Inside Sales Support Clerk

Job Description

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a front-line contact for new business and natural gas service inquiries.
• Respond to customers and review service request applications for accuracy and completeness.
• Contact customers when additional information or clarification is needed.
• Help customers understand the natural gas service installation process.
• Create and organize new business project documentation.
• Enter and maintain accurate information in systems such as Salesforce, ESRI and OpenGrid.
• Coordinate with customers, contractors, builders, employees and Sales Operations team.
• Track clarification cases and route them to the appropriate team members for resolution.
• Maintain accurate records used for departmental reporting.
• Provide timely and accurate information about company products and services.
• Use established guidelines and procedures to make decisions and keep customer requests moving forward.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 3–5 years of customer service or sales experience in a high-volume, product-driven, customer-focused environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to accurately collect, interpret and record information.
• Sound judgement and the ability to make decisions within established procedures and guidelines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Strong customer service skills and a professional approach to customer interactions.
• Ability to successfully complete the required Writing Skills Evaluation Assessment.

Nice to Have

• Basic knowledge of natural gas and electrical appliances.
• Familiarity with gas-line installation and related techniques.
• Experience with Salesforce, ESRI or OpenGrid.

Union: Yes

Bargaining Unit/Local: Office and Professional Employees International Union- Local No. 2

Rate Classification: Grade 4A- $25.57 per hour, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement

Number of Positions Available: 1

Please note that current union members will receive priority on these vacancies, per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. WGL is an EO employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled.

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.

To learn more about our mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYAAg21IuU

• #LI-TM1

For Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.