Customer Service Representative

Metropolis Technologies; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 23,298 - 33,182; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Long/short term disability

Life insurance

Accident insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

SP+, a Metropolis Company, is seeking a Customer Service Representative in Chicago, IL. The role supports a seamless parking experience, assists with automated payment equipment, and ensures high-quality customer service across the facility.

Responsibilities include day-to-day location operations, assisting customers, resolving complaints, and maintaining cleanliness and professional conduct during shifts. A High School Diploma and a driver’s license are required where applicable.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience with automated parking access control hardware or high technology aptitude
• Availability to work varied shifts including weekends
• Valid state-issued driver's license if driving company vehicle

Responsibilities

• Ensure customers have seamless parking experience and assist with traffic flow
• Assist customers with payments to automated revenue control equipment
• Deliver an exceptional customer experience and resolve complaints
• Assist in day-to-day operations of the location
• Monitor parkers in pay-in lanes
• Maintain professional conduct and friendly service
• Be willing to help customers who forget where they parked
• Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor
• Conduct garage and facility audits as required by management
• Count revenue at shift start to verify starting total
• Provide directions to city locations and assist customers

Job description

Overview

SP+, a Metropolis company, is an artificial intelligence company for the real world. We use computer vision to enable checkout‑free parking experiences. So there’s no fumbling with tickets, machines, apps, or credit cards. You just “drive in and drive out.”

We are the largest parking network in America, with over 23,000 employees powering mobility at over 4,000 locations across North America and Europe. Today, we are reinventing parking. Because it’s important, it’s everywhere and impacts everyone. Tomorrow, we will power checkout‑free experiences anywhere you go to make the everyday experiences of living, working, and playing remarkable – giving us back our most valuable asset, time.

Responsibilities

The Customer Service Representative ensures highest quality customer service and assists the maintenance team with keeping all common areas by the entrances and exits clean.

What You’ll Do

• Ensures customers have a seamless parking experience and facilitates the expedient flow of traffic through the facility
• Assists customers in making payment to fully automated revenue control equipment
• Goes above and beyond to deliver an exceptional client and customer experience
• Assists in the management of the day‑to‑day activities of the assigned location.
• Monitors parkers in pay‑in lanes
• Makes every customer interaction a moment that matters through friendly and professional conduct.
• Willing to assist customers that have forgotten where they parked their vehicle.
• Performs other necessary functions as assigned.
• Conducts garage and facility audits as required by management.
• Counts “bank” of revenue (if required) at beginning of shift to ensure starting total is correct.
• Makes change (if required) for customers before transactions.
• Quotes rates for parking services.
• Gives directions to city locations and assists customers, ensuring they get where they are going quickly and easily.
• Resolves customer complaints independently or with the aid of a supervisor.
• Answers telephone in a prompt and courteous manner (if required).
• Maintains cleanliness of facility and picks up trash in the surrounding area.
• Presents themselves professionally (neat appearance and in uniform) at all times while at work.
• Arrives to work on time for scheduled shifts.
• Completes any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Education Required: High School Diploma or an equivalent combination of experience and education

Experience Required: Experience with automated parking access control hardware and software or a high aptitude for technology.

Availability to Work: Special shift requirements, if any, will vary depending on a location's hiring needs. If applicable, availability to work 2nd shift, 3rd shift and/or week‑ends may be required.

License Requirement: The individual will only be required to have and maintain a valid state‑issued driver’s license, with a current address and acceptable driving record, if the individual is expected to be able to drive a company vehicle or drive on company business.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to make change.

Language Skills: Ability to read, write and interpret the English language. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, supervisors and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but standard written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; Able to deal with change, delays, or unexpected events.

Judgment: Exhibits sound and accurate judgment.

Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to use clock (standard/military time), calculator (optional) or credit card machine to handle transactions. Ability to maintain a pleasant and mannerly demeanor when speaking on the telephone and with the public. Ability to effectively respond to customer problems or complaints. Must be proactive with strong personal drive and proven customer service skills and must be willing to lead by example. Must be willing to work a flexible schedule.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• The exposure level in the work environment to vehicle emissions is moderate to high.
• The exposure level in the work environment to extreme hot/cold temperatures is moderate to high.
• The work environment is subject to all weather conditions including, but not limited to, precipitation and wind.
• The exposure level in the work environment to bright sunlight and nighttime working conditions is high.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Salary Range

$20.50 per hour

Benefits

Eligible employees will participate in the various benefits plans including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, long/short term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, 401(k) and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SP+ is an equal opportunity employer committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, disability or other classes protected by federal or state law. SP+ does not tolerate harassment or retaliation against any employee or applicant based on these characteristics or because the individual exercised their EEO rights.

Right to Work Poster

SP+, a Metropolis Company, may utilize an automated employment decision tool (AEDT) to assess or evaluate your candidacy for employment or promotion. AEDTs are used to assist in assessing a candidate’s application relative to the required job qualifications and responsibilities listed in the job posting.

As part of this process, SP+ retains data relevant to your candidacy, including personal information, for a period that is reasonably necessary for the use of the tool. If you are hired for the position, your data may become part of your employee records.

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Location

US‑IL‑CHICAGO