Service Desk Administrator

Pertemps
London, UK
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£26,000.0 - £30,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Excel Microsoft Outlook Spreadsheets Computer Literacy File Systems Microsoft Office

Job description

We are looking for a Service Desk Administrator to join our busy team based in Clapham, London.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our engineering operations, ensuring engineers are efficiently scheduled and customers receive a professional and responsive service.

This is a varied administrative role suited to someone who is organised, proactive and confident communicating with engineers, customers, contractors and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Schedule and coordinate engineers across London.

  • Allocate planned maintenance, servicing and reactive jobs to engineers.

  • Manage and update the engineers’ daily schedules.

  • Liaise with engineers throughout the day to ensure jobs are completed on time.

  • Contact customers and residents to arrange appointments and access.

  • Manage incoming service requests and allocate jobs appropriately.

  • Monitor outstanding and completed works.

  • Update the service management system with job details and engineer information.

  • Ensure engineers have the correct job information and access details.

  • Follow up outstanding jobs, reports and paperwork.

  • Assist with organising PPM and servicing schedules.

  • Communicate changes to engineers and customers promptly.

  • Deal with general customer and service enquiries.

  • Assist with invoicing, purchase orders and general administration where required.

  • Maintain accurate records and filing systems.

  • Produce basic reports and spreadsheets.

  • Support the Service Manager and wider operations team with day-to-day administration.

  • Ensure a high level of customer service is maintained at all times.

Requirements

Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.

  • Confident communicating by telephone and email.

  • Comfortable working in a busy, fast-paced service environment.

  • Able to prioritise multiple jobs and changing schedules.

  • Proactive and able to solve problems quickly.

  • Computer literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook and Excel.

  • Professional and confident when dealing with customers and engineers.

  • A strong team player who can also work independently.

  • Previous experience within a service desk, scheduling, facilities, maintenance or engineering environment would be highly advantageous.

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