Administrative Assistant jobs in Rochester, MN

What would it feel like to be part of a company guided by engaged and empowered employee-owners? To have the encouragement to run with innovative ideas? To know your opinion is valued and your voice is heard? Wouldn't you love to work in an atmosphere of transparency, respect, and accountability?

Then you belong at SEH.

SEH is currently searching for a talented Administrative Assistant to join our Administrative team in Rochester, Minnesota.

At SEH, our Administrative team is involved in a wide variety of support functions to ensure the company’s daily operations are on task and running smoothly. This group is key to providing organizational support to leadership as they manage their teams in maintaining operational goals and driving sustainable growth. As a part of this team, your ability to assess and prioritize information, be deadline driven and flexible will positively impact the overall success of the organization.

Selling Points:

• Our ESOP provides you an opportunity to own part of the company – 100% of our profits are re-invested in our Employee Owners!
• SEH supports you living your best life! We offer flexible work arrangements and schedules, so you have options that work for you.
• We want you to have options to celebrate the holidays important to you and your family through our flexible paid holiday program.
• Our Paid Family Leave benefit allows you to be there for the people you love - whether it’s the family you were born into or the family you chose

What you will be doing:

• Providing support to professional and technical staff by performing a variety of administrative duties
• Word processing, managing spreadsheets, data entry and records management/filing
• Project coordination and drafting reports
• Answer phones, tasks associated with opening/closing office, processing mail and shipments, and maintain cleanliness in the office
• Effective interaction/communication with clients, contractors and SEH team members

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to report into the Rochester, MN office daily Monday - Friday
• Minimum of two (2) years previous experience in a similar role providing administrative support
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Ability to understand and complete complex tasks with minimal supervision
• Ability to work successfully in a team environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to accuracy and detail, strong problem solving skills, and good organizational skills
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative with assigned tasks, assignments or projects
• Ability to operate basic office equipment including personal computers, copiers, scanners, phones, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Willing to work a minimum of 30 hours per week
• Ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects through prioritization and workload scheduling
• Ability to learn new software and assist office manager as well as other project managers in completing their work
• Knowledge of construction documents (specifications and other documents)
• Previous experience working in an engineering/architecture firm

Who we are

Better Places. Clean Water. Renewing Infrastructure. Improving Mobility. Together with clients, we’re simplifying the world’s most complex challenges. And we’ve been doing this since 1927. SEH is employee-owned and our 900 engineers, architects, planners, scientists and a wide array of professionals unite behind our core purpose of Building a Better World for All of Us®. You’ll find our employee-owners located across the U.S. and evidence of our work in nearly every state.

Base compensation is expected to be in the range of $21.50 and $25.00 per hour based on skill set and experience. Check out our full benefits package at, SEH Hiring Journey

For confidential consideration, apply online or send your resume and salary requirements via fax to 651.490.2138. Please refer to the job title if you choose to fax.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future. We are unable to provide or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees according to all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, directives and regulations of federal, state and local governing bodies and agencies. In keeping with this commitment, it is the policy of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or status as a covered veteran. Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Notice to Third Party Agencies: SEH does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, staffing services, or other employment agencies. If a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Service Agreement by SEH’s Director of Talent Attraction expressly requesting recruitment/staffing services for specific position(s), SEH reserves the right to pursue and hire these candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. In such cases, any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, are deemed to be the property of SEH.

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