Airframe and Engine Mechanic, Sr. jobs in Bridgeport, CT

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

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Our Culture

Bridgewater’s unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other’s logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know.

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About the Role 

We are currently seeking an Executive Coordinator who will support two of Bridgewater’s Department Heads (DHs) by liaising with internal and external stakeholders on their behalf, fielding and prioritizing incoming requests, managing their commitments and calendars, installing and overseeing intra-team processes, and ensuring broad organization and coordination across his responsibilities. This role demands a highly organized candidate who can juggle multiple, sometimes competing, priorities seamlessly. And, given the sensitive nature of the information the team frequently engages on, unwavering professionalism, absolute discretion, and exceptional judgement are all non-negotiables.  

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You will drive the following responsibilities: 

• In partnership with the DHs and their team, provide support to the DHs through administrative duties including:
• Proactively managing/coordinating daily schedule/calendar, contacts, travel arrangements, meetings (internal and external), conferences, and seminars.
• Arrange and schedule numerous meetings; maintain and update calendars; determine importance of meeting requests and schedule accordingly; demonstrate flexibility; serve as first-line of defense with the high volume of communications of phone and email.
• Responsible for excellence in complex meeting/event preparation (AV, room scheduling, telepresence events, etc.), set-up, and follow-up including preparing presentations/agendas/materials, documenting notes, and coordinating follow-up items to completion, arranging for food/drink.
• Act as a gatekeeper for the DHs, serving as first point of contact on incoming scheduling and administrative requests.

We are looking for candidates with the following minimum qualifications: 

• Extensive experience supporting senior management in an administrative capacity
• Effective written and oral communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple responsibilities/tasks/priorities with minimal error
• Ability to anticipate and independently avoid or solve problems
• Agility; capable of adapting to unexpected changes and rapidly evolving situations
• Willingness to stay connected
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook and Word
• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Physical Requirements:

For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with most employees required to work on campus as their principal work location, a minimum of two days (and in some cases three days) per week with the option to work offsite on other days.

Compensation:

The wage range for this role is $125,000 - $200,000 inclusive of base salary and discretionary bonus. The expected base salary for this role is between 80-90% of this wage range.

Why Choose Bridgewater?

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including:

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing
• Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups
• For a full list of Bridgewater benefits, click here.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer