Controller - Call Handler - Crawley, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

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    About the role

    Amazing infrastructure isnt the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Rail UK team as a Night Call Handler (Night Controller) and you can build something to be proud of.

    Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Night Controller to join our growing team in Crawley

    Working as part of the 24hr Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Control Centre (BBRPCC) team to ensure all aspects of the contract services are delivered efficiently to required deadlines. Providing real time coordination and response to delivery and ensuring actioning and completion within the contractual requirements. This will be based in Three Bridges.

    What you'll be doing

  • You'll spend your time communicating with our teams and our customers providing support real time for our machines, including assistance for breakdowns.
  • On the ground, Some of these situations can be challenging so you'll need to step up in their hour of need with compassion, empathy and a helping hand.
  • You will undertake some document control tasks, including creating machine/shift logs and distributing post shift reports and documents.
  • By providing you with the right tools, training and support, well set you on the road to being a Balfour Beatty Rail Plant Controller, empowered to resolve every call in the best way possible.
  • Who we're looking for

    Previous customer service experience is desirable, but whats most important is that you have the right attitude, dedication and commitment to great customer service, as well as a calm and reassuring manner and outstanding written and verbal communications skills.

    You will be comfortable with multi-tasking and adapting to change as essential requirements of this role.

    A knowledge of the Railway and how it works is ideal, but not explicitly necessary as full training will be given.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong communicator and networker.
  • Friendly and professional telephone manner
  • Good verbal and written English
  • Able to question effectively; to gather facts / information and evaluate a situation / risk
  • Calm under pressure, when dealing with accidents / incidents / unplanned events
  • Demonstrable drive, commitment, and willingness to learn and adapt.
  • Identifies opportunities to make the way we work simpler.
  • Encourages others to deliver results by making decisions and trying new approaches.
  • Self-starting and self-motivating with ability to work under own initiative.
  • Strong, resilient team player
  • Robust personality with a sense of humour
  • Able to follow and work with documented processes and procedures
  • Why work for us

    Working as a team this role is interesting and varied where every day different.

    You will gain knowledge of the rail industry and be able to progress a career within Balfour Beatty.