**Job Summary**:
As the initial point of contact for visitors and callers, the **Receptionist**'s primary duty is to courteously and professionally greet and welcome guests arriving at the facility.

**Essential Functions**
- Greets clients and visitors.
- Screens visitors to prevent unwanted interruptions to company employees.
- Promptly, accurately, professionally and courteously assesses received calls and inquiries and directs and/or records and relays messages.
- Ensure each visitor signs in the Visitor's Log Book, including the arrival time and the person to whom they are visiting.
- Places lunch orders for visitors.
- General administrative duties as assigned including typing, answering phone, opening/sorting mail and collecting and distributing messages.
- Prepares or processes outgoing mail to include accurate weighing, coding, sorting, affixing postage, properly addressing, and preparing certified, rush, overnight, return receipt mail as directed using FedEx Online.
- Keeps immediate supervisor well-informed of activities, results of efforts and problems identified.
- Performs other general duties if assigned.

**Qualifications/Minimum Requirements**:

- Pursuant to a government contract, this position requires US citizenship status.
- High School diploma or GED Preferred.
- Proficient with using office technologies (e.g. MS Office, copier, scanner, printer, and PC Desktop).
- Minimum 1-2 years of relevant experience preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Strong work ethic; can work independently.
- Highly professional with excellent telephone etiquette.
- Must be detail oriented, self-motivated and the ability to multi-task

**Job Title**: Receptionist

**Reports To**: HR Manager

**Job Type**:TEMPORARY** - Must available to work full time (40 hours per week) for approximately 5 weeks, during the summer.

**FLSA Classification**: Non-exempt (hourly)

EOE / Disability / Veteran

**EAST/WEST INDUSTRIES INC.** is a woman-owned small business located in Ronkonkoma, NY. We are a world leader in the development and production of aircraft seats and life support systems for high-performance military aircraft, and ground support equipment for servicing such aircraft.