Receptionist / Administrative Assistant

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Mount Pleasant, SC, USA
In-Office
Junior
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The Role
Serves as the welcoming first point of contact for clients, visitors, vendors, and employees. Manages phones, reception, conference rooms, calendars, meetings, catering, events, mail, shipments, petty cash, vehicle rentals, licenses, advertisements, and employee programs. Provides notary and general office support while maintaining professional communication, organization, confidentiality, and timely follow-through. The role is fully on-site and includes regular local driving to collect meals, refreshments, supplies, and meeting materials.
Summary Generated by Built In

Be the welcoming first point of contact for a company where relationships matter. At Thomas & Hutton, you’ll play an important role in creating a professional, organized, and welcoming experience for our clients, visitors, and employees while helping keep daily office operations running smoothly. If you take pride in providing exceptional service, enjoy interacting with people, and can confidently manage a variety of administrative responsibilities in a fast-paced professional environment, this role is for you.

What you'll do:

    • Serve as a professional and welcoming first point of contact for clients, visitors, vendors, and employees entering the office
    • Regularly answer and manage the main office phone line, professionally directing calls, responding to inquiries, and taking accurate messages
    • Maintain an organized and welcoming front desk and reception area
    • Manage conference room scheduling and coordinate daily meeting calendars
    • Coordinate meeting logistics, including room setup, catering, refreshments, and other meeting needs
    • Regularly drive to local restaurants, caterers, stores, and other locations to pick up lunches, meals, refreshments, and supplies for meetings, employee events, and company functions
    • Assist with Lunch & Learn sessions, including scheduling, catering, room preparation, vendor coordination, and other logistics
    • Support employee celebrations, appreciation events, office gatherings, and company-sponsored activities
    • Coordinate mail, UPS shipments, internal distributions, and other incoming and outgoing materials
    • Support bid pickups and deliveries to ensure timely handling of project documents and materials
    • Coordinate Employee Wellness Program rewards, T&H apparel orders, and other programs involving employee distribution
    • Maintain and reconcile petty cash records in accordance with company procedures
    • Coordinate Enterprise vehicle rentals for employees as needed
    • Coordinate newspaper advertisements and other administrative placements as directed
    • Maintain business license records, monitor renewal dates, and assist with required documentation and filings
    • Provide notary services for company documents and related administrative needs
    • Provide additional administrative and operational support to the office as needed

What you bring:

    • Associate degree preferred; equivalent education and relevant administrative experience will be considered
    2+ years of administrative, receptionist, customer service, or office coordination experience, preferably within a professional services or office environment
    • A professional and polished approach to greeting clients, answering telephone calls, and interacting with employees, vendors, and visitors
    • Strong customer service orientation and ability to represent Thomas & Hutton professionally as a primary point of contact for the office
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including professional telephone etiquette
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and calendar management
    • Experience coordinating meetings, catering, events, and general office logistics
    • Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking skills
    • Strong attention to detail and follow-through
    • Ability to independently prioritize responsibilities and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment
    • Ability to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive information
    • Flexibility and willingness to assist with a variety of office and employee needs as they arise
    • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required; local driving to pick up lunches, meals, refreshments, supplies, and other items for meetings and events is a regular responsibility of this position

Why Thomas & Hutton?

    Why Thomas & Hutton?

    • Competitive pay plus performance bonus
    • Condensed work schedule for better work-life balance
    • Top-tier health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
    • 401(k), generous PTO, holidays, and tuition assistance
    • Thomas & Hutton University and professional development opportunities

    Schedule:

    On-site: Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

    This is an on-site, front-office position. Consistent in-person presence is essential to successfully perform the reception, telephone, meeting support, and office coordination responsibilities of the role.

How to apply:

Ready to put your professionalism, organization, and service mindset to work as an important part of the Thomas & Hutton team? Apply today at www.thomasandhutton.com/careers.

At Thomas & Hutton, our mission of “Building Relationships and Solutions for Success” shapes how we serve our clients, strengthen our communities, and invest in our team. As a private employee-owned firm consistently recognized as a Top Workplace and recipient of PSMJ's Build a Better World Award, we're known not only for exceptional projects but for how we treat people and our communities.

When you join Thomas & Hutton, you'll discover a career with real purpose. We equip you with cutting-edge tools, technology, and software to work efficiently and excel. Our career development programs, including PaTHways and T&H University, combine with approachable leadership and a collaborative environment to support your professional growth at every stage. Pair that with competitive benefits, genuine work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities to give back through T&H Helping Hands, and it's clear why so many professionals choose to grow their careers here.

Learn more at www.thomasandhutton.com

Thomas & Hutton is a Drug-Free Workplace and an E-Verify participant.


Skills Required

  • Associate degree
  • 2+ years of administrative, receptionist, customer service, or office coordination experience
  • Professional approach to greeting clients, answering telephone calls, and interacting with employees, vendors, and visitors
  • Strong customer service orientation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and professional telephone etiquette
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and calendar management
  • Experience coordinating meetings, catering, events, and general office logistics
  • Excellent organizational, time management, and multitasking skills
  • Strong attention to detail and follow-through
  • Ability to independently prioritize responsibilities and exercise sound judgment
  • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately
  • Flexibility to assist with varied office and employee needs
  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
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The Company
HQ: Savannah, GA
302 Employees
Year Founded: 1946

What We Do

Our story began in 1946 with the collaboration of former US Army Corps of Engineers Officers, Hue Thomas and Joe Hutton, in their start-up engineering firm in Savannah, GA. Our founders envisioned tremendous opportunities in transforming the landscape and well-being of our communities by providing professional and consulting services to municipalities in the region, as well as private entities seeking to develop in the area. Today, Thomas & Hutton stands as one of the most well-respected and established multidisciplinary firms in the region, branching out to thirteen offices across nine regions in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. We provide comprehensive solutions to complex engineering and design challenges to a diverse group of private and public clients through professional consulting; civil, environmental, structural and marine, transportation, water resources, and water and wastewater engineering; surveying; planning; landscape architecture; geographic information system (GIS), and construction administration services. Thomas & Hutton offers a multidisciplinary range of services to pursue project success for clients in a variety of markets. We design with the future in mind. Our passion is providing civil engineering and related services to design places that become timeless, that transform into a vibrant place full of vitality, and that build a strong sense of community. Creating devices, techniques, and implementation strategies that help build a better vision and a healthier community are a part of our overall culture.

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