Operations Dispatcher at Avangrid in East Hartford, Connecticut

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POSITION - Union: Operations Dispatcher (CNG-CT-Meadow)(R-04339)


NUMBER OF POSITIONS: 1


LOCATION: CNG-CT-Meadow


Responsibilities

• Dispatches the daily activities of Customer Service and Distribution field personnel through the use of various computers, voice and other technology.


• Must make decisions based on customer demand, workload and staffing levels.


• Must monitor workload and make necessary manpower and scheduling adjustments to CIS per Company policies and communicate the changes to the Customer Relations Center.


• Answers and initiates telephone/radio/CAD communication to and from customers/field personnel/other employees regarding distribution and service issues, call before going, CBYD and emergency response notifications.


• Completes the required daily leak/dispatch/poor pressure log, conducts verbal and written correspondence with public, town, city and state agencies and officials as well as updates other contacts lists maintained within the office.


• Inputs schedule adjustments to the computer system as to vacations, illnesses, and all other staffing changes that may be required as well as assist in scheduling CNG crews with supervision.


• Creates work orders on the computer system for customer generated work, as well as Company required work- inactive removals/meter legal changes, other maintenance work including sorting, data entry and filing.


• Prepares work orders, notifications, management reports and various records for distribution, complete these orders in SAP, processes these orders in Document Viewer and files them; also generates other reports as may be needed in the normal office environment.


• Calls in additional field employees for overtime as the workload dictates as authorized by supervision.


• Perform all other miscellaneous duties within the Dispatch Office as assigned.

This is a DOT safety sensitive position. Any applicant transferring into this department from a non-safety sensitive position will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen.


Skills and Requirements

• Must be able to read, write and speak English effectively


• Must be able to make decisions and apply common sense in the dispatching of Customer Service and Distribution employees, often times during multiple emergency situations.


• Must be capable of working shifts, nights and weekends.


• Must have strong interpersonal skills and be able to effectively deal with customer situations.


• Must have a working knowledge of computes with a focus on Windows products.

Competencies

• Be a role model


• Be agile


• Collaborate and Share


• Develop Self & Others


• Empower to grow


• Focus to achieve results


• Technical Skills

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country


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Job Posting End Date:

May-19-2024 Apply Now