Office Assistant

Lewis Landscape Services of Beaverton, Oregon now has an opening for an Office Assistant.

Lewis Landscape Services is the Premier residential landscaping firm in the Beaverton/Hillsboro area (Near Hwy 26 & Cornelius Pass Rd.) We're Celebrating our 25th year in business and fresh out of our best year ever in 2020, we're looking for a new team member who is anxious to join our family and continue to grow with us.

We're based in Hillsboro, Oregon -- right on the edge of Beaverton - near Hwy 26 and Cornelius Pass Rd.

With almost 50 team members in our maintenance division, landscape construction division and service division and thousands of recurring customers, we have a very fast paced office with high call volume office during the spring and summer. The remainder of the year is fairly busy, but not quite as fast-paced. This is a full time position, year-round.

Our company is focused on providing the best quality landscape experience for our residential clients in the SW Portland / Beaverton area. We're looking for the best talent so we can continue to provide that level of service to our discerning customers.

This position starts at $18.50 - $19.50 per hour, depending on experience. In addition to this wage, we also offer health insurance benefits - two great policies to choose from. We have a professional office suite with a friendly office staff. A nice office with a nice break room, free coffee, etc.

This position would be answering phones much of the day to arrange appointments for our sales staff to meet with customers for estimates and for our service technicians to meet with clients for service work. In addition, other office duties would include: creating invoices in Quickbooks, processing credit card payments over the phone, handling mail, faxes, emails to project managers and clients, scheduling crews, filing contracts, filling out forms for permits, calling in utility locate requests and other such office duties.

For this position, we're looking for a team member that has the following qualifications:

• Strong phone etiquette and excellent spoken English
• Previous experience working for a construction company or landscaping company would be a big plus
• Well versed in use of computers, internet, email and Office Programs such as MS Excel and MS Word as well as Experience Using Quickbooks required.
• Experience in customer relations, setting appointments. In particular, experience with Google Calendar.
• Attention to detail and professionalism are required.
• Reliable, trustworthy, honest and drug-free. We need someone who can be here every day, reliably, and on-time. Every Day.
• Positive attitude. Someone who remains positive always and encourages others to do so.

If you have the experience and characteristics we're looking for and are looking to work for a solid well-known, well-liked, professional operation, you owe it to yourself to come meet with us! Let's see if it's a good fit! It all starts with you sending your resume in. If you're interested, please email us your resume and if you have specific qualifications that we mentioned above, please note that in the comments of your email. Now is the time. We'd love to hear from you. Let's begin to discuss your possible future here at our company! Come be part of the fastest growing and one of the largest residential landscaping firms in the state. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.50 - $19.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees wear masks in the offices. Social distancing guidelines are in place.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Microsoft Office Word & Excel: 1 year (Preferred)
• QuickBooks: 1 year (Preferred)

Typical start time:

• 8AM

Typical end time:

• 4PM

Setting:

• Other

Ergonomic Workspace:

• No

Financial Duties:

• Processing payments
• Billing

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Company's website:

• www.lewislandscape.com

Company's Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/lewislandscape

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place