Account Administrative I

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. is seeking a project management support professional to assist project teams and departments with administrative tasks and records creation. You'll manage procurement, logistics, and portal-based invoicing, ensuring traceable inputs and outputs.

The role emphasizes strong organization, proactive prioritization, and adherence to SEL values and manufacturing principles in a professional office environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• 2-3 years experience in project management support, admin, or related role.
• Knowledge of project management support skills, procurement, and document control.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Background check results satisfactory to SEL.

Responsibilities

• Provide admin support to project teams and departments.
• Create new projects and records with validation inputs, planning, billing terms, and customer portal administration.
• Maintain document control and ensure inputs/outputs are saved and traceable.
• Support project communications, deliverables, records, registers, and stakeholder responses.
• Manage procurement and logistics: vendor setup, requisitions, order processing, inventory traceability, shipment coordination, and delivery documentation.
• Assist with invoice preparation and portal submissions; perform additional invoicing as needed.
• Adhere to SEL Values and World Class Manufacturing Principles.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Written & Verbal Communication

Organizational Skills

Initiative & Prioritization

Multi-tasking

Attention to Detail

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree in Business/PM/Admin

Tools

MS Office Suite

Deltek Vantagepoint

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Support project teams and different departments with administrative activities. Create new projects and records, ensuring the necessary inputs for validation, setting up planning, billing terms, and customer portal administration for different requirements. Maintain document control of projects, record any documentation provided by project teams, and ensure all inputs and outputs are saved and traceable. Support project communications, correspondences, and information flow; submit deliverables, maintain project records and registers, and track stakeholder responses. Manage procurement and logistics activities, including vendor setup, purchase requisitions, order processing, inventory traceability, shipment coordination, and delivery documentation. Support with invoice preparation, submittal through customer portals, and additional invoicing activities as needed. Follow and apply SEL Values, Principles of Operations, and World Class Manufacturing Principles. Understand. Create. Simplify. Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• 2 - 3 years of experience in a project management support, Admin, or related role.
• Knowledge of project management support skills, related terminology, procurement, and document control.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Background check results are satisfactory to SEL.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Administration, or a related field.
• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint, or other project management and ERP software.
• Experience working in a professional office environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams).

SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability and safety at a reduced cost. A 100 percent employee-owned company headquartered in Pullman, Washington, SEL has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers worldwide. Our mission is simple: to make electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.