Engineering Administrator - Supervising Associate
EY · Chicago, IL · 2 days ago
HybridAdministrative$82k–$152k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a highly organized Engineering Administrator to serve as the operational backbone of a fast-moving engineering organization. This role is dedicated to administrative and operations tasks, not engineering.
Responsibilities
- Own the software license lifecycle: procuring, renewing, tracking, reallocating, and retiring licenses and SaaS subscriptions.
- Manage vendor and supplier relationships: coordinating quotes, contracts, renewals, and points of contact.
- Handle procurement and purchasing: raising purchase requests and orders, tracking approvals, reconciling invoices, and following items through delivery.
- Coordinate onboarding and offboarding logistics: arranging accounts, hardware, access requests, and tool provisioning for new joiners, and ensuring clean, complete deprovisioning when people move on.
- Maintain hardware and asset inventory: tracking equipment assignments, coordinating repairs and replacements, and keeping accurate records of what the team holds.
- Administer access and account requests: submitting, tracking, and following up on approvals across systems and tools, and keeping shared access records current.
- Keep team documentation and records organized: maintaining trackers, distribution lists, shared drives, standard operating procedures, and other reference materials the team relies on.
- Serve as a central point of coordination: fielding administrative questions, routing requests to the right people, and proactively resolving operational issues that arise day to day.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
- 3+ years in an administrative, operations, procurement, or coordination role, ideally supporting a technical or professional-services team.
- Demonstrated experience managing recurring processes such as renewals, procurement, budgets, or vendor coordination.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Excel, Word, SharePoint) or equivalent office productivity tools.
- Prioritizing multiple workstreams and deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a professional and approachable manner.
- A self-starter mindset with the reliability to own tasks end to end with minimal oversight.
Skills and Attributes
- Exceptional organizational skills: able to manage many concurrent tasks, deadlines, and renewals without letting anything slip.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, particularly with records, budgets, invoices, and tracking.
- Proactive, self-directed working style, anticipating needs and acts before issues become blockers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with a professional, service-oriented approach to internal and external stakeholders.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling budgets, contracts, and sensitive information.
- Calm, dependable, and solutions-oriented under competing priorities.
What We Offer
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Equal employment opportunities.
- Reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities.