Administrative Assistant Job Description Construction

Current job title: Administrative assistant

Industry: Construction

Department: I manage all aspects of the office (home based business).

Years worked in this industry: 6

Years worked in this department: 6

Special training or attributes needed or helpful to get job in this industry (or specific department): Since I have previous administrative assistant experience all I had to learn was the construction field (I am trained in medical office work).

Number of managers and/or staff supported: It is just a small family business.

Typical work hours: Usually a couple hours a day.

Weekends or overtime hours: No weekends or overtime needed.

General salary range (Note: This is a general figure or range provided by survey respondent and may NOT be an exact salary in order to give survey respondent some privacy. Also you must take into account that the number of years worked in industry/department may contribute to this salary as well as criteria such as level of position and person reports to, required hours and geographical location.):

Benefits (direct or indirect): I have vacation (nonpaid) no medical or dental. It is a family business.

Lingo you might hear in this industry: Top plate, bottom plate and king plate (these are the plates of a wall system), trusses (webbed framing for the roof of a building), soffit and fascia (the aluminum trim).

A typical day on the job: Get the phone messages and answer any questions if I can, the ones that I cannot handle goes to the contractor, type any proposals and invoices on the computer, and schedule appointments, take inventory and put into the computer.

Positive things about being an administrative professional in this industry: I learn something new every day, I am busy all the time, I enjoy my job.

Negative things about being an administrative professional in this industry: Sometimes I get frustrated because the contractor is not here a lot to answer questions.

Type of workspace/office: office

Primary responsibilities as an administrative professional in this position: Word processing, maintaining a database of client, telephones, scheduling appointments, bookkeeping.

Top thing(s) incumbent admin would require of job applicants seeking to be her/his position replacement: Must be detail oriented and able to adapt to change.

Office machines or equipment operated regularly: Computer, fax machine, copy machine.

Technology (hard) skills used regularly: Computer.

Critical soft skills: Able to adapt to change. The construction business changes all the time, we have ups and downs like all business but we rely on the ups and sometimes it is frustrating to see a job lost to our competitor.

Pace of this position: Average

Geographical region: North (Midwest) U.S.