What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contractor Dispatcher - 100% Remote/Work From Home position at Frontdoor?
Overview
Frontdoor is a company that’s obsessed with taking the hassle out of owning a home. With services powered by people and enabled by technology, it is the parent company of four home service plan brands (American Home Shield, HSA, Landmark and OneGuard) and an expanding portfolio of home services. Frontdoor serves more than two million customers across the U.S. through a network of 16,000 pre-qualified contractor firms that employ over 45,000 technicians. The company’s customizable home service plans help customers protect and maintain their homes from costly and unplanned breakdowns of essential home systems and appliances. With more than 45 years of experience, the company responds to over four million service requests annually (or one request every eight seconds). For more details, visit frontdoorhome.com.
Responsibilities
Dispatches service calls to authorized network of service contractors and/or personnel by answering incoming calls and making outbound calls, interpreting contracts and taking appropriate action.
Researches, identifies, and arranges with an appropriate network contractor to complete work orders that cannot be automatically dispatched.
May arrange for emergency/urgent work orders to be completed by coordinating with both customer and contractor.
May negotiate with contractors to reach agreeable terms for unusual, inconvenient, or urgent work orders.
Dispatches work orders following established guidelines.
Answers inbound and places outbound calls; provides necessary follow-up.
Makes outbound calls to locate authorized contractors
Interprets contracts for contractors and customers.
Generates work orders using applicable software.
Qualifications
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required
Customer service experience and/or training preferred
Experience in one or more of the repair trades (HVAC, appliance, plumbing, etc.) preferred
Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel)
Good attention to detail
Adapt to a fast-paced environment
Other/State Specific
This role pays between $15.00/hour to $22.65/hour, and your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, responsibilities, experience, and location.
At Frontdoor certain roles are eligible for additional rewards and incentives. Speak directly to your recruiter to learn more.
Our approach to benefits is holistic, and includes health, wellbeing and financial components including: insurance for medical/pharmacy, dental, vision, life, and disability, weight loss and smoking cessation programs, matching 401(k) and ability to participate in our employee stock purchase plan.
Learn more aboutbenefits (https://frontdoor.jobs/benefits/) at Frontdoor.
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