Project Support Assistant - Charleston

The Opportunity

To provide clerical and project administrative support performing routine activities under general supervision and within defined procedures. May have regular contact with clients, suppliers, or company employees outside the immediate work area to exchange information.

As part of BV Operations, your skills will be aligned to projects that support our three market sectors:
Governments & Environment, Energy & Process Industries, and Connectivity & Commercial. You will engage with projects across the globe, from community improvements to Mega Projects.

• Completes simple paper filing activities
• Receives and distributes mail
• Faxes documents
• Copies documents
• Prepares files for archiving
• Distributes documents
• Performs scanning and electronic filing
• Answers phones
• Greets and directs visitors
• Assembles documents (reproduction and collation)
• Performs basic word processing and data entry
• Maintains simple spreadsheets
• Orders office supplies
• Maintains project calendar
• Arranges project‑related meetings, travel and/or events
• Generates or distributes ad hoc reports using various business systems and databases to internal project team
• Generates simple documents, such as letters and memos
• May maintain personal calendar for project manager
• May route and track invoices
• Performs other general clerical duties as needed
• Creates expense reports for project team members
• Is coordinator of project communications
• Individual contributor with no subordinates

Individual Contributor

• 2+ years relevant experience preferred
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

• Basic MS Word skills
• Basic MS Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Basic MS Outlook skills
• Spelling and grammar skills
• Concentration and cognitive skills
• Initiative
• Interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and reading comprehension
• Communication skills, including verbal and written skills
• Ethics and values
• Integrity and trust
• Ability to make decisions
• Problem‑solving ability
• Expense Reporting Systems (Creating)
• Time Reporting Systems
• Time Reporting Policies and Procedures
• People Soft and Blueprint Basic Users
• Telephony and Web conferencing
• Electronic Repository Systems
• Travel Systems
• Financial Information Systems/Business Reporting System

Basic word processing and spreadsheet skills needed. All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Normal office environment. Extended periods of monitor viewing. Stooping, crouching, talking, grasping, hearing, keyboard input, turning pages, typing and writing. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects. Work involves sitting for extended periods of time.

Customer focus

BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries and its affiliated companies, complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law. For our EEO Policy Statement, please .