Engineering, Administrative Assistant, Seattle

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly organized Administrative Assistant to support senior leadership within Engineering and be the Bellevue office organizational admin. This role provides traditional executive administrative support while also serving as a partner to the Chief of Staff and organization helping drive operational efficiency employee experience onboarding coordination and crossfunctional execution for the Engineering organization.

The ideal candidate is a proactive professional who thrives in a fastpaced environment brings strong judgment and discretion and is excited to extend beyond classic administrative responsibilities into people office and business supportworking closely with senior leaders HR partners and the broader engineering organization to keep priorities moving forward.

Responsibilities

Executive Administrative Support

• Provide administrative support to local senior leadership within Engineering
• Coordinate complex seniorlevel internal and external meetings and conference calls
• Maintain extremely detailed and complex calendars prioritizing requests and managing logistics across time zones
• Interact with senior business leaders and stakeholders with professionalism diplomacy and discretion
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements and process expense reports
• Manage invoices expense allocations and payment processing
• Maintain strong understanding of firm policies and handle certain issues independently
• Support onboarding transfers and offboarding processes in coordination with HR and Chief of Staff
• Perform general administrative duties adhoc projects committee work and group events
• Partner with conference and catering services for meetings and leadership engagements
• Order office supplies and maintain inventory

Operational Support

• Act as a daytoday execution partner to senior leaders helping track priorities followups timelines and deliverables
• Partner with HR to support onboarding processes ensuring a smooth welcoming and wellorganized employee experience
• Assist with HR administrative tasks including recordkeeping policy rollout support and employee inquiries
• Support office and workplace operations helping ensure a functional wellrun and productive environment
• Assist with coordination of local officerelated budgets invoices and expense tracking
• Serve as a coordination point for select crossdepartmental initiatives supporting communication and workflow alignment
• Support process improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies and helping implement practical solutions
• Coordinate key business meetings leadership programming and employee engagement events
• Contribute to a positive inclusive peoplefirst culture and act as a visible culture carrier for Engineering

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in an administrative operations HR support or business support role within a fastpaced environment
• Strong proficiency in Concur MS Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook
• Exceptional organizational skills with a high attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work across all organizational levels
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards and professionalism
• Sound judgment and ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information
• Selfstarter with strong anticipation followup and problemsolving skills
• Demonstrated integrity dependability and sense of urgency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting senior leaders within Engineering Technology or Financial Services
• Exposure to HR operations onboarding coordination or office management
• Experience supporting business initiatives or leadership priorities in a junior Chief of Stafftype capacity
• Bachelors degree preferred (business communications HR or related field)
• Proficiency with Excelbased tracking presentation development and emerging productivity / AI tools
• Interest in growing into broader operational or strategic support over time