Job Purpose:
We are looking for a candidate to join our Service Desk team, which supports James Fisher and its group companies services.
The primary objective of the role is to act as first point of contact for internal customers, troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve problems and/or escalate to the 2nd line support team to investigate and resolve. On a daily basis, the applicant will maintain ownership of faults and provide timely updates to internal customers ensuring faults are given the correct level of priority and meeting service level agreements.
We are looking for a candidate who has a good technical foundation in a first\second line service desk role and also excellent customer service skills, a willingness to pick the phone and liaise with our customers.
There is opportunity for the right candidate to develop further within the department.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Act as a single point of contact for IT issues and queries.
• Provide 1st Line Support and resolve a high percentage of incoming IT Support requests upon the first contact including troubleshooting of IT related issues (software & hardware).
• Ensure a swift response and analysis of new requests, escalating promptly if required.
• Assess the business impact of IT Incidents and accurately assign SLAs and follow escalation procedures as directed.
• Answer incoming calls and record details of the fault / request in GBS service desk software - a high level of detail and accuracy is required.
• Take ownership of user issues, follow up the status on behalf of the user and communicate progress in a timely manner following through to conclusion.
• Be fully conversant with Incident Management and SLAs.
• Follow procedures, maintain documentation and standards and collate and submit asset information as required.
• Maintain a high degree of customer service for all support queries and adhere to all service management principles.
• Present a positive and helpful attitude to business customers.
• Provide stats for the weekly Service Desk report on call trends as required.
• Publish, update and utilise support documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to assist staff with requests for information.
• Arrange for Third Party support where problems cannot be resolved in house.Liaise with and manage Third Party Suppliers in relation to resolving issues proactively to ensure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are adhered to.
• Be prepared to work out of hours if required (to be discussed & mutually agreed on a case by case basis where applicable).
• To work under the direction of the Service Desk Manager.
• Always be “Service Oriented’ and look to improve the level of service to the Business.
• Any other duties required to meet the SLAs and Business Objectives

Other Tasks/General:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written) and telephone manner.
• Excellent Customer service skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Incident Management experience – Managing incidents including business expectations and communication.
• Understanding of Change Management process.
• Ability to manage own workload and able to deal with a diverse range of requests and user queries.
• Ability to deal with differing levels of IT awareness, from within own team and user base.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Any IT or service management qualifications would be desirable.
• Reasonable comprehension of server and networking technology and protocols.
• Good all-round experience of desktop software products in particular Microsoft Office and Exchange.
• Understanding of ITIL methodology – ITIL Foundation qualification desirable.
• Experience in 3rd party contract liaison.
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to work well as part of a team.
• Self-motivated with a desire to provide excellent customer service.

Please click "apply" if you would like join a forward thinking ambitious group.

James Fisher & Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and as a Disability Confident employer we are committed to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.