Receptionist

As a key member of GFL’s dynamic team, you will be the first point of contact for customers and will provide administrative support to the office as a whole. The successful candidate will possess exceptional customer service and communication skills while having the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment. This position requires an enthusiastic individual who presents themselves with a professional demeanor and a positive attitude, with very high attention to detail. *At GFL our goal is to invest in our people and provide opportunities to grow for life!* Our employees are affectionately known as team green, a name that unites us all under our shared purpose of providing sustainable solutions to enable our customers and communities to be GREEN FOR LIFE!

• 15 days of paid time off upon hire.
• 4 medical plan options including an HSA with employer contribution & match program, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with an employer match.
• Paid holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program with free counseling services.
• Overview:*

GFL Environmental is one of North America’s leading waste management companies, proudly making communities cleaner, safer, and happier through first-class service. Working for GFL is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to grow in your career, make new friends, and make a difference each day. *Key Responsibilities:*

• Operate facility's primary telephone console/switchboard.
• Receive incoming calls, secure identity of callers and connect to proper parties.
• Take and relay messages.
• Place outgoing calls to other branches to assist in resolving customer complaints that have come to the Home Office.
• Operate the IVR line.
• Process online forms for IVR customer issues or complaints.
• Work diligently to assist customers with issues presented to the Home Office in order to minimize transferring to Management or to branches.
• Receive visitors by having them sign a log sheet; announce and direct to proper party.
• Perform a variety of clerical duties as time permits, such as typing and record posting and maintenance.
• Ensure job applicants complete appropriate paperwork for interview including job application and voluntary affirmative action form.
• Record all Home Office job applicants on affirmative action data sheet.
• Set up vendors and maintain vendor database.
• Assist customers with enrolling and resetting passwords for eBilling accounts.
• Provide instructions to customers on how to make online payments.
• Email billing invoices to customers upon request.
• Answer questions about billing, trash pick ups, yard waste removal, and white goods removal and post customer notes in Tower.
• Schedule and reserve conference rooms and Meet Me phone numbers for upper Management and other employees.
• Act as liaison for employees and building maintenance.
• Assist Accounts Payable as needed.
• Assist Executive Admin. as needed.
• Conform in all respects with applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, ordinances and other orders and to all company policies, procedures and directives from supervisors.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as required or requested by management.

*Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:*

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Two (2) to three (3) years customer service and/or switchboard experience.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively with customers and employees

is low to moderate.

• Tech Savvy, with a solid understanding of Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office.
• Exhibit impeccable phone skills with accuracy and good judgment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to engage in friendly and professional correspondence with all levels of leadership within the organization.
• Ability to effectively multitask.
• Operate telephone switchboard and personal computer.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish required.

*Physical/Mental Demands:*

• Ability to sit, use hands and fingers, reach, talk and hear.
• Visual Requirements: include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

*Working Conditions:*

• Work in indoor office environment 100% of the time.
• Noise level is low to moderate.

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