About the Role
The Service Advisor is the primary point of contact with a customer, working with the Service Manager to ensure customer needs and expectations are met promptly. This role involves managing significant phone volume and data entry with a strong focus on detail.
Responsibilities
- Handles heavy phone volume combined with computer/data entry skills while paying close attention to detail.
- Accurately takes customer information, records the customer’s requests in the system and expedites service.
- Coordinates shop work schedule, ensuring services are completed on time and as promised to the customer.
- Provides proactive communication to the customer regarding any potential delays in service, or when other issues needed service are discovered.
- Responsible for timely opening, closing, and processing of repair orders in the system, collecting purchase order information, warranty information and/or customer payment.
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years’ experience in heavy equipment service.
- Must have a heavy equipment technical background to communicate with technicians and customers regarding heavy equipment repairs.
- Must have a solid foundation of equipment parts.
- Prior experience working as a technician or mechanic.
- Must have knowledge of application, operation and function of engine, hydraulic and electric systems, including electrical diagrams.
Skills
- Heavy phone volume management
- Computer/data entry
- Attention to detail
- Customer information management
- System data recording
- Service expediting
- Shop work schedule coordination
- Proactive customer communication
- Repair order processing
- Purchase order information collection
- Warranty information collection
- Customer payment collection
- Heavy equipment technical background
- Equipment parts knowledge
- Engine systems knowledge
- Hydraulic systems knowledge
- Electric systems knowledge
- Electrical diagram interpretation
Location
- Orchard Park, NY
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Salary/Compensations
- $45,000.00 - $65,000.00 Salary/year
Benefits
- 7 Paid Holidays
- Generous paid time off
- Paid Training & Rewards
- 401k & Co. Match
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Fantastic Work-Live Balance
About the Company
- Five Star Equipment is Northern PA and New York State’s John Deere Construction and Forestry Equipment Dealer with seven locations serving 57 counties.
- As a leading North American Dealer, Five Star Equipment is committed to offering a full range of high-quality equipment for the Construction and Forestry industries.
- We accomplish this by offering full-service repair facilities, large parts inventories, and dedicated employees for all your sales, parts, and service needs.
