Receptionist
CEC is one of the top specialty subcontractors in Texas and as a quickly growing company, we are always looking for passionate, talented, and creative people to join our team’s roster.
If you are looking for a challenge that will lead you to the next level of your career, you have found the right place.
Position Summary
A leading commercial construction company is seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, front desk administrator to join our growing team in Irving, Texas.
In this role, you will provide general office support with a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. You are the face of the company and greet all new visitors that enter the building.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Answers phones, transfers calls and takes messages.
- Provides general customer service to all callers and visitors.
- Prepares outgoing mail and FedEx packages.
- Sorts incoming mail and packages daily, delivers correspondence.
- Assists with organizing and distributing office supplies.
- Maintains a neat and tidy reception area that exhibits a professional, comfortable general front office atmosphere.
- Performs other clerical duties such as assembling learning and development materials.
- Other duties as assigned by the Office Manager.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective completion of tasks and projects.
Education and Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent. (Preferred)
- Minimum of one years’ experience in a reception / customer service and concurrent administrative role.
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Bilingual (Spanish speaking).
- Computer knowledge and efficiency, including Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Ability to interact with internal and external customers and project positive energy.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and email / written with good phone etiquette
- High level of confidentiality, maturity, and discretion.
- Professional personal presentation.
- Must be able to meet required deadlines.
- Attention to detail.
- Must be able to prioritize and work on multiple tasks in a fast paced, schedule driven environment.
- Utilizes judgment to interact with respond appropriately to situations, using calmness, conciliation, assertiveness, and professionalism.
- Extremely punctual and dependable, ability to work 8 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. Reliable attendance. This is not a remote position.
- Ability to type at least 50 WPM with accuracy.
- Possess integrity and trustworthiness.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job operates in a clerical office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Requires mobility within an office environment.
- Regularly required to talk and hear. Ability to effectively communicate with others both written and orally, including using the telephone.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- The employee may be required to walk; climb up stairs, reach with hands and arms; and bend.
- May be required to stoop, kneel, and crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Possess good hearing, normal or corrected.
- The employee must be able to regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and lift and / or move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
- Must be able to work 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week, and overtime as required and night or weekend shifts, as needed.