Administrative Assistant

Waste Connections•Val Verde, CA

3d•$28 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

Chiquita Canyon Landfill, a Waste Connections company, is currently hiring for an Administrative Assistant in Castaic, CA! The Administrative Assistant fields inbound calls using a multi-phone line system, deals with walk-in traffic and process invoices. Looking for someone who is highly organized, works to resolve problems, is tech savvy as well as adaptable and able to help out with projects and assignments when they come up. This is a Monday - Friday position working 8AM – 5PM. Starting pay is $28-29 per hour. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years’ experience in project coordination and administrative tasks
Professional phone etiquette
Strong typing skills; including 10-key
Able to multi-task and handle stressful situations
Able to work with a multi-phone line system
Must have advanced knowledge of Excel and other project coordination software programs such as Trello
Must be able to problem solve and able to prioritize and manage tasks accordingly.

Responsibilities

Provide friendly and efficient service to walk-in visitors by answering questions.
Answer in-coming phone calls from customers and vendors.
Create status reports on projects and keep track of project deadlines.
Accounts Payable duties - processing invoices, verifying purchase orders, issuing payments, etc.
Clerical support for all managers
Event planning and assisting with meetings
Other duties as assigned.