Administrative Assistant (Coppell, Texas) – Austin Bridge & Road at Austin Bridge & Road, LP in Coppell, Texas

Job Description:

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 7,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Bridge & Road has an outstanding opportunity for an Administrative Assistant at our corporate headquarters in Coppell, Texas. The purpose of this job is to provide administrative and secretarial support services to Management and Jobsite team. Candidates will be technically competent and have a full knowledge of Austin Bridge & Road policies and procedures, Austin systems, and TAW2.

Responsibilities:

• Perform secretarial services to Management/Jobsite in order to provide efficient administrative support


• Interface with key personnel throughout the company to maintain a congenial working relationship with employee-owners, outside clients, and suppliers


• Communicate with the Project team for any discrepancies on timecards


• Perform other general accounting duties as assigned


• Maintain a filing system in an easily understood format


• Serve in an "as needed" capacity as back-up to other departments


• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily


• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required


• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions


• Individual must possess 2+ years’ general administrative/accounting background


• Background should include Word processing, document control, preparation of spreadsheets, graphs and charts, desktop publishing, and presentation materials


• Required skills: Word and Excel, excellent spelling and grammar, good phone skills, organizational skills, meets deadlines, able to multi-task, carefully proofs own work


• Professional, energetic, takes initiative, dependable, takes pride in work

Requirements:

• Minimum of 2+ years of administrative support experience, including document control, scheduling, and general office operations


• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) with strong typing and data entry skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication, including drafting, proofreading, and editing professional correspondence


• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines


• Dependable, punctual, and takes initiative, with a professional and customer service-oriented demeanor


• High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s or bachelor’s degree preferred


• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

 

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.

Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Austin Bridge and Road

A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road.

 

No Third-Party Inquiries Please

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company. 

Accessibility Note

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