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Helpdesk Operative

ABM UK
London, England, United Kingdom Posted Oct 22, 2026
Full-time

About this role

JOB TITLE: Helpdesk Operative (Nights)

LOCATIONS: London EC2R

SHIFT PATTERN: 4 on / 4 off rotation 19:00 - 07:00 (Subject to change)

SALARY: Competitive

ROLE OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE

The Helpdesk Operative will form part of a team responsible for the receiving, allocation and progressing of reactive engineering requests on the contract.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Key duties and accountabilities include:

  • First point of contact for incoming telephone calls.

  • Vetting service requests received via CAFM system.

  • Ensure compliance with statutory and company procedures across all functions.

  • Dispatch work to both direct labour and contractors in a timely fashion based on the correct skillsets, geographical location and service delivery arrangements.

  • Prioritising urgent jobs and plan and dispatch engineers to meet urgent demand.

  • Escalate any complaints or issues as required.

  • Analysis of job history/running reports to avoid duplication.

  • Undertake other duties as directed by management.

  • High attention to detail on all work submitted.

  • Manage the fault closure process and ensure compliance of fault completion, reviews & audit fails.

  • To demonstrate rapid response to customer issues and show a systematic approach to problem solving.

  • Adhere to all SLAs/KPIs set against your role including call answering times, quality assurance, email response times.

  • Understand, identify and apply the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for each service request and set expectation with customer.

  • Escalate emergency fault notifications, updates and closures to stakeholders in a timely manner.

  • Contribute to reducing levels of customer complaints.

  • To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/herself and others.

Requirements

  • Exceptional organisational skills.

  • Ability to handle conflicting workloads and to work under pressure.

  • Strong communication skills in both telephone and correspondence/report handling

  • An excellent telephone manner with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels delivering flawless customer service always.

  • Ability to develop effective relations with key stakeholders including management, customers, staff teams and clients.

  • Ability to set and achieve targets via effective engagement with stakeholder groups.

Desirable:

  • A previous customer service representative or frontline support role is desirable.

  • Experience in using CAFM system or asset management system.

  • Rounded educational background and credible experience as a helpdesk operative.

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