Customer Service Technician I

Job ID: CUSTO012803
Job Title: Customer Service Technician I
Location: 295 N SUNRISE WAY, PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
Union: CWA 9588 - CBA 004
Hiring Manager: Paul Salisbury
# of Openings: 2
Posting Dates: 3/25/25 - 4/8/25
Wage Range: $24.18 - $46.82 per hour

Summary

Perform service order, provisioning, repair and maintenance activities in Stored Program Control (SPC) central office equipment, adjunct devices (e.g., Voicemail, etc.), inter-office trunking and terminating facilities, network plant facilities, and on customer premises, including customer provided equipment and wiring. This activity includes, but is not limited to, network clocking equipment, special services circuits, advanced data circuits, fiber and radio terminals and facilities, microwave equipment, video equipment and facilities, span lines, network facilities, company or customer-provided multi-line key and/or switchboard (PBX/PABX) components, database, and other specialized communications equipment such as station equipment, internal communications systems and teletypewriters. Perform power and noise mitigation functions. Perform service order, repair and maintenance activity on E911 systems, including network and PSAP equipment. Order work supplies via standard ordering procedures. Complete customer contact and sales effort in accordance with company policies. Perform such work under minimum supervision. Operate company vehicles as required.

General Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Access standard work delivery systems or processes (e.g., AWAS, CO AWAS, SITES, etc.) via handheld, laptop or PC terminals.
• Read and interpret service orders, repair reports, circuit diagrams, work orders and blueprints.
• Follow company standard policies, practices and/or procedures in performing service order, repair or maintenance activities.
• Install, rearrange, change, remove, repair or maintain central office, interoffice, network, or customer premises equipment and/or wiring. Use appropriate tools and test equipment in the provisioning, repair, or maintenance of assigned work. Verify trouble-free continuity on all completed work using appropriate test equipment.
• Handle and climb ladders and poles, crawl under dwellings, work in attics, underground and other confined areas to install, adjust, or remove equipment or wiring using a variety of manual and motorized hand tools.
• Work with customers to advise of work in progress or completed, evaluate and suggest how to improve service, and make a sales effort with all customers for network services or products where appropriate. This involves using tact and persuasion to influence the actions and attitudes of customers.
• Make notations on source documentation (i.e., service orders, repair reports, work orders, etc.) via AWAS, CO AWAS or other work delivery system interface to indicate work completed, time worked, and changes from the original request or assignment. Update any impacted records system as appropriate (e.g., MARK, ICGS, etc.). Complete all required billing notations for proper customer billing.
• May be required to perform additional duties and tasks as required by the Company.

Basic Qualifications

• Tests - Results obtained in standard tests for this position must meet minimum requirements established by the Company, in accordance with Company policy.
• Experience - Management will designate the experience level required for each vacancy.




• First consideration will be given to an individual who in the last 10 years has successfully held the position of Customer Service Technician I, Senior Technician - Business/Government, Equipment Installer, Equipment Maintainer, Special Equipment Installer and Senior Special Services Provisioning Technician or who possesses the equivalent experience (i.e., other telecommunications company experience).
• If there are no individuals who meet the criteria outlined above, consideration will be given to all other individuals.




• Employees are required to climb ladders and work at heights and may be required to handle ladders weighing up to 90 pounds and to climb poles.
• Must possess, at time of appointment, a valid California class "C" driver's license and if, required at the assigned job site, must demonstrate proficiency in the operation of a vehicle equipped with standard (manual shift) transmission.
• Legally required Criminal Records Check - Employee will be required to be fingerprinted and pass the Department of Justice criminal records screening process in order to ensure that the employee has never been convicted of, and is not the defendant in a pending criminal proceeding with respect to an arrest for, any "serious" or "violent" felony (as defined in the California Education and Penal Codes). The Department of Justice will continuously monitor the employee's criminal record while the employee is employed in this position, and the employee shall be required to pass such continuous screening in order to retain this position.
• Must possess the ability to perceive difference in colors.
• Must possess the ability to distinguish audible tones/levels.

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