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Helpdesk Operative

ABM UK · London · United Kingdom

Contract
Full time
Occupation
IT Support Specialist

Posted: 22/10/2026 · Last checked: 26/10/2026

Job description

Quoted in full from ABM UK's job posting. Gavroche does not edit it.

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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