Service Writer

Castongia TractorValparaiso, IndianaOn-siteFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 5 days ago

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About this role

Who We Are

Castongia Tractor is a team of professionals focused on helping our customers grow by providing accurate, timely and valuable solutions for our Agricultural, Commercial, and Residential partners ever-changing needs through providing high quality products, first-class product support and cutting edge new technology and continued education of our customers and employees.

What We Offer

- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

- Life and Disability Insurance

- 401K Retirement Savings Plan

- Paid Time Off

- Paid Holidays

Purpose

Assist the service manager in maintaining accurate and on-time reports and records relative to the service departments operation within the dealership.

Responsibilities

- Assist in Answering phone calls for service.

- Assign jobs and work areas to techs according to their skill, knowledge and level of expertise, under the direction of Service Manager.

- Inspect customer machines after repairs have been performed to assure that customer satisfaction is maintained when there machine is returned to them.

- Assist technicians in machine diagnostics as needed.

- Assist technicians in DTAC case creation.

- Write up work order requisitions and open work orders as needed.

- Keep techs productive and working.

- Assure that techs are keeping shop cleaned and organized.

- Make sure all company service vehicles are maintained.

- Assist in keeping schedule board updated daily.

- Maintain service counter schedule pad daily and complete before next days business.

- Issue purchase orders for outside supplies and repairs, submit bills to service mgr for processing.

- Maintain and monitor special tool inventory.

- Provide estimates to customers for repairs when requested.

- Keep customers informed of status of machine repairs and costs.

- Contact customers for authorization of additional repairs.

- Work with service manager in all aspects of the service department in fulfilling the responsibilities of the service manager.

- Promotes loyalty and customer goodwill and protects dealership and service department image.

- Advise service manager of all customer complaints.

- Meet with service manager daily to review department performance and personnel matters.

- Perform other duties and functions as directed by Service Manager in line with objectives of the dealership.

- Duties as assigned by management.

Skills & Qualifications

- 5+ years work related experience.

- Previous supervisory or management experience preferred but not required.

- Ability to write and work on routine reports and correspondence.

- Ability to speak effectively one on one or before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

- Ability to negotiate customer complaints to a satisfactory resolution.

- Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

- Computer skills

- Strong organizational skills

Castongia Tractor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.