Office Coordinator/HR Assistant

Summary

The Office Coordinator/HR Assistant provides office support by performing various tasks and services for the Office Director and the HR department. This position collaborates with various management levels on projects that contribute to the team's success. This role uses discipline-specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to assist with multiple projects, presentations, and business improvement opportunities. This position performs other career-related responsibilities as assigned. This fast-paced position ensures the team's day-to-day operations run efficiently and effectively.

Duties and Responsibilities

+ Greet guests and customers by greeting them in person or on the telephone and answering or directing inquiries. + Maintains office supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; evaluating new office products; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies. + Oversees office cleanliness, directing cleaning staff and monitoring break areas for cleanliness. + Employee Orientations + Performs customer service by answering phone calls with employee requests and questions. + Scan documents into the appropriate employee files + Assist with benefits enrollment for new employees and Open Enrollment. + Distribute PPE to field Superintendents + Process hourly/salaried new hires, set up in HRIS, and complete all documentation. + Ensure all I-9 information for all Kent Companies Central Texas Employees is handled with the utmost confidentiality. + Assist with preparing New Hire Orientation packets to include all benefit information. + Explains Benefits packets to new hires. + Processing Benefits information for the employees requesting insurance. + Overseeing workspace assignments and upkeep of the overall office aesthetics. + Responsible for the distribution of company property/technology, including paperwork. + Responsible for ensuring mail is checked throughout the day. + Responsible for assisting the Assistant HR Manager as needed and requested.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties and Responsibilities are not comprehensive and can be changed at any time, with or without notice.

Required Experience, Education, and Qualifications

Preferred education and experience

Benefits

Kent Companies provides its employees with one of the most competitive compensation and benefits packages in the construction industry. Benefits vary by location, with a fully customized benefits package presented upon hire. Typical benefits packages include:

Perks associated with this role

Our goal is to offer unparalleled career progression that is not precisely pre-determined. Instead, it builds on the teammate’s strengths, interests, and pursuits as the individual gains experience, grows, and develops in their career. You would be hard-pressed to find another ENR Top 6 Commercial Concrete Company that parallels Kent Companies.

Work Environment/Physical Demand

This position works in an office environment, requiring extended periods of sitting.

Position type, travel, and expected hours of work

This is a full-time office position. Occasional day and overnight travel is required. Typical hours will range from 45 to 50 per week and are subject to change. Due to the critical nature of the role, accepting phone calls even during non-typical workdays and hours is also necessary.

Office Location

11755 W Little York Rd., Houston, TX 77041

About Kent Companies

Kent Companies is a full-service specialty trade contractor with operations across Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and the Carolinas. As a third-generation, family-owned business, we believe our people are our greatest assets. We employ over 2,000 trade professionals nationwide and deliver every project with our Four Hallmarks: Safety, Productivity, Quality, and Customer Service. Kent Companies is known as The Leaders in Concrete™ and continuously ranks in the Top 10 Concrete Contractors nationwide by ENR Magazine.

Kent Companies’ family of brands includes Kent Concrete, Kent Underlayments, Kent Facilities, Kent Foundation Solutions, and Foundation Rescue Supply.

Kent Concrete

We deliver comprehensive, turnkey concrete construction services to customers nationwide. Our services include structural concrete, tilt-up concrete, concrete paving, curb and gutter, and concrete pumping. From the most complex cast-in-place structures to mission-critical facilities, our customers turn to us because they know we’ll deliver the horsepower and expertise to get the job done.

About our Houston Commercial Concrete Division

Kent Concrete operates a Houston-based commercial division that delivers tilt-up concrete construction for data centers, logistics, distribution, and commercial facilities. We offer comprehensive services, including foundations, slab-on-grade, Ductilcrete® slabs, and tilt-up concrete. Learn more about Kent Concrete by visiting concrete.kentcompanies.com.

EEO Statement

At Kent Companies, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce, and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Kent Companies does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions, including but not limited to hiring, recruiting, promotions, performance evaluations, termination, and compensation decisions.

The Company will strive to ensure that all employees and prospective employees will be treated equally in regard to recruitment, employment, promotions, demotions, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, leaves of absence, and layoffs. The Company will further ensure that its management staff is aware of the Company’s commitment to this policy and each member understands their individual role in the process of administering this plan.

Kent Companies will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.