Engineering Assistant

Harris Group, a growing employee-owned engineering firm, seeks a Part-Time Engineering Assistant to support Engineers and Project Managers in our Charleston, South Carolina office. This is a great opportunity for someone with Engineering/Architecture project services experience to join our team.

Proposal Coordination & Document Controls

• Collaborate and assist project managers, engineers, and other team members in the creation of winning proposals and high-quality qualifications packages.
• Track and facilitate responses to project RFIs and submittals.
• Monitor receipts of customer/contractor submittals, returns, and revisions.
• Prepare documents, set-up base proposal templates, gather proposal sections, facilitate input from discipline leads, edit for correct grammar, formatting and branding.
• Edit specifications from markups, check formatting, assemble, produce, and coordinate QA/QC efforts.
• Create and maintain project reports and spreadsheets.
• Assist with tracking project costs, invoicing and change requests.
• Manage the formatting and updating of resumes.
• Assist with staff planning.

Office Coordination

• Attend meetings, take notes and lead preparation of meeting minutes and action items.
• Schedules meetings and organizes calendars, including food orders when applicable.
• Greet and assist office visitors, answer and direct phone calls.
• Other duties as assigned.

Marketing Coordination

• Create presentation materials for a variety of audiences that enhance Harris Group's business development and client relationships.
• Coordinate and support corporate events, industry conferences, and community engagement activities.
• Develop and support promotional opportunities, events, milestones, successes to highlight in marketing/social media.
• Assists with the production of marketing materials

Educational & Work Experience

Two-year college degree required, four-year degree preferred. 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Assistant or Administrative Assistant in engineering or construction.  Understanding of the industry's normal workflow and processes are required.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel mandatory.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills is a must.
• BlueBeam & Adobe Creative Cloud products experience a plus.
• Self-reliant, detail oriented, and able to effectively prioritize a variety of project demands in a fast-paced, timeline driven environment.

This is a Part-Time position, 20 hours a week, 4-hours a day in our Charleston, SC office.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Harris Group provides a competitive compensation and benefits package and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Drug Free Workplace

Harris Group, Inc. is a 100% drug free workplace. For the safety of our employees, customers, and our customer's facilities, we do a pre-employment drug test and may require random testing to meet specific client needs. Please note that Marijuana, even if prescribed by a physician OR allowed under a state law regulating Marijuana, remains illegal under federal law and is against Harris Group's policy.

We look forward to receiving your application!