Office Supervisor

GILBANE is seeking to hire an Office Supervisor for our Concord, CA location.

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking an Office Supervisor to support the Senior Vice President/Regional Manager. This role will sit primarily in the office.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What's in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Works closely and effectively with the executive to keep him/her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities and following up appropriately. Acts as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping the executive updated.
• Conserves executive's time by reading, researching, and routing correspondence/emails; drafting letters and documents; collecting and analyzing information; initiating telecommunications.
• Successfully completes critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including drafting acknowledgement letters, personal correspondence, and other tasks that facilitate the executive's ability to effectively lead the business unit.
• Maintains executive's appointment schedule by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, and travel and reviews calendar on a weekly basis for planning time accordingly. Assists executive in arriving and ending appointments in a timely manner to best utilize his time.
• Researches, prioritizes, and follows up on incoming issues and concerns addressed to executive, including those of a sensitive or confidential nature. Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response and ensures completion of those actions.
• Maintains and submits the executive's expense report ensuring timely and accurate submittal of expenses.
• Maintains company and customer confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Prepares reports by collecting and analyzing information.
• Provides historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems; recording meeting discussions.
• Managing the day-to-day office operations, including supervising clerical staff that responsible for office and kitchen supplies inventory and organizing various employee functions.
• Contributes to management team effort by coordinating and facilitating various management meetings and recording minutes as needed.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, such as the firm's CEO and executives direct reports, as well as outside clients and vendors.
• Represents the executive and company in the utmost professional manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills to ensure regular deadlines are met and content is accurate.
• May serve as Learning Coordinator responsible for working with BUL/Department Heads and HR to determine annual training needs.
  • Create training schedules for BU/departments and communicate scheduled company training opportunities to employees to encourage participation.
  • Organize and execute training, including scheduling, sending reminders, providing facilitator with necessary training materials, and ordering/organizing catering.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Associates or Bachelor's degree in business or related field
• 5 or more years' experience in an Executive Assistant role
• Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, or Construction industries preferred
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Scheduling, time management and travel logistics
• Must be Proficient Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook)
• Exceptional organization skills

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
For California this ranges from $81,500.00-$112,100.00 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Note to Recruiters, Placement Agencies, and Similar Organizations: Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our jobs alias, website, or to any Gilbane employee. Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Gilbane and will be processed accordingly.