Customer Service Technician

Job Description

Brightspeed is looking for a Customer Service Technician to join our team! As a Customer Service Technician, you will be performing installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of high-speed internet, video and voice networks including associated wiring and equipment. You will also be maintaining and repairing outside plant facilities within assigned geographic service areas.

As a Customer Service Technician, you may be required to work varying shifts that include mandatory overtime, weekends, and holidays.

• Installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting of high-speed internet, video and voice networks including associated wiring and equipment
• Performing maintenance and repair on outside plant facilities
• Climbing poles, using a shovel and pick to dig up and bury cable, working in utility access holes or controlled environmental vaults (CEV), and locating buried telephone cables
• Observing all safety rules and regulations
• Assisting other technical personnel in the performance of their duties when requested
• Actively supporting sales and marketing related activities
• Directing customer facing work and sales referrals

Qualifications

• A High School diploma (or equivalent) or higher
• Ability to distinguish colors on facilities
• Ability to handle 28 foot extension ladders (up to 75 lbs. routine work) and utility access hole covers (up to 150 lbs.)
• Ability to successfully complete service tech boot camp training, POTS/DSL installation/repair, cable splicing/maintenance, basic transmissions, air pressure, and HSI installations (self and full)
• Basic computer skills including MS Office applications
• Ability to work in confined spaces (e.g. attics, crawl spaces, utility holes)
• Ability to work aloft (e.g. ladder)
• Ability to work outside in all weather conditions and at various hours of the day/night
• A valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record
• A positive and professional appearance and demeanor when communicating the company’s products and services to our customers
• Accountability/dependability (on time and on load when scheduled and serve on call as needed)
• Teamwork (technical expertise developed to complete work efficiently to achieve work group key service measures)
• Active Listening (ability to take input from customers, APS and co-workers to problem solve and improve skills)
• Ability to ask relevant questions to ensure problems are resolved quickly or to clarify information or directions
• Active Learning (curious seeker of added information and actively works to improve skills and knowledge)

Bonus Points For

• Prior experience as a customer facing telecom operations technician
• Basic electricity training/certification or documented equivalent work experience
• ADSL installation/repair experience (self/full installs)

Soft Skills

• Positive and professional appearance and demeanor when communicating the company’s products and services to our customers
• Accountability/dependability (on time and on load when scheduled and serve on call as needed)
• Teamwork (technical expertise developed to complete work efficiently to achieve work group key service measures)
• Active Listening (ability to take input from customers, APS and co-workers to problem solve and improve skills)
• Ability to ask relevant questions to ensure problems are resolved quickly or to clarify information or directions
• Active Learning (curious seeker of added information and actively works to improve skills and knowledge)

Additional Information

• We aspire to contemporary ways of working.
• Recognized as a Top Workplace by the Charlotte Observer, Brightspeed HQ is located on the 7th floor of the new Vantage South End - East Tower in Charlotte, NC.
• We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Our benefits and paid time off programs reflect our underlying belief in promoting overall wellness through physical, emotional and financial health. Brightspeed offers a comprehensive benefit program, including competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; an employee assistance program; a 401K plan with company match and a host of voluntary benefits.
• Inclusion and belonging are at the center of our grounding belief in Being Real.
• We believe doing so promotes equity in the communities we serve.
• Brightspeed is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion of all qualified individuals, including individuals with a disability/veterans.
• If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact [email protected] to initiate the accommodations process.
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