIS platforms to support construction project delivery and provide stakeholders with access to current geospatial information.
Coordinate GIS support for large-scale, ongoing construction compliance monitoring efforts using ArcGIS Field Maps and related applications. Curate data collected by field staff and prepare recurring reporting materials—including figures, spatial data, and calculations—on daily or weekly schedules as project needs require.
Maintain current project design and proposed disturbance information, and prepare and distribute updates for field staff and subcontractors.
Provide technical support to field staff and subcontractors using GIS applications and data workflows, troubleshooting access, collection, and data issues.
Support the administration and management of project delivery systems (PDS), software licensing, and ArcGIS Online access and sharing across external contractors, agencies, and other stakeholders.
Support plant salvage and other resource protection efforts by mapping locations, organizing field data, and helping project teams document work and results.
Respond promptly to time-sensitive construction issues, including variance requests and potential non-compliance. Help teams assess spatial impacts, document field conditions, update GIS information, and coordinate follow-up.
Coordinate with project managers, technical leads, construction personnel, field staff, and subject matter experts to define GIS needs, plan and track deliverables, meet project schedules, and communicate progress or issues.
- Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Environmental Science, Biology, Archaeology, or a related field with an emphasis in GIS (or GIS certificate).
- Three (3) years of post-education GIS experience in a professional setting.
- Previous experience as a GIS professional in the environmental consulting industry.
- Demonstrated experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, geoprocessing, spatial analysis, and cartographic design
Preferred Qualifications:
- Seven (7) years of post-education GIS experience in a professional setting, particularly for consideration at the Project Geospatial Scientist level.
- Previous experience supporting construction geospatial work associated with environmental compliance or inspection projects.
- Experience supporting large-scale, ongoing compliance monitoring using ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, Fulcrum, or similar tools, including curating field data and preparing recurring reports with figures, spatial data, and calculations.
- Experience maintaining project design and proposed disturbance data for construction teams and supporting field staff and subcontractors with GIS applications and data workflows.
- Experience supporting project design systems, software licensing, and ArcGIS Online access and sharing across contractors, agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Experience supporting time-sensitive variance requests or potential non-compliance with spatial analysis, field documentation, and GIS updates.
- Experience managing large, complex databases, including designing schemas and domains.
- GIS project management experience and the ability to work independently on complex tasks.
- Quality assurance and quality control experience and familiarity with workflow automation using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
- Experience on environmental consulting projects involving regulatory compliance or federal land management agencies such as the BLM, USGS, USFWS, or USACE.
- Active involvement in technical or professional GIS organizations.
Takes responsibility for team safety, developing safety plans (when applicable), and anticipating potential safety hazards.
Pay Range:
- Assistant Project Geospatial Scientist: $27.56 to $35.36 per hour
- Associate Project Geospatial Scientist: $30.94 to $39.78 per hour
- Project Geospatial Scientist: $34.32 to $44.20 per hour
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Equal Opportunity Employer
SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.
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This is an opportunity to put GIS to work while construction is underway. You will provide maps, data, applications, and technical support that help project teams protect sensitive resources, track environmental commitments, document field conditions, and respond to changing needs. Your work may support plant salvage, environmental monitoring and inspections, project design and proposed disturbance updates, variance requests, and compliance reporting.
You will take ownership of GIS deliverables and collaborate with project managers, construction personnel, field staff, and resource specialists. The work offers the opportunity to apply and expand your technical expertise while supporting natural and cultural resource management across the Southwest and beyond.
This requisition may be filled at one of the following levels, based on minimum relevant experience:
- Assistant Project Geospatial Scientist: Three (3) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
- Associate Project Geospatial Scientist: Four (4) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
- Project Geospatial Scientist: Five (5) + years of relevant industry experience and expertise.
This is a full-time, regular (with benefits), hourly/non-exempt position reporting to SWCA’s Las Vegas, NV office. A hybrid arrangement is available for employees based near the Las Vegas office. Hybrid arrangements may also be possible at other SWCA offices, depending on local circumstances. Employees who do not live near an SWCA office will work remotely. All candidates must be able to work a Pacific Time Zone schedule. Travel is not expected on a regular basis but may occasionally be required to support project work.
Application Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be scheduled as qualified candidates are identified. This position may close without prior notice once a strong candidate pool is established.
We are guided by our core values every day. We collaborate as #OneSWCA, we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack to our communities. With offices nationwide, SWCA offers a collaborative, team focused environment where employees can build meaningful and long-term careers.
- Leads projects or tasks of varying sizes from start to finish, employing experience and technical knowledge and proficiency to manage tasks.
- Executes technical tasks directly or through others, performing complex geoprocessing, modeling, or spatial analysis in coordination with subject matter experts and senior team members.
- Helps ensure the overall quality of work is consistent with SWCA's standards and practices, working collaboratively with team members to maintain high standards.
- Produces moderately complex cartographic-quality maps adhering to SWCA or client mapping templates, demonstrating advanced cartography and visualization skills.
- Manages large, complex data sets, showcasing expertise in data management, organization, and optimization for geospatial projects.
- Designs, creates, maintains, and performs QA/QC of geospatial databases, ensuring data integrity and reliability across projects.
- Independently troubleshoots complex problems for resource teams, providing solutions and support for technical challenges encountered in projects.
- Follows applicable federal, Tribal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, and specifications.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Build and maintain web maps, dashboards, and applications using ArcGIS Online and related web GIS platforms to support construction project delivery and provide stakeholders with access to current geospatial information.
Coordinate GIS support for large-scale, ongoing construction compliance monitoring efforts using ArcGIS Field Maps and related applications. Curate data collected by field staff and prepare recurring reporting materials—including figures, spatial data, and calculations—on daily or weekly schedules as project needs require.
Maintain current project design and proposed disturbance information, and prepare and distribute updates for field staff and subcontractors.
Provide technical support to field staff and subcontractors using GIS applications and data workflows, troubleshooting access, collection, and data issues.
Support the administration and management of project delivery systems (PDS), software licensing, and ArcGIS Online access and sharing across external contractors, agencies, and other stakeholders.
Support plant salvage and other resource protection efforts by mapping locations, organizing field data, and helping project teams document work and results.
Respond promptly to time-sensitive construction issues, including variance requests and potential non-compliance. Help teams assess spatial impacts, document field conditions, update GIS information, and coordinate follow-up.
Coordinate with project managers, technical leads, construction personnel, field staff, and subject matter experts to define GIS needs, plan and track deliverables, meet project schedules, and communicate progress or issues.
- Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Environmental Science, Biology, Archaeology, or a related field with an emphasis in GIS (or GIS certificate).
- Three (3) years of post-education GIS experience in a professional setting.
- Previous experience as a GIS professional in the environmental consulting industry.
- Demonstrated experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, geoprocessing, spatial analysis, and cartographic design
Preferred Qualifications:
- Seven (7) years of post-education GIS experience in a professional setting, particularly for consideration at the Project Geospatial Scientist level.
- Previous experience supporting construction geospatial work associated with environmental compliance or inspection projects.
- Experience supporting large-scale, ongoing compliance monitoring using ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, Fulcrum, or similar tools, including curating field data and preparing recurring reports with figures, spatial data, and calculations.
- Experience maintaining project design and proposed disturbance data for construction teams and supporting field staff and subcontractors with GIS applications and data workflows.
- Experience supporting project design systems, software licensing, and ArcGIS Online access and sharing across contractors, agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Experience supporting time-sensitive variance requests or potential non-compliance with spatial analysis, field documentation, and GIS updates.
- Experience managing large, complex databases, including designing schemas and domains.
- GIS project management experience and the ability to work independently on complex tasks.
- Quality assurance and quality control experience and familiarity with workflow automation using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
- Experience on environmental consulting projects involving regulatory compliance or federal land management agencies such as the BLM, USGS, USFWS, or USACE.
- Active involvement in technical or professional GIS organizations.
Takes responsibility for team safety, developing safety plans (when applicable), and anticipating potential safety hazards.
Pay Range:
- Assistant Project Geospatial Scientist: $27.56 to $35.36 per hour
- Associate Project Geospatial Scientist: $30.94 to $39.78 per hour
- Project Geospatial Scientist: $34.32 to $44.20 per hour
Use of Technology in Hiring
Candidate Use of AI
Equal Opportunity Employer
SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.
#LI-JR1
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Construction & Real Estate
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote project assistant jobs.
- Proficiency with project management software such as Asana, Smartsheet, or Microsoft Project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams
- Associate or bachelor's degree in business, communications, or a related field
- Experience maintaining project documentation, schedules, and status reports
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Tips for Your Remote Project Assistant Job Search
Prove your async communication skills upfront
Remote project assistants succeed or fail on written clarity. Update your resume and cover letter to show specific examples of documenting decisions, writing status updates, or communicating project progress without face-to-face meetings. Remote hiring managers look for this before anything else.
Highlight the project tools you already use
List every project management and collaboration platform you know, including Asana, Trello, Jira, Notion, Slack, and Google Workspace. Remote employers screen for tool fluency early because onboarding time for remote hires is limited and they need you productive fast.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote project assistant openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through listings that require on-site work.
Target remote-first companies over hybrid postings
Remote-first organizations have built their workflows around distributed teams, which means clearer onboarding, better async culture, and less pressure to relocate. Filter your search to companies where remote work is the default, not an accommodation, to land roles with real long-term flexibility.
Remote Project Assistant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote project assistant job?
Target companies that already run distributed teams, since they have the infrastructure and culture to onboard remote project assistants successfully. Remote employers screen hard for written communication, self-direction, and async collaboration skills, so tailor your application materials to show those explicitly. Familiarity with project management tools like Asana, Jira, or Monday.com gives you a concrete edge because remote project work runs almost entirely through those platforms.
Which companies hire remote project assistants?
Remote project assistant roles are posted by Kent Companies, University Enterprises, and SWCA Environmental Consultants and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first tech companies, management consulting firms, and distributed healthcare organizations make up the largest share of employers hiring project assistants outside a traditional office.
Can you get a remote project assistant job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level project assistant roles are harder to land than in-office equivalents because employers expect you to work independently from day one without on-site supervision. Remote-first startups and smaller consulting firms are your best entry points. You can substitute experience with a portfolio showing organized, documented work, completed online project management coursework, or volunteer coordination you can describe in concrete terms.
Do you need a degree for remote project assistant jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated organizational ability, clear written communication, and hands-on tool proficiency than a specific credential. Showing that you can manage tasks asynchronously, keep projects on schedule without direct oversight, and communicate clearly in writing often carries more weight than a diploma for remote project assistant roles.
Which industries hire the most remote project assistants?
Most remote project assistant openings sit in Construction & Real Estate and Consulting & Professional Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors rely heavily on distributed teams coordinating work across time zones, which makes remote project assistants a practical staffing solution rather than an exception.
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