Administrative Assistant
Company Name:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Position Type:
Full-time
The Opportunity Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed individual for our Administrative Assistant. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and learn about SEL's manufacturing processes, then this position is for you! SEL's corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities. Administrative Assistant
Responsibilities:
Assist with projects as assigned.
Maintain correspondence, meeting minutes, division processes, scientific/technical documents, databases, measurements and/or reports.
Provide support to staff by:
Reviewing mail and developing appropriate recommendations, responses or routing.
Coordinating, scheduling and/or organizing meetings and appointments.
Assisting with the research and creation of presentations.
Facilitating intra/interdivisional information flow. Coordinating with contacts inside and outside the company.
Preparing and coding forms for purchasing supplies and equipment. Obtaining approvals, and ensuring receipt of purchase.
Maintaining filing systems by creating, filing and archiving records.
Make and coordinate travel arrangements. Prepare and code travel forms, reconcile as needed.
Assist with organizing and preparing for customer visits and training.
Assist with the preparation, access and protection of documents containing confidential information.
Continuously identify, measure, and improve processes.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Related associate degree or equivalent experience
Secretarial or administrative experience
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Superior organizational skills and high attention to detail
Excellent grammar and communication skills
Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
Ability to learn and communicate technical/scientific information
Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
Background check results satisfactory to SEL
Negative drug test result(s)
Preferred
Qualifications:
Database management skills
Experience with Lotus Notes, Visio, drawing and/or page layout programs.
Foreign language skills
To Apply for This Position: We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at . If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. SEL sends an initial e-mail response to all applicants at time of resume submittal. If you do not receive this communication, please check your SPAM filter and make sure your system is not blocking e-mails from SEL. It is important that you ensure your receipt of this e-mail as SEL may communicate future position updates via e-mail. SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. An Award Winning Company Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets. In 2012, SEL earned a spot on the FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine's 500-5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA), and the Washington Secretary of State Corporations for Communities Award (2010). Puget Sound Business Journal has also ranked SEL as one of Washington State's Top 100 Largest Private Companies every year since 2007. In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in all performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, maintenance cost, relay setting PC software, and price. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification from Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Less than 2,000 companies in the U.S. earn the VPP STAR status for outstanding safety and health programs. Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards. Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to become a leader in the power industry, employing over 3,700 people world-wide. Dr. Schweitzer understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions. Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide. Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company's growth. In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees through our Employee Stock Ownership Program. Its purpose is to involve employees in the company's long-term success and to encourage employees' motivation, creativity, and productivity. Once employees become eligible, SEL will contribute a certain percentage of employees' salaries, above their normal compensation, to accrue company stock with pre-tax dollars in their account.
Employee Testimonial Video:
SEL employees describe the opportunity and rewards of a career working at a 100% employee owned company!
Benefits:
SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.
Company Description:
SEL partners with customers around the world to ensure the safe, reliable, and economical delivery of electric power. We design, manufacture, and support a complete line of products and services for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of electric power systems. As an employee-owned company, SEL's core values drive the way we view our community, industry, company, and environment. At SEL you will find challenging work, state-of-the-art tools and technology, and excellent benefits. In addition, you will work beside some of the brightest minds and inventors in the industry.
We strive to exceed customer expectations in all aspects of our services. We define strategic objectives, operational improvement plans, and individual process improvement goals and action plans to serve as our road map for our journey of continual improvement. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a diverse, exciting, rewarding, and challenging career, your search ends here!Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Position Type:
Full-time
The Opportunity Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) seeks a professional, innovative and detailed individual for our Administrative Assistant. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and learn about SEL's manufacturing processes, then this position is for you! SEL's corporate office is located in Eastern Washington where you'll enjoy an unmatched quality of life. Enjoy the smaller town life: country space, freedom from traffic, easy access to recreational activities in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests, as well as great schools and universities. Administrative Assistant
Responsibilities:
Assist with projects as assigned.
Maintain correspondence, meeting minutes, division processes, scientific/technical documents, databases, measurements and/or reports.
Provide support to staff by:
Reviewing mail and developing appropriate recommendations, responses or routing.
Coordinating, scheduling and/or organizing meetings and appointments.
Assisting with the research and creation of presentations.
Facilitating intra/interdivisional information flow. Coordinating with contacts inside and outside the company.
Preparing and coding forms for purchasing supplies and equipment. Obtaining approvals, and ensuring receipt of purchase.
Maintaining filing systems by creating, filing and archiving records.
Make and coordinate travel arrangements. Prepare and code travel forms, reconcile as needed.
Assist with organizing and preparing for customer visits and training.
Assist with the preparation, access and protection of documents containing confidential information.
Continuously identify, measure, and improve processes.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Related associate degree or equivalent experience
Secretarial or administrative experience
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Superior organizational skills and high attention to detail
Excellent grammar and communication skills
Ability to multitask and adapt to changing priorities
Ability to learn and communicate technical/scientific information
Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills
Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment
Background check results satisfactory to SEL
Negative drug test result(s)
Preferred
Qualifications:
Database management skills
Experience with Lotus Notes, Visio, drawing and/or page layout programs.
Foreign language skills
To Apply for This Position: We ask all candidates to submit their resume through our website at . If your qualifications and experience match any of our current openings, please submit your resume for that position so that you may be considered immediately. SEL sends an initial e-mail response to all applicants at time of resume submittal. If you do not receive this communication, please check your SPAM filter and make sure your system is not blocking e-mails from SEL. It is important that you ensure your receipt of this e-mail as SEL may communicate future position updates via e-mail. SEL is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. An Award Winning Company Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) has earned a reputation for quality, reliability, integrity, and service. This has enabled us to expand within both the electric utility and industrial markets to include international customers and OEM markets. In 2012, SEL earned a spot on the FORTUNE Magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For list. This prestigious ranking celebrates the SEL 100% employee-owned culture as one of the best in the country. SEL has received numerous awards, including the Puget Sound Business Journal's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State (1999 through 2003, 2010, and 2011), Inc. Magazine's 500-5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (1990, 1991, 2008, 2010, and 2011), the Association of Washington Businesses (AWB) Manufacturing, Workplace, and Community Service Award (1998 through 2010), the Washington State Quality Achievement Award (WSQA), and the Washington Secretary of State Corporations for Communities Award (2010). Puget Sound Business Journal has also ranked SEL as one of Washington State's Top 100 Largest Private Companies every year since 2007. In an independent survey conducted by Newton-Evans Research Company, SEL ranks first in all performance categories including: technology, features, security against hackers, web/internet information ability, technical service and support, maintenance cost, relay setting PC software, and price. Since 2006, SEL has also held the elite VPP STAR status certification from Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Less than 2,000 companies in the U.S. earn the VPP STAR status for outstanding safety and health programs. Apply Your Talent. Make a Difference. Enjoy the Rewards. Are you ready to be part of a highly motivated and well-equipped team? Are you a quick learner who likes new challenges? If so, then you are ready to join us at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. Dr. Edmund O. Schweitzer III delivered the first commercial digital protective relay in 1984. Under his technical, managerial, and fiscal leadership, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has expanded to become a leader in the power industry, employing over 3,700 people world-wide. Dr. Schweitzer understands and supports the need for investing in employees. In return, he expects that we hire only the best, most highly motivated team members, and that we deliver simple, reliable, and cost-effective products and solutions. Our products and solutions must be simple and reliable because they protect the largest, most complicated machine on earth: the electric power grid. Blackouts in the U.S. and Canada remind us that reliable electric power is crucial to our society. SEL provides systems, services, and products for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of utility and industrial electric systems worldwide. Our company and our products exist to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical. That purpose has made SEL very successful, and the company is managed with sound fiscal judgment and that purpose in mind. Profits are reinvested to fuel the company's growth. In addition to offering a variety of challenges in a supportive, stable environment, SEL shares its success with employees through our Employee Stock Ownership Program. Its purpose is to involve employees in the company's long-term success and to encourage employees' motivation, creativity, and productivity. Once employees become eligible, SEL will contribute a certain percentage of employees' salaries, above their normal compensation, to accrue company stock with pre-tax dollars in their account.
Employee Testimonial Video:
SEL employees describe the opportunity and rewards of a career working at a 100% employee owned company!
Benefits:
SEL has an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, and vision for all regular full-time employees and their entire family; long-term disability and life insurance; education assistance programs; a very generous employee stock ownership plan; 401K; flexible benefit account; and an outstanding work environment.
Company Description:
SEL partners with customers around the world to ensure the safe, reliable, and economical delivery of electric power. We design, manufacture, and support a complete line of products and services for the protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering of electric power systems. As an employee-owned company, SEL's core values drive the way we view our community, industry, company, and environment. At SEL you will find challenging work, state-of-the-art tools and technology, and excellent benefits. In addition, you will work beside some of the brightest minds and inventors in the industry.
We strive to exceed customer expectations in all aspects of our services. We define strategic objectives, operational improvement plans, and individual process improvement goals and action plans to serve as our road map for our journey of continual improvement. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a diverse, exciting, rewarding, and challenging career, your search ends here!Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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