Facilities Administrative Assistant
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Administrative/Clerical
Office Administrator/ Coordinator, Virtual Assistant/ Remote Admin, Administrative Management, Business Administration
TITLE:
Facilities Administrative Assistant
DEPARTMENT:
Facilities
REPORTS TO:
Sr. VP of Facilities & Security
STATUS:
Full-time, Non-Exempt
PAY RATE: $25.00 - $27.00/hour
LOCATION:
Chicago, IL, Onsite
This is a full-time Administrative Assistant position that provides administrative and office support tothe Senior Vice President of Facilities and Security, Environmental Quality, Coral Reef II, Technology,Finance and Security Teamsonsiteatthe main aquarium building and at the CACS.
S/heis responsibleforallprocurementprocessesand procedures relatedtopurchase ordersand contracts.
Timekeeping and processing of electronic payroll.
Provides capital and operational budget tracking for the Facilities and Water Quality group. Maintains the organizational emergency contact listsfor the Security team. Provides support to the Facilities team forthe preventative maintenance and service desk systems.
Supports schedule management for the Senior Vice President of Facilities. Providesgeneralsupportto the Facilities Management Teamandmaintainsanoffice environment.
include the following. Other duties may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Demonstrate commitment to Shedd’s vision,mission and values.
- Purchasing:
- Produces purchase orders, check requests,tracksinvoicesand expense reports.
Responsible forsendingfinal approved purchase ordersto vendorsandcontractors. - Work closely with
Purchasing
Director as updated purchasing information becomes available. - Request new vendor setup inpurchasingportal(Intacct)
- Maintains credit cardpurchasesand monthly reconciliation of credit cardpurchasesfor Facilities,Water Quality, Technology Teamsand Shedd Aquarium Vehicles #3 and #4
- Produce detailed line-by-line purchase orders for Instant Ocean deliveries for themainaquarium building and the CACS
- Produces monthly cleaning supplies purchase orders.
- Coordinates with outsourced project managers on contracts and purchase ordersto vendors that support their projects.
- Produces purchase ordersfor Coral Reef IIinMiami, Florida.
- Coordinates with the Shipping and Receiving Clerk to log in checks received in theincomingmailtotheaccounting spreadsheet.
- Produces purchase orders, check requests,tracksinvoicesand expense reports.
- Electronic Payroll Management(ADP):
- Reconciles bi-weeklytimekeepingfor Facilities and Water Quality Teams.
- Preparesthesign-in timesheet for tracking work time, PTO, Floating Holidays, and Holidaysforall pay periods.
- Maintains PTO calendar and tracking of scheduled and unscheduled PTO use.
- Submitse-time to Vice Presidents for approval.
- Servesas an e-time backup to other Administrative Assistants when needed for PTO coverage.
- Capital and Operating Budget Tracking:
- Tracksallpurchasingtransactionsby account codeand maintains the monthly operating and capital spending spreadsheets.
- Requests project numbers for new projects annually and whennecessaryduring the year.
- Contracts:
- Trackandmaintaincontract expirations.
- Request new scope and cost from vendorfor annual service contract renewals.
- Assist withRFPprocessforrenewal of existing andnew contracts.
- Assist with schedulingpre-bid meetings and walk-throughs.
- Enters service agreement data incontractportal.(Ironclad)
- Issuespurchaseorders referencing contracts.
- Emergency Contact List and Evacuation Sheet:
- Coordinates the quarterly update of the organization'semergency contact listandupdates the Department’s file in SharePointforpreparedness for evacuation drillsand other emergencies that may requiremusterreporting.
- Other Administrative Duties:
- Support Preventive and Service Deskdata management.(Brightly)
- Filesand organizes construction close-out documents.
Coordinates file…
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