Supervisor Customer Service

Ontario Northland; Timmins; On-site; CAD 92,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted transportation

Pension plan

Paid vacation

Paid personal leave

Benefits package

Job summary

Ontario Northland in Timmins is seeking a Supervisor Customer Service to lead and oversee a unionized team across Ontario Northland locations, ensuring safe, reliable, customer-focused service.

You will monitor performance, deliver coaching, manage scheduling, address escalations, and collaborate with operations to minimize disruptions while complying with policies and accessibility requirements.

Qualifications

• Secondary School Diploma or GED required.
• Five years of supervisory experience in a customer service setting or equivalent.
• Solid understanding of customer service best practices.
• Ability to foster a positive, collaborative team environment and professional image.
• Knowledgeable in conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques.
• Understand collective agreements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Valid G driver's license and ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, schedule, and support a unionized Customer Service and Sales team across locations.
• Monitor performance, provide training, conduct reviews, address attendance and performance concerns, and participate in investigations and labour relations matters.
• Oversee customer service operations by monitoring interactions, resolving escalated inquiries, and ensuring timely follow-up and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with operational partners to address disruptions, travel advisories, and passenger needs.
• Ensure compliance with policies, health and safety, accessibility regulations, and training requirements.
• Investigate and document customer incidents and coordinate with internal departments for resolution and risk management.
• Conduct facility inspections and collaborate with partners to address maintenance and customer experience concerns.
• Promote continuous improvement via KPIs and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Conflict resolution

De-escalation techniques

Customer service best practices

Team collaboration

Education

Secondary School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

POSITION: Supervisor Customer Service

REPORTS TO: Manager Customer Service

DEPARTMENT: Passenger Services

LOCATION: Timmins

REFERENCE: 500-113-27

SALARY: $91,572 - $107,718

WHO WE ARE

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) is an Agency of the Province of Ontario that provides efficient and vital transportation services. We are a modern, forward-thinking organization focused on providing safe and reliable transportation services. ONTC has a rich history of over 120 years and strong connections to the communities we serve. With over 1200 skilled professionals, we work together to enhance transportation services and ensure that they are sustainable for future generations. We offer a dynamic workplace culture, along with a competitive salary, excellent benefit package, a defined benefit pension plan, paid vacation, paid personal leave days and discounted transportation on our bus and passenger rail services.

ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT

The Supervisor Customer Service provides leadership and operational oversight of customer service employees across Ontario Northland locations. This position ensures the delivery of safe, consistent, and customer-focused service, while supporting employee performance, regulatory compliance, labour relations, and continuous service improvements. The role exercises independent judgment in a 24/7 operating environment to resolve customer, staffing, and operational issues while maintaining company standards, policies, and objectives.

MAJOR DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, coach, schedule, and support a team of unionized Customer Service and Sales
• Agents across multiple locations, ensuring service standards, productivity targets, and
• customer satisfaction objectives are achieved.
• Monitor employee performance, provide training and mentorship, conduct reviews,
• address attendance and performance concerns, and participate in investigations,
• progressive discipline, and labour relations matters in accordance with the collective
• agreement.
• Oversee customer service operations by monitoring customer interactions, resolving
• escalated inquiries and complaints, tracking feedback, and ensuring timely follow-up and
• resolution of service issues.
• Coordinate with operational partners, including the Motor Coach Control Centre, Lead
• Hands, facilities, security, HR, and other internal stakeholders to address service
• disruptions, travel advisories, passenger needs, safety concerns, and operational
• challenges.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, health and safety requirements, accessibility
• legislation (AODA/ATPDR), customer service standards, and other applicable
• regulations through training, monitoring, and ongoing employee support.
• Investigate and document customer incidents, including injuries and safety-related
• events, gathering relevant information and coordinating with appropriate internal
• departments to support resolution and risk management activities.
• Conduct facility inspections and collaborate with internal and external partners to
• address maintenance, cleanliness, safety, and customer experience concerns at
• customer service locations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying service enhancements,
• implementing process improvements, establishing key performance indicators, and
• promoting company goals and customer service best practices.
• Rotating schedule of day and evening shifts across a seven-day week, including
• weekends in addition to on-call requirements
• Regular out of town travel will be required

REQUIREMENTS

• Secondary School Diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED)
• Five years’ of supervisory experience in a customer service setting or a combination of
• post‑secondary education and experience
• Deep understanding of customer service best practices
• Foster a positive, collaborative team environment while consistently projecting aprofessional, approachable, and customer‑focused image.
• Knowledgeable in conflict resolution and de‑escalation techniques
• Have a solid understanding of collective agreements
• Working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office Suite
• Bilingualism is an asset
• Familiar with geographic territory of Ontario Northland
• Possess a valid G driver's license and the ability to travel
• Demonstrated analytical, leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with theability to effectively plan, prioritize, and achieve results.
• Committed to Company Health and Safety

APPLICATION PROCESS

The successful candidate will need to pass the following clearances: criminal record check, employment references and education verification.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

If it is determined that any information provided in the application or during the recruitment process is false, misleading, or incomplete, Ontario Northland may discontinue your candidacy from further consideration.

At Ontario Northland, we are committed to employment equity. We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Ontario Northland and invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+.

Ontario Northland will provide accommodation to ensure barrier-free employment in accordance with the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. You can request accommodation at any stage of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

ONTC does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to make or inform hiring decisions. We use an external applicant tracking system (ATS) to help manage applications efficiently. While the ATS may apply basic automated filters or sorting functions, all applications are reviewed and evaluated by human recruiters.

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