Atlas is a nationwide leader in civil engineering, materials testing and geotechnical consulting services for environmental, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. Headquartered in Denver, CO, Atlas currently has over 3,500 employees with offices throughout the US, including Alaska & Hawaii. It’s no accident that Atlas creates a better experience for infrastructure and environmental projects. It’s how we are built – with the best people in the industry, with the reach and expertise to help at any and every step of the project, and with a heart-led approach that puts quality and safety at the center of everything we do. We’re just built to be better. We are a great company.

Atlas Technical Consultants (“Atlas”) is seeking a highly capable Executive Operations Partner /Executive Assistant to support senior leaders while driving strategic initiatives, executive projects, and cross-functional execution. This role blends traditional executive support with project ownership, analytical work, and executive-level communication.

This position is based in our Denver Tech Center office and requires daily in-office presence, with flexibility for work from home as needed.

Role Overview

This role goes beyond calendar management. You will act as a force multiplier for the executive team, helping leaders move priorities forward by gathering data, creating materials, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring follow-through on strategic initiatives. You will have visibility into executive decision-making and be expected to operate with discretion, urgency, and sound judgment.

Key Responsibilities

Executive & Strategic Support

• Partner closely with executives to advance priorities, initiatives, and special projects, serving as a trusted thought and execution partner.
• Manage executive calendars and logistics with an emphasis on protecting time for strategic work and high-impact meetings.
• Coordinate travel, expenses, and executive logistics with efficiency and attention to detail.

Project & Initiative Ownership

• Own and execute projects on behalf of executives, including research, analysis, coordination, and delivery.
• Proactively gather, track, and synthesize project data across teams to support executive decision-making.
• Monitor progress on initiatives, identify risks or blockers, and escalate issues with recommended solutions.
• Maintain action item lists, project trackers, and dashboards to ensure accountability and momentum.

Executive Communications & Presentations

• Create executive-ready materials, including side decks, briefing documents, summaries, and presentation content.
• Gather and curate inputs from internal stakeholders for Executive Team materials, leadership presentations, and monthly reporting.
• Translate complex or fragmented information into clear, concise, and compelling executive narratives.
• Prepare executives for meetings by developing pre-reads, talking points, and background materials.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Act as a liaison between executives and internal teams to ensure alignment, clarity, and follow-through.
• Coordinate across departments to collect updates, validate information, and drive deadlines.
• Support planning and execution of leadership meetings, offsites, and corporate events, including vendor coordination and logistics.

Confidential & High-Judgment Work

• Handle sensitive, confidential, and time-critical matters with discretion and professionalism.
• Exercise independent judgment when managing competing priorities, incomplete information, or ambiguity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (no specific field required).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in executive support, operations, project coordination, or a similar role supporting senior leaders.
• Experience in professional services, engineering, construction, or a matrixed organization preferred.

Skills & Attributes

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to build polished, executive-level decks independently.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable working with data, tracking progress, and identifying insights.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level business writing.
• Highly proactive and self-directed; consistently anticipates needs rather than waiting for direction.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-changing environments.
• High emotional intelligence and professionalism; able to work effectively with Executive Leadership Team, Sr. Managers, peers, and Department Leads.

Compensation

$85,000 – $95,000

The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the state’s law. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits:

Atlas offers a comprehensive benefit program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, Atlas benefits include health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life / AD&D, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, educational assistance program.

Who We Are:

We strive to be the most sought-after infrastructure and environmental solutions company, known for our unique, values-driven approach and brought to life by the industry’s most exceptional people.

Atlas provides professional testing, inspection, engineering, environmental and consulting services from more than 100 locations nationwide. We deliver solutions to both public and private sector clients in the transportation, commercial, water, government, education and industrial markets.

With a legacy of providing consistent quality and results, Atlas creates a better experience at every stage of an infrastructure project. We connect the best experts in the industry to deliver value from concept to completion and beyond. This means doing everything our clients expect and then raising the expectations in a way that only our people can.

Our Values:

Life: We enhance quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.
Heart: As our hallmarks, we act with compassion, empathy and respect.
Trust: We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.
Mastery: Always striving for the highest quality, we ensure greatness inspires all our work.

Atlas EEOC Statement

Atlas is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Atlas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read through our EEO Policy https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

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