Assistant, Technical
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Houston, TX
Description
The Technical Assistant is responsible for providing intermediate-level clerical support by performing routine duties as assigned and will work under the direct supervision of a Technical Manager.
What You Will Do:
- Creates and maintains databases for technical departments.
- Maintains daily log-on of submittals.
- Completes monthly plan counts for Offshore Engineering and Ship Engineering Departments.
- Completes Divisional plan count for the Director of Engineering.
- Maintains sophisticated filing systems for technical departments.
- Supports technical staff of the department as required regarding project tracking, logging, filing, or responding to client requests, etc.
- Maintains graphics for technical departments.
- Performs most of the general office or clerical duties for the assigned technical department, including but not limited to stamping and booking out submittals.
- May be responsible for maintaining the Technical or Engineering Department library.
- Learns other complex functions or computer applications in support of an Engineering or Technical Department.
What You Will Need:
Education and Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of 0 – 2 years of related experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Considerable previous related experience or a combination of education and experience.
- Ability to learn and understand established procedures and practices.
- Good arithmetic skills.
- Intermediate skills required to use office machines or equipment such as ten-key adding machines, calculators, copiers, etc.
- Ability to understand routine business concepts and instructions.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Familiar with the ABS Health, Safety, Quality & Environmental Management System.
Reporting Relationships:
Reports to a Manager, Director, or Executive level position. This position has no direct reports.
Working Conditions:
Work is primarily sedentary; exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.