IT Service Desk Specialist Engineer

The Role:

We are looking for someone to join our IT Service Desk Escalation team. This is a newly formed team and you will be working with escalation engineers to troubleshoot and resolve complex customer problems. Previous experience working within an IT Support environment providing end-user support is essential.

Job Purpose:

This position requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills. The qualified candidate should possess broad experience in handling difficult or sensitive situations in a professional, timely, and thorough manner. Qualified candidates are self-starters and highly motivated to provide excellent customer service.

Main Duties:

Provide the highest level of technical support to internal customers

• Identify frequently occurring issues and coordinate with respective teams as needed
• Work with all IT departments to facilitate issue resolution of problems elevated by our service desk team 
• Monitor aging escalations
• Trending of incidents to identify problems 
• Manage and update the Service Desk knowledgebase
• Manage multiple, high-priority issues simultaneously
• Identify, propose, and enforce escalation process improvements
• Actively and willingly share expertise and coach others
• Make clear recommendations for action rather than presenting options 
• Organise consistent lines of communication to ensure issues are correctly identified
• Pursue regular updates from problem owners and cascade information back to Service Desk staff, maintain KEDB
• Attend CAB meetings, assess change risk and ensure the Service Desk can continue to deliver consistent quality standards to customers
• Attend Service Introduction meetings, communicate and help to manage actions needed to ensure the Service Desk can continue to deliver consistent quality standards to customers
• Check to ensure corrective actions have taken place to avoid customer detriment
• Analyse incident and request data to proactively identify any customer affecting issues or concerns.
• Proactively report on KPI’s and individual performance metrics across the Service Desk, identifying areas of improvement including training needs
• Complete weekly and monthly updates on Service Desk performance as a whole

Skills & Expertise

Technical Knowledge:

• Experience with Microsoft operating systems
• Good understanding of Microsoft Windows 10
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office suite
• Good understanding of PC and server hardware architecture, building, configuring, and installation
• Good understanding and ability to troubleshoot TCP / IP Networking
• Previous experience of VOIP/telephony
• Working knowledge of network technologies

Customer Relationships:

• Listen to customers to understand their needs and views in order to deal effectively with their concerns
• Take the heat out of situations effectively

Communications:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to communicate with employees of all levels including senior management.
• Able to set and manage expectations

Leading Others:

• Act as a role model to others 
• Help with developing a highly effective and motivated service desk team

Influencing:

• Focus on the requirements of the customer 
• Deals with customer concerns in a way that turns a dissatisfied customer into a satisfied customer
• Offer support and challenge to the proposals of others 

Solutions Driven:

• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to be dynamic and adapt
• Ability to multi-task
• Highly motivated at achieving results
• Takes initiative to learn and develop
• Instinctively finds practical and technical solutions to complex problems

Challenging:

• Always keeping a can-do attitude and willingness to help others
• Be prepared to challenge the status quo and make suggestions for improvement
• Be willing to voice an opinion on all matters whilst being receptive to feedback

Teamwork:

• Aid in knowledge transfer to Level 1 and 2
• Strong organisational/Planning skills 
• Take a proactive lead in creating a supportive team environment
• Readily be available to help support the team.
• Exhibit a flexible approach to working on a rota basis and provide necessary cover where needed
• Consistently model the highest levels of teamwork and professionalism

Time Management:

• Well organised and able to prioritise tasks
• Able to manage workload correctly with little supervision

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

About Admiral

We're Wales’ only FTSE 100 company. We have forward-thinking approaches and provide endless opportunities to test, learn and grow. There's a reason we've been named a Best Place to Work: our progressive culture, core values, and commitment to diversity and inclusion have created a working environment where people share ideas, aren’t afraid to speak up and change things, and above all, feel valued.

Admiral has grown from being a small start-up into a multi-national organisation. The company is constantly investigating new products, services and markets and is now present in eight countries with a diverse product portfolio.

Our success goes hand-in-hand with having a strong culture where we put our people and customers first. Our philosophy is simple yet effective: people who like what they do, do it better, and this in turn, means that our customers receive the level of service and products that they deserve. Our culture is honest, open and wholeheartedly focused on four key areas: Communication, Equality, Reward & Recognition, and Fun.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate's experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidate’s who meet the requirements, and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we're voted no. 1 in the 2019 Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

Please note, we are unable to accept CVs via email.

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