Service Controller - Power and Energy

Finning; Dublin; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual Bonus

Laptop and phone

Pension plan up to 7%

Life insurance

Company share scheme

Healthcare benefits

Enhanced maternity/paternity packages

Flexible working options

Job summary

Finning (UK) Ltd in Dublin seeks a Service Controller to oversee a team of engineers and optimise resources to meet customer needs while maintaining the highest standards of service delivery. You will plan all jobs, monitor progress, and ensure accurate work orders, liaising with customers to deliver timely, cost-effective solutions in a busy power and energy environment.

The package includes 25 days holiday, bank holidays, annual bonus, laptop and phone, and a comprehensive benefits suite

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of engineers and managing 100+ work orders.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and resource allocation skills.
• Knowledge of CAT Power Generation product range is a plus.
• Excellent customer service and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer requests, allocate resources and set timescales.
• Plan jobs to maximise engineer productivity and track progress.
• Open/close work orders accurately to maximise billing accuracy.
• Keep systems up-to-date with accurate job information.
• Mentor engineers and foster high customer satisfaction and profitability.
• Ensure adherence to service processes for exceptional service.

Skills

Customer service skills

Planning and organising

Attention to detail

Influencing and negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Microsoft Office

Team player

Tools

DBSi Work Order System

Sales Tracker

SAP

Vision Link

Cat SIS

Masternaut

Job description

Company:

Finning (UK) Ltd

Number of Openings:

1

Worker Type:

Permanent

Position Overview:

As a Service Controller you will oversee a team of engineers and ensure an excellent customer experience by optimising the resources to meet the customer needs efficiently whilst maintaining the high standard of service delivery

Due to continued growth within Finning, the UK and Irelands largest Cat dealership specialising in Caterpillar Equipment and Machinery, we currently have an opening for a Customer Service Controller to join our Power and Energy team

Job Description:

Finning are the world’s largest Caterpillar dealership delivering unrivalled service for 90 years. We sell, rent, supply parts, service and repair equipment and engines to customers in various industries, including mining, construction, petroleum, forestry, and a wide range of power systems applications.

As a Finning Employee you will receive:

• A competitive salary


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (purchase additional 5 days holiday)


• Annual Bonus


• Laptop and phone


• The additional benefits attached to this role include a generous reward scheme, up to 7% pension, life insurance, access to the company a share scheme, and healthcare benefits (medical, optical, hearing, dentistry, and physio)


• You will benefit from enhanced maternity and paternity packages, family-friendly policies to support working parents, enhanced flexible working options, support from a team of 40+ Mental Health first aiders, employee wellbeing solutions, the opportunity to support your charity of choice via "Give As You Earn", and length of service & recognition awards.

Major Job Functions

• Understand & respond to customer requests, assessing & prioritising their need and identifying the actions to take place with agreed timescales. Allocate the most appropriate resources to address the customers’ need.


• Plan all jobs to maximise engineer productivity. Manage and control job progress at every stage. Liaise fully to ensure the job is resolved to the mutual benefit of Finning & our external customer.


• Open & close work orders accurately and consistently to maximise billing accuracy & timeliness. Identify & exploit opportunities to address safety reworks, priority reworks at the same time as the repairs.


• Keep all systems up-to-date at all stages with accurate job information. Load trial information to the Caterpillar OEMsi web site. Load internal drives with trial data.


• Direct management of engineers (4-8) mentoring, addressing performance issues and carrying out regular 1-2-1. Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers to ensure delivery of high levels of customers’ satisfaction whilst maintaining service profitability.


• Ensure adherence to service processes and procedures to ensure consistent extraordinary customer service delivery.

Specific Skills

• Customer service skills and ability to develop strong customer relations


• Planning and organising skills


• Attention to detail


• Influencing and negotiation skills


• Good interpersonal skills


• Good IT skills, specifically in Microsoft Office


• Works well as part of a team

Desirable Knowledge

• Ideally, Advanced level of engineering aptitude


• Technical understanding of Power Generation and standby applications, customisation of critical infrastructures and adaptability of Tier profiles


• Gas / Diesel generator product knowledge


• PC literate, Understanding of budgetary control and processes


• Knowledge of CAT Power Generation Product Range


• Good knowledge of existing applications and systems desirable (DBSi Work order system, Sales Tracker, SAP, FSAT, Vision Link or other remote maintenance telematics systems, Masternaut, Cat SIS or other OEM service information systems, 1-2-1 application, Product Support dealsheet)


• Warranty process


• Commissioning process

Accountability

• Keep internal and external customers fully informed of job progress at all times, ensuring promises and agreed commitments are kept.


• Accountable for the health and safety of engineers and support staff when performing tasks. Ensure that the most cost effective and efficient solution is delivered ensuring high level of customer satisfaction to ensure safe and ISO compliant operations on site.


• Maximise customer revenue for service.


• Control expenses for service including commissioning.


• Manage and control approx. 100 work orders with an average value in the region of £300k per month.


• Ensure First Time Fix, promise date adherence, response times.


• Inform Service Supervisor of work schedule and Engineer’s issues, over attendance, tooling, quality of work, customer care issues, technical issues, parts delivery problems etc. and agree on solutions.

Working Environment

Office based

At Finning we believe that our people are the heart and soul of our company and fundamental to our success. Our employees are rewarded with an attractive all-round benefits package including 25 days holiday, company pension scheme, healthcare, company share scheme and various flexible benefits.

At Finning, we prioritize creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we actively encourage all individuals to express themselves and achieve their full potential. As a company, we continuously strive to enhance our outreach to individuals of all backgrounds and identities. We do not discriminate against applicants based on gender identity, race, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital and family status, and/or mental or physical disabilities. Furthermore, Finning is committed to collaborating with and providing reasonable accommodations /adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you require an adjustment/accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please inform your recruiter.