Senior Administrative Assistant

Hoar Construction Birmingham, Alabama


Description

The Senior Administrative Assistant is responsible for handling project documentation and correspondence in support of one or more managers.
Responsibilities:
  • Read and analyze incoming memos, letters, and reports to determine their significance and distribute appropriately.
  • Create and maintain project information in project management system; create subcontracts, purchase orders, change orders and their respective attachments as well as generating transmittals per Project Manager’s request for plans and specifications and pay requests.
  • Correspond on routine inquiries with subcontractors and vendors at the beginning and throughout the duration of a project, fax or email correspondence to the field or other locations as needed.
  • Coordinate invoice routing and monitor payments to subcontractors and vendors.
  • Enter and maintain client and prospect data in automated system.
  • Generate and edit contract-based documents through contract negotiations to produce final AIA owner contract documents.
  • Produce owner AIA change orders as required.
  • Answer and direct phone calls or take messages for appropriate parties.
  • Verify insurance certificates and follow up to ensure proper coverage is in place.
  • Notarize, copy, and distribute monthly pay application.
  • Prepare agendas for meetings and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, and other meetings.
  • Preparing plans and specifications for pickup/shipment.
  • Perform general administrative duties such as but not limited to; filing, photocopying, taking and distributing meeting minutes, managing schedules, coordinating travel arrangements, scheduling appointments with internal and external parties, providing back up to switchboard, ordering supplies, sorting, and distributing correspondence and maintaining database records.
Requirements:
  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
  • 5 or more years administrative support experience preferably in the construction or professional services field.
  • Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets, and managing files and records and other office procedures at a proficient level.
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • General basic knowledge of and ability to learn project management software such as Revit, VICO and other related programs and systems.
  • Valid Driver’s License required

Physical Demands and Working Environment:
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment: Work is performed primarily in an outdoor setting with exposure to all types of weather and temperature conditions, and travel from site to site.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting and field environment; to walk, stand, and sit for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull moderate amounts of weight up to 50 lbs without assistance and greater than 50lbs with assistance; to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

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