Customer Service Representative - Multiple Shifts - Allied Universal

Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, provides rewarding careers that give you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, diverse and inclusive workplace, you will be part of a team that fuels a culture that will reflect in our communities and customers we serve. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, retirement plan, employee assistance programs, company discounts, perks and more for most full-time positions!

Allied Universal® is hiring a Service Assurance Center Specialist. The Service Assurance Center (SAC) is located in our Richardson, TX Office. Allied Universal’s SAC operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, and is a critical component in ensuring on time, uninterrupted coverage of all post locations and accurate pay for officers. An integral part of our Center is Post Watch™, a real-time schedule monitoring system that records the actual arrival and departure times of officers at their assigned posts. In addition, Post Watch immediately flags a post where an officer has not arrived on time, triggering an operator to contact the site to verify arrival or begin the escalating process searching for a replacement who meets the requirements of that post. This is a full-time in-office role. 

5 days per week with 2 days off.

Pay: $17.00 per hour.

Available Shifts:

• Evening Shift (2:30 pm - 11:00 pm, with a 30 minute lunch)
• Overnight Shift (10:30pm - 7:00 am, with a 30 minute lunch)

Training: 

• Two weeks of paid training during morning shift

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify unscheduled shifts prior to shift start time and ensure that site management is notified
• Identify scheduled shifts where an employee has failed to log in/out and take appropriate action
• Adjust schedules to reflect actual service hours in real time
• Create attendance exception records based on changes to schedules where appropriate
• Receive after-hours call forwarding from all Allied Universal offices and take appropriate action
• Respond to emergency situations by contacting appropriate personnel and documenting with incident reports
• Train/retrain officers on call in procedure
• Monitor safety check calls and respond appropriately
• Give feedback to account managers, by way of notes in schedules or e-mails, on anything that needs to be corrected, at their accounts, with their employees, or with their site schedules
• Handle local office calls during normal office hours and transfers calls to appropriate personnel.
• Assist with “Customer Connect Initiative”
• Keep supervisor informed of significant issues

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• No prior work experience required
• Ability to navigate a web-based system and type while assisting callers
• Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to multi-task with accuracy
• Excellent customer relations phone etiquette skills
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Customer service-oriented phone skills

• Must have access to reliable transportation to get to work

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• One (1) or more years of Service Assurance Center Specialist experience
• Knowledge of Allied Universal field operations
• Prior call center, dispatch, or command/control center experience
• Scheduling experience

BENEFITS:

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Enrollment in our company’s 401(k)plan, subject to eligibility requirements
• Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days
• Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly. Unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.

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