Job Description

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we'll take you there.

Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We're fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We're on the hunt for an Administrative Assistant on our Geointelligence team at our Richmond office

Our mission is to turn data into insight. From detecting changes in fragile ecosystems to monitoring northern ice floes and shipping routes, our near-real time data of Earth observation and the environment makes our Geointelligence team a leader in geospatial imagery, ground stations, enterprise geospatial systems and defence programs. A

We require a professional administrative assistant to support our Engineering, Aviation & Land groups based in our Richmond office. The successful candidate will be proactive, energetic and have excellent customer relations and communication skills The applicant must be highly organized, able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Richmond based Engineering Department (Engineering Manager & Line Managers) as well as the Aviation and Land programs, (population ~ 75) with the following functions
• Coordinating the logistics for all managers' customer/business visits (ordering lunches, booking rooms etc.)
• Coordinating/setting-up conference calls (Zoom)
• Coordinating new hire arrangements & team computing needs
• Coordinating travel arrangements and expense claims
• Organizing team events
• Correspondence preparation
• Be an interface to the Richmond Engineering office and Line Managers.
• Periodic support for Richmond reception desk as required.
• Assisting the project teams with miscellaneous tasks as required
• Other duties as assigned or required

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years office experience providing administrative support
• High School Diploma
• Intermediate level PC experience and proficiency required in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proven ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to work under pressure, to handle interruptions and to manage multiple requests
• Ability to deal with sensitive information using excellent judgement, diplomacy, and discretion
• Available to work extra hours on short notice

Comments/Special Considerations:
Successful candidate must be able to obtain and hold security clearance at the Reliability level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods