Customer Service Professional - Manchester, United Kingdom - FirstGroup
Description
Customer Service Professional (Barriers)
***Do you have drive, enthusiasm and a passion to help take the North further? If yes, then come and be part of our amazing team here at TransPennine Express.
We are an intercity train company connecting people and communities across our cities and major towns in the North of England and Scotland.
Together we will continue to transform rail travel with faster, easier journeys that offer a step change in services with our fleet of new high-tech trains.
The North is a vibrant place to live and work and here at TransPennine Express our services are helping to keep the country moving.
If you want to be involved in something truly transformative, that will have a lasting impact on how we travel, then please join us and help us to take the North further.
To our customers you'll be the face of TransPennine Express so we're looking for individuals who have a genuine passion for customer service and have a warm and welcoming manor.
You'll enjoy helping customers with their luggage and any other assistance required to safety help our customers on their way.
You'll provide train service information, such as train times and platform information, whilst assisting with ticket checking and ticket selling so you'll need to make sure your train service knowledge is always up to date.
Our trains operate around the clock as do our stations.To ensure our services are appropriately resourced you'll follow a varying shift pattern which can include some early starts, some night time and weekend working in a cross cultural and diverse environment.
We are looking for people who can demonstrate:
- Excellent customer service skills, in the good times and the bad.
- Friendly and approachable manner
- Ability to speak clearly and confidently
- Smart and well presented
- Computer literate with the ability to use Microsoft packages
- Ability to get to and from the above location without relying on the rail service or public transport due to some early shift start and finish times
What we offer
- Excellent career prospects.
- A personal development plan.
- Fully funded structured training and development*.
- Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
- Generous annual leave entitlement.
- Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*.
- Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependants*.
- Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone onhand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
- Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
- Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
- Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.
Help take the north further.
Work with us
Our colleagues are from all walks of life with varied personal experiences and career journeys into rail. We want the best people for our roles.
We are proud of our region and committed to connecting and reflecting the diverse communities that we serve across the North of England and Scotland.
Our values are central to this, especially being 'Supportive of each other'.As an inclusive employer we value individuals' contributions, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion, or belief.
Ref:023484
Company:
TransPennine Express Limited
Website Skillset:
All Other Roles
Contract Type:
Permanent - Full Time
Contracted Hours:37
Location:
Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station
Closing Date:11 September 2023
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