Receptionist at Michael Baker International in Alexandria, Virginia

Job Description:

DESCRIPTION

Michael Baker International is actively seeking a receptionist to join our Alexandria, VA. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and ability to take initiative and prioritize daily tasks.

Essential duties include:

• Retrieves messages from voice mail and forwards to appropriate personnel using Microsoft Teams.
• Answers questions about the organization and provides callers with addresses, directions, and other information.
• Welcomes on-site visitors, determines the nature of business, and announces visitors to appropriate personnel.
• Answers incoming telephone calls, determines the purpose of callers, and forwards calls to appropriate personnel or departments.
• Takes and delivers messages or transfers calls to voice mail when appropriate personnel are unavailable.
• May receive, sort, and route FedEx packages and faxes and maintain and route publications.
• May maintain fax machines, assist users, send faxes, and retrieve and route incoming faxes.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Maintains security by following procedures, monitoring logbooks, and issuing visitor badges.

• Have 1-3 years of experience in general office support.
• High School diploma. Higher education and prior related work experience are a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) and Sharepoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for internal associates and external clients.
• Professionally mature and dependable.
• Excellent English language skills, written and verbal, are essential to success in this role, as well as excellent listening skills.

COMPENSATION
The approximate compensation range for this position is $21.07/hr. to $27.39/hr.. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.Michael Baker International is actively seekinga receptionist to join our Alexandria, VA. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and ability to take initiative and prioritize daily tasks.