BUILD YOUR CAREER AT BLACK & MCDONALD

Black & McDonald is an integrated, multi-trade service provider that securely delivers high-quality construction, facilities management and technical solutions. We are a family-owned company employing over 6,000 highly skilled and talented professionals across North America. With more than 100 years of diverse market experience, we are a forward-thinking organization with a solid track record of delivering operational excellence and customer-focused solutions that stand the test of time.

Black & McDonald recognizes the value of diversity and is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment that respects people's dignity, ideas and beliefs and supports a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunity for all current and potential employees, contractors, customers, suppliers and other applicable parties.

Black & McDonald provides internal and external training and development programs for employees at all levels. Black & McDonald encourages and supports its employees towards a stimulating career.

This position will appeal to someone who enjoys working with people and appreciates variety in their work. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with an innate ability to work independently and a demonstrated proactive approach to task completion. This position requires adaptability; the ability to meet deadlines and on-time outputs with competing priorities. Customer service orientation, combined with detailed focus in the form of a high level of accuracy, efficiency and confidentiality, is essential to success. Duties include, but are not limited to:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Receive customer requests (service calls) and ensure they are taken care of
  • Manage and ensure application development cycle according to established management protocol (ERP)
  • Plan and prepare annual, monthly and weekly execution plans for service visits provided in maintenance contracts
  • Daily monitoring of files in progress, their smooth running and completion within agreed deadlines
  • Coordinate the planning of technicians' work and material needs
  • Define with the technician/subcontractor the best course of action and the services to be provided to the customer
  • Ensure that the work is carried out according to the customer's expectations, and follow up throughout its execution
  • Maintain daily communication with technical teams, to ensure follow-up of schedules and technician intervention times; validate and submit timesheets to the payroll department
  • Prepare and submit invoices in accordance with best practices
  • Reconcile and invoice all service requests on a daily basis
  • Prepare, send and follow up proposals following recommendations from technicians
  • Participate in weekly meetings by preparing and discussing critical customer account information related to profitability and customer satisfaction
  • Update and maintain customer account information
  • Manage and process invoice credits and chargebacks as required
  • Handle the inventory control process
  • All other related tasks

EDUCATION AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

  • Degree in project management, logistics, engineering technology;applicable experience as a tradesperson may substitute for educational requirements
  • 1 to 4 years' relevant experience with facility/service management operations
  • Intermediate skills in Foxit PDF, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint);
  • Bilingual in French and English (due to frequent communications with internal and external customers based outside Quebec, knowledge of English is required)

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

  • Normal service support activities may require customer visits
  • Normal service support activities may require working outside normal office hours

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Change orientation (open to change and able to identify what it is needed and how to get there)
  • Communicates effectively (verbally and in writing)
  • Continuous learning (continuous effort to learn)
  • Customer orientation (understanding the needs and perspectives of internal and external customers)
  • Holds self and others accountable (taking personal responsibility for meeting commitments)
  • Problem solving and innovation (ability to approach problems logically and seek innovative solutions)
  • Intermediate skills in Foxit PDF, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint);
  • Teamwork and collaboration (work collaboratively and with others)
  • Values and respects others (encourages and supports diversity)

Black & McDonald welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates who participate in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.