Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!
About Essential Utilities
Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.
Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.
We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.
Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.
Job Purpose
The Executive Assistant provides administrative support to the State President - Aqua Texas and office staff. Collects, reviews and analyzes confidential data and prepares reports. Schedules and coordinates meetings.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Maintains the executive's calendar; schedules and confirms appointments; arranges meetings, locations and travel plans.
• Creates agendas and presentations for meetings. Transcribes and distributes meeting minutes.
• Prepares and submits executive's expense reports.
• Answers phones, relays messages, greets visitors and provides information to employees.
• Maintains files.
• Sorts, distributes, faxes, mails and follows up on mail as needed.
• Maintains common areas and supply areas in an orderly fashion.
• Assists with large projects as needed.
• Responsible for upkeep of State, Local and Federal employment posters.
• Creates new employee ID's and replaces as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned; may include data entry, reports/presentation compilation, etc.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Physical Activity
• Stoops Occasionally (1-33%)
• Kneels Occasionally (1-33%)
• Reaches Occasionally (1-33%)
• Stands Occasionally (1-33%)
• Walks Occasionally (1-33%)
• Fingers Occasionally (1-33%)
• Grasps Occasionally (1-33%)
• Feels Occasionally (1-33%)
• Talks Continuously (67-100%)
• Hearing Required Continuously (67-100%)
• Repetitive Motions Occasionally (1-33%)
Education Requirements
• BA/BS Degree Required
Experience Level
• 2-4 Years of Related Executive Level Support Experience
Office Technology Level
• Competent to use Microsoft Office suite: Word‚ PowerPoint and Excel.
Communication Skills
• Uses skills needed to work with internal and external customers on investigating problems and issues.
Aqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
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