Office Assistant I - Engineering

Duties: Answer Engineering Main Line and assist citizens/contractors with inquiries. Primary responsibility to arrange, copy, distribute and accept payment for Contract plans and specifications sold to customers for bidding purposes. Assist engineering staff with reports and presentations, including graphics and displays, including coordinating facility reservation requirements. Compile and write various reports and correspondence as assigned by the Director and other supervisors. Maintain high attendance level due to critical nature of assignments. Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service. Handle the more complex and technical problems and customer inquiries. Prepare and maintain all related required reports, files and records. Primary responsibility to arrange, copy, distribute and accept payment for Contract plans and specifications sold to customers for bidding purposes. Keeps detailed and accurate records. Completes necessary forms for retrieval of data and compiles reports from collected data. Monitors and compares data to determine compliance with prescribed operating standards. Must be able to obtain and maintain, without interruption, all necessary licenses, certifications, clearances, and/or job requirements. Works the assigned schedule and complies with the City's timekeeping and attendance policy.
Qualifications: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. PREFERRED: Bilingual (English/Spanish).
The City of Pasadena offers very generous benefits to all full-time employees. For example:

• Employee-only medical insurance starts as low as $15 per month and the most expensive Employee & Family plan is less than $350 per month.
• As an employee, you will contribute a portion of your salary each pay-period towards your retirement and the City will match your contribution by 200%. Example, if you contribute $100, the City will contribute $200.
• Less than 6 years of service - two weeks of vacation per year.
• The City has its own medical clinic staffed with a M.D. and two medical assistants. Employees and their covered dependents over the age of 5 can visit the clinic FREE OF CHARGE.
• From 11 to less than 21 years of service - four weeks of vacation per year.
• From 21 to less than 26 years of service - five weeks of vacation per year.
• From 26 years of service and up - six weeks of vacation per year.
• Employees and their covered dependents also have access to Virtual Visits with a medical professional FREE OF CHARGE.
• From 6 to less than 11 years of service - three weeks of vacation per year.
• Civilian employees accumulate vacation at the following rates:
• The City offers college tuition reimbursement of up to $3,500 per year.

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