Westaff has an immediate opening for a Secretary for the Lutcher, La area.

Monday - Friday, 8-4

Pay: 13.57

Provide temporary admin support to the Executive Director. Will be responsible to handle administrative tasks as assigned.

• Primarily will work to issue and process purchasing and procurement documents.
• Draft and issue memorandums, correspondence and communicate orally and in written form with employees and public as necessary to accomplish daily tasks.
• Assist with tracking and monitoring policy requirements.
• Attend and assist with monthly Board meeting if needed and/or prepare Board packets and communicate on Director's behalf.
• Update spreadsheets and files with current information, some research and preparation of training power points and documents. 

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Job Requirements:

Must have office clerical experience and great communication/ computer skills.

Client Service Coordinator | Administrative Assistant

Financial Planning Firm | $44,000–$58,000 Annually

Build your career in a professional, client-focused environment where your organization, communication skills, and attention to detail make a difference every day!

Westaff's Career Division is seeking a polished, highly organized, and customer-focused Client Service Coordinator to join a well-established Financial Planning Group.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced administrative professional who enjoys building relationships, managing multiple priorities, and providing exceptional service. You'll play an important role in keeping daily operations running smoothly while creating a welcoming, professional experience for clients.

Position Highlights

• Salary: $44,000–$58,000 annually, based on experience

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

• Industry: Financial Planning & Professional Services

• Position: Client Service Coordinator / Administrative Assistant

What You'll Do

As the Client Service Coordinator, you'll be a key point of contact for clients and an essential part of the administrative team.

Client Service & Communication

• Welcome clients and visitors, providing a warm, professional first impression.

• Answer incoming calls, direct inquiries, and ensure messages are communicated promptly.

• Schedule and confirm appointments for existing clients and prospective clients.

• Follow up with clients regarding missed appointments, cancellations, and upcoming events.

Scheduling & Administrative Support

• Manage daily calendars and coordinate schedules to keep the team organized.

• Prepare client files, appointment materials, and confirmation correspondence.

• Maintain accurate client records, update contact information, and organize important documentation.

• Assist with new business paperwork, document processing, and electronic filing.

CRM & Reporting

• Enter and maintain appointments, client information, and documents in CRM systems.

• Create and update spreadsheets to track appointment activity and client communications.

• Monitor follow-up activities and maintain accurate records.

• Provide daily updates and communicate priorities during team meetings.

• Support outreach efforts for seminars, client events, and other marketing initiatives.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is dependable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a professional, client-facing environment.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities

• Proficiency with computers, spreadsheets, and CRM systems

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

• A professional, friendly, and service-oriented approach

• Ability to work independently while supporting a collaborative team

• Strong follow-through, time management, and problem-solving skills

• Ability to handle confidential client information with professionalism and discretion

Why This Opportunity?

If you enjoy being the person who keeps everything organized, takes pride in delivering outstanding client service, and thrives in a professional office setting, this could be the career opportunity you've been looking for.

Ready to take the next step in your administrative career?

Apply today through Westaff's Career Division for the Client Service Coordinator position!

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Appointment Setter – Full-Time Career Opportunity

Location: Mid-City, Baton Rouge, LA
Employment Type: Full-Time, Salaried
Open Positions: 3–4

Build Your Career in Sales and Client Relations!

Westaff Career Division is hiring 3–4 Appointment Setters for an established and growing company in the Mid-City area of Baton Rouge.

Are you a motivated, outgoing professional who enjoys connecting with people, building relationships, and achieving goals? Are you looking for a stable, full-time opportunity with room for professional growth?

This could be the career opportunity you've been waiting for!

Our client is seeking confident, results-driven individuals to join a team that helps connect prospective clients with experienced retirement-planning advisors.

What You'll Do

As an Appointment Setter, you'll play an important role in creating positive first impressions, developing relationships, and helping the advisory team connect with prospective clients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Make outbound calls to prospective clients, spending approximately 50–75% of your workday on the phone.

• Schedule appointments for in-house advisors and coordinate calendars.

• Conduct appointment confirmation calls and follow up with prospective clients.

• Help generate client referrals and identify additional opportunities.

• Support email outreach, drip marketing campaigns, and client engagement initiatives.

• Assist with events and follow-up activities.

• Track daily activities, maintain accurate records, and meet established performance goals.

• Deliver a professional, positive experience during every client interaction.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for individuals who are self-motivated, organized, and comfortable communicating with a variety of people.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Previous sales or entrepreneurial experience.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Confidence making outbound calls and handling objections professionally.

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.

• A goal-oriented mindset and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

• Experience using CRM software is a plus.

• A degree in Sales, Marketing, Communications, or Business is preferred; relevant sales experience will also be considered.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Full-Time, Salaried Position: Pursue a consistent, professional career opportunity.

• Career Growth Potential: Join a growing company with opportunities to develop your skills.

• Meaningful Client Connections: Help individuals take the next step toward important retirement-planning conversations.

• Engaging Work: Enjoy a position that combines sales, communication, relationship-building, and marketing support.

• Team Environment: Work alongside professionals focused on delivering an excellent client experience.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you're driven, personable, and ready to put your sales and communication skills to work, Westaff wants to hear from you!

Apply today through Westaff Career Division to be considered for one of these exciting Appointment Setter opportunities in Baton Rouge, LA.

Your next career opportunity starts here!

Bundle Shop Foreman – Heat Exchanger Manufacturing & Repair

Westaff is hiring an experienced Bundle Shop Foreman!

Are you a hands-on leader with experience in heat exchanger manufacturing, fabrication, or repair? Do you enjoy leading a skilled crew, solving production challenges, and ensuring work gets done safely, efficiently, and right the first time?

Westaff is seeking a Bundle Shop Foreman to oversee daily shop operations involving the assembly, repair, and testing of shell and tube heat exchanger bundles.

This is a working foreman position, ideal for someone who can lead from the shop floor, support their crew, troubleshoot technical issues, and keep production moving to meet customer deadlines.

Pay range: $40.00 - 50.00 an hour.

What You'll Do

Lead Shop Operations & Production

• Oversee daily bundle shop activities, including assembly, tube installation, expansion/rolling, welding, and hydrostatic testing.

• Coordinate bundle insertion, exchanger assembly, and preparation for shipment.

• Assign daily work, manage manpower, and ensure production schedules stay on track.

• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, fabrication challenges, and workflow interruptions.

• Work closely with Machine Shop, Weld Shop, Quality Control, and Receiving teams.

• Ensure efficient use of labor, materials, equipment, and shop resources.

Lead, Train & Support Your Team

• Supervise, train, and mentor shop personnel while remaining actively involved in daily operations.

• Establish clear expectations for productivity, workmanship, and safety.

• Monitor crew performance, provide direction, and address issues as needed.

• Build a team-oriented environment focused on accountability, quality, and results.

Maintain Quality & Safety Standards

• Ensure all work meets engineering drawings, manufacturing procedures, and work instructions.

• Verify workmanship throughout critical stages of assembly and fabrication.

• Coordinate inspections, quality checkpoints, and testing requirements.

• Maintain compliance with applicable ASME and TEMA standards, inspection test plans, and company quality procedures.

• Conduct daily job briefings, reinforce safe work practices, and ensure proper PPE usage.

• Verify lifting equipment, tools, and safety equipment are inspected and ready for use.

Track Progress & Communicate Results

• Monitor production progress and communicate job status to management.

• Track labor hours and support job-cost accountability.

• Initiate Engineering Change Requests when clarification or additional documentation is needed.

• Maintain accurate production, safety, and personnel documentation.

What We're Looking For

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience in heat exchanger manufacturing, repair, or a similar heavy fabrication environment.

• 2+ years of supervisory, lead, or foreman experience in a fabrication or manufacturing shop.

• Hands-on experience with shell and tube heat exchanger assembly and repair.

• Working knowledge of tube installation, expansion/rolling, welding coordination, hydrotesting, and final assembly.

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, manufacturing instructions, and production documentation.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of shell and tube heat exchanger construction and repair processes.

• Familiarity with ASME and TEMA requirements.

• Experience coordinating machining, welding, fabrication, and assembly operations.

• Ability to troubleshoot fit-up, alignment, and fabrication issues.

• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Trade school, technical training, or apprenticeship in welding, machining, or fabrication preferred.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to bend, lift, push, pull, climb, squat, crawl, and reach overhead.

• Comfortable working in a manufacturing shop with exposure to heat, cold, dust, noise, and typical industrial conditions.

• Ability to work safely around heavy equipment, fabrication machinery, and lifting operations.

Take the Lead in Your Next Career Move!

If you're an experienced fabrication professional who knows heat exchanger operations and is ready to lead a crew while staying hands-on, Westaff wants to hear from you!

Apply today and put your technical expertise and leadership skills to work!

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Weld Shop Foreman | $40–$50/Hour | St. Gabriel, LA

Your Welding Expertise Got You Here. Your Leadership Can Take You Further!

Pay: $40–$50 per hour | Location: St. Gabriel, LA

Are you an experienced welding professional who knows how to lead a crew, maintain high-quality standards, and keep production moving? Westaff is recruiting a skilled Weld Shop Foreman in the St. Gabriel, LA area who is ready to take charge, lead by example, and make an impact.

This is an opportunity for a hands-on leader who takes pride in quality craftsmanship, workplace safety, and getting the job done right.

What You'll Do

As a Weld Shop Foreman, you'll oversee daily welding and fabrication operations, guide skilled tradespeople, and ensure projects are completed safely, accurately, and on schedule.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead the Team: Assign jobs, direct welders and fitters, monitor performance, and keep your crew productive and accountable.

• Drive Quality: Inspect welds, fabrication work, and finished products to ensure they meet engineering specifications and quality standards.

• Keep Production Moving: Coordinate job priorities, materials, equipment, and schedules to meet critical production deadlines.

• Put Safety First: Enforce safe welding practices, proper PPE usage, ventilation requirements, and hazardous waste procedures.

• Collaborate Across Departments: Work closely with engineering, quality control, production management, and other supervisors to maintain efficient workflow.

• Solve Problems: Identify production delays, correct defects, and address quality or performance issues before they impact deadlines.

• Maintain Equipment: Coordinate preventive maintenance and ensure materials and welding supplies are properly stored and handled.

• Support Testing: Coordinate integrity testing according to engineering and quality requirements.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a proven welding leader who combines technical expertise with the ability to manage people, priorities, and production.

Required qualifications:

• 5+ years of welding supervisory experience in a manufacturing, fabrication, or industrial environment.

• Hands-on knowledge of multiple welding processes, including Stick/SMAW, MIG/GMAW, TIG/GTAW, flux-cored welding, and submerged arc welding.

• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, mechanical drawings, weld symbols, and fabrication specifications.

• Experience with the fabrication of shell-and-tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, or other custom-engineered equipment.

• Working knowledge of ASME Section VIII and Section IX codes and standards.

• Strong understanding of welding safety, quality control, and fabrication procedures.

• Proven ability to lead teams, manage production schedules, troubleshoot problems, and hold employees accountable.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

Competitive Pay: Earn $40–$50 per hour, based on qualifications and experience.

Leadership Responsibility: Take ownership of shop operations and help drive team performance.

Challenging, Specialized Work: Put your expertise to work on pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and custom-engineered fabrication projects.

Make an Impact: Play a critical role in production quality, workplace safety, and operational success.

Ready to Lead the Shop?

If you're a skilled welding supervisor who knows how to get the best out of your crew while delivering exceptional quality, we want to hear from you!

Apply today with Westaff and take the next step in your welding leadership career!

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Westaff's Career Division is now recruiting for a Tier I Help Desk Technician to provide first-line technical support to attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and administrative staff in a fast-paced law-firm environment. This role is responsible for resolving routine technology issues, assisting users with Microsoft Office and legal-document workflows, accurately documenting support requests, and escalating more complex issues to senior IT staff or outside vendors when appropriate. 

This position is for a local, well established corporate law firm. In office position (not remote). Monday - Friday, 830am-500pm. 

Salary range is $45K-55K plus benefits  

The ideal candidate is patient, professional, service-oriented, and comfortable working directly with
users who have varying levels of technical experience. Candidates with paralegal, legal assistant,
litigation-support, or legal-document-production experience—and strong technical aptitude—are
especially encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities: • Provide responsive first-level technical support by phone, email, remote-support tools, and in
person.
• Serve as a professional and approachable point of contact for attorneys, paralegals, legal
assistants, and business-services staff.
• Troubleshoot common Windows PC issues, including login problems, printers, monitors,
docking stations, keyboards, mice, audio devices, and basic network-connectivity issues.
• Assist users with Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
• Support Microsoft Word document formatting, including styles, tables of contents, headers and
footers, page numbering, section breaks, templates, track changes, redlining, comments, and
document comparison.
• Assist with PDF-related needs, including creating, combining, converting, saving, printing, and
basic troubleshooting of PDF documents.
• Support legal-document workflows involving pleading formatting, exhibits, discovery
materials, court filings, document revisions, and version control, as applicable.
• Create, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot user workstations, laptops, monitors, printers, and
peripheral devices.
• Assist with user on-boarding and off-boarding tasks, including workstation setup, account-access
coordination, equipment issuance and recovery, and basic orientation to firm technology. 

Reset passwords and assist with multi-factor authentication, account-access issues, and approved
access requests in accordance with firm security procedures.
• Record incidents, requests, troubleshooting steps, and resolutions in the firm's ticketing system.
• Prioritize support requests based on urgency, business impact, attorney needs, court deadlines,
hearings, trials, and client-service requirements.
• Escalate hardware failures, complex application issues, security concerns, network issues, and
unresolved incidents to appropriate IT personnel or vendors.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle all firm, client, case, financial, and personnel information
with discretion.
• Follow firm IT policies, security procedures, documentation standards, and service-level
expectations.
• Help maintain IT documentation, user guides, knowledge-base articles, and standard operating
procedures.

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent
practical experience is preferred.
• One or more years of help desk, desktop support, technical-support, legal-technology, paralegal,
legal-assistant, or comparable customer-service experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Word and Outlook.
• Ability to troubleshoot common PC hardware and Windows operating system issues.
• Familiarity with basic concepts related to printers, network connectivity, Wi-Fi, user accounts
and passwords.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical issues and instructions clearly to nontechnical users.
• Excellent customer-service skills, including patience, empathy, professionalism, follow-through,
and sound judgment.

Mechanical Engineer I | Direct Hire | $85,000–$115,000

Location: South Baton Rouge / St. Gabriel, LA
Salary: $85,000–$115,000 annually, based on experience
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Recruiter: Westaff Career Division

Advance Your Engineering Career with a Great Company!

Westaff's Career Division is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer I for an exciting direct-hire opportunity in the South Baton Rouge / St. Gabriel area!

If you have hands-on experience with ASME Section VIII and Section IX, pressure vessel design, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers, this could be the career opportunity you've been looking for.

Join a company offering competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to apply your engineering expertise to custom-designed equipment and complex fabrication projects.

What You'll Do

As a Mechanical Engineer I, you'll play a key role in the design, fabrication, and repair of custom shell-and-tube heat exchangers and pressure vessels.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Engineering Design: Perform mechanical design calculations using COMPRESS and/or RCS software to support equipment fabrication and repair.

• ASME Code Compliance: Interpret and apply ASME Section VIII and Section IX requirements to ensure designs meet applicable codes and standards.

• Technical Documentation: Develop bills of materials, review manufacturing drawings, and coordinate with drafting teams.

• Project Collaboration: Work directly with customers, estimators, production teams, and other engineers to keep projects moving forward.

• Fabrication Support: Select appropriate welding procedures and provide technical guidance throughout fabrication.

• Quality Assurance: Support testing, inspection, and verification of equipment to ensure quality and performance.

• Problem-Solving: Apply principles of mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, heat transfer, and materials engineering to solve technical challenges.

• Customer Communication: Participate in pre-fabrication meetings, facilitate design reviews, and address engineering-related questions.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

• Current, working knowledge of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Section VIII and ASME Section IX.

• Experience designing or fabricating shell-and-tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, or similar custom-engineered equipment.

• Strong understanding of mechanical design calculations, engineering principles, materials, and statics.

• Ability to interpret technical specifications, engineering drawings, and customer requirements.

• Familiarity with computer-aided design (CAD) tools.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet project deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using COMPRESS and/or RCS engineering software.

• Hands-on experience supporting equipment fabrication or manufacturing.

• Experience coordinating welding procedures and working with fabrication teams.

• Background in custom-engineered industrial equipment.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Competitive Salary: $85,000–$115,000, depending on experience; negotiations for senior level. 

• Direct Hire: Join the employer's team as a permanent employee.

• Excellent Benefits: Enjoy a competitive benefits offering.

• Meaningful Engineering Work: Contribute to the design and fabrication of specialized industrial equipment.

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside experienced engineering, manufacturing, and project teams.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you're a detail-oriented Mechanical Engineer with current ASME Section VIII and IX experience, Westaff's Career Division wants to hear from you!

Apply today to explore this direct-hire engineering opportunity in the South Baton Rouge / St. Gabriel area.

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