Position title: Administrative Assistant

Job Type: Exempt

Pay: Salary

Benefits:

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service-utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 33,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Administrative Assistant provides administrative support to leaders for the ESG, Asplundh Innovate, and Labor Relations teams by conducting research, handling information requests, and performing highly visible and clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings or events for executives. This is not an entry-level position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide primary administrative support to management and direct reports including calendar management, travel, processing expense reports and other administrative duties, all with a sense of urgency, accuracy and confidentiality.
• Qualified candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong knowledge of company policies.
• Phone contact with office, field employees and customers.
• Create and maintain files, databases and spreadsheets to support regional functions.
• Ensure efficient and professional operation of office; exercise discretion, professionalism and diplomacy at all times.
• Handle correspondence, mail, and filing.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must be detail oriented and have good organizational skills.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment.
• Ability to work well with others, and interface with many visitors and all levels of management.

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements:

• Rarely: walking, kneeling, squatting, crawling, seeing distant, climbing on/off truck, climbing, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., depth perception, color vision, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 10 lbs., lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally: standing, stooping, body twisting, gripping, reaching, range of motion, climbing stairs.
• Frequently: sitting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, reading, hearing-speech range.
• Constantly: seeing.

About Us:

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of UtiliCon Solutions whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.