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Call Center Customer Service Representative

Waste Management Inc
  • Windsor, CT
  • $17.50–$23.64 Per Hour
12 days ago

Job Description

Onsite Training Class: October 12, 2026 8:30am-5:00pm EST M-F

Full Time Position(s) - Hybrid Schedule after 90 days

Site Location: 1 Griffin Rd N, Windsor, CT 06095

Work Shifts available based on business needs

Our center is open from 7:00am- 8:00pm EST and Saturday 7:00am-3:30pm EST

I. Job Summary

The Customer Service Rep I - This entry level role operates within a full-service National Accounts contact center, delivering end-to-end support for a wide range of customers across diverse and complex industries. As the primary point of contact, the representative manages customer interactions across phone, chat, and email, owning service requests from intake through completion. The role requires accurate execution, timely resolution, and consistent, seamless customer experience across all channels.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Manage customer interactions across phone, chat, and email, ensuring timely and accurate resolution from intake through completion.
  • Manage customer requests, including account inquiries, service scheduling, modifications, and new service setup, from intake through completion, providing updates, follow-up, and clear expectations throughout the resolution process.
  • Execute service requests in alignment with established processes, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Document all customer interactions, requests, and updates accurately within systems of record.
  • Coordinate with internal teams and partners to resolve service issues, ensuring appropriate follow-up and follow-through.
  • Identify and escalate complex or non-standard issues through established escalation paths.
  • Utilize internal CRM and other internal systems to access information, process requests, and maintain accurate customer records.
  • Maintain performance aligned with contact center standards, including quality, productivity, safety, and service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Perform additional job-related responsibilities as assigned.

III. Qualifications

A. Required Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED (accredited)
  • 1+ yr of Customer Service Experience

B. Preferred Qualifications

  • 1 + yr Customer Service Experience in Contact Center or high volume service environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge of customer service principles and practices within a contact center environment.
  • Knowledge of service request handling, issue resolution, and escalation processes.
  • Knowledge of CRM systems, customer information systems, and business applications (Microsoft suite of Products) used to support customer interactions.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills across phone, chat, and email channels.
  • Ability to assess customer needs, gather information, and proactively communicate updates, expectations, and next steps.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify solutions and escalate issues appropriately.
  • Strong organizational and workload management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and meet service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Strong technical, typing, and documentation skills with the ability to navigate multiple business applications, research customer information, maintain accurate records, and execute service requests in real time.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality, accuracy, and compliance.
  • Demonstrated accountability and ownership for managing customer requests through resolution and follow-through.

Ability to manage multiple customer interactions and priorities in a fast-paced, multi-channel environment while maintaining customer commitments.

Ability to coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams and adapt to changing priorities, processes, technology, and business needs to achieve customer and operational objectives.

IV. Physical Requirements

Listed below are key points regarding physical demands, physical and occupational risks, and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Office: This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Pay: The expected base pay range for this on-site position is $17.50 - $23.64. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location.

V. Benefits

At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability. In addition, we offer a stock purchase plan, company matching on a 401(k), and more. Employees also receive paid vacation, holidays, and personal days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click Apply.

ABOUT WM

WM (WM.com) is North America''s leading provider of comprehensive environmental solutions. Previously known as Waste Management and based in Houston, Texas, WM is driven by commitments to put people first and achieve success with integrity. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to millions of residential, commercial, industrial, medical and municipal customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. With innovative infrastructure and capabilities in recycling, organics and renewable energy, WM provides environmental solutions to and collaborates with its customers in helping them pursue their sustainability goals. WM has the largest disposal network and collection fleet in North America, is the largest recycler of post‑consumer materials and is a leader in beneficial use of landfill gas, with a growing network of renewable natural gas plants and the most landfill gas‑to‑electricity plants in North America. WM's fleet includes more than 12,000 natural gas trucks - the largest heavy‑duty natural gas truck fleet in the industry in North America. Healthcare Solutions provides collection and disposal services of regulated medical waste, as well as secure information destruction services, in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. To learn more about WM and the company's sustainability progress and solutions, visit Sustainability.WM.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

For United States: WM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

For Canada: WM is committed to the principle of equal employment for all applicants and employees, without discrimination on the basis of all grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please notify us if you require accommodation.

Real ID

In order to travel by air or access federal property, federal law requires individuals have a REAL ID or an acceptable alternative. This position may require the successful candidate to travel by air for business reasons or service federal property. Accordingly, successful candidates must have, or be willing to obtain, a REAL ID or TSA‑approved alternative.

Numbers & Facts

LocationWindsor, CT
IndustryOther/Not Classified
Salary$17.50–$23.64 Per Hour
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1968
Websitehttps://careers.wm.com/us/en

Benefits

Paid Sick Days, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401K, Stock Options, Flexible Spending Accounts, Retirement / Pension Plans, Life Insurance

About Company

Waste Management is the largest environmental solutions provider in North America, serving more than 21 million municipal, commercial and industrial customers in the U.S. and Canada. We have invested in developing waste solutions for a changing world. Today, this includes not just disposal and recycling, but personal counseling to help customers achieve their green goals, including zero waste.

Waste Management is North America’s largest residential recycler and a renewable energy provider. We recover the naturally occurring gas inside landfills to generate electricity, called landfill-gas-to-energy. Waste Management’s fleet of natural gas trucks is the largest heavy-duty truck fleet of its kind in North America. With the largest network of recycling facilities, transfer stations and landfills in the industry, our entire business can adapt to meet the needs of every distinct customer segment.

As North America’s leading provider of comprehensive waste management services, our mission is to maximize resource value while minimizing impact in order to further both economic and environmental sustainability for all of our stakeholders.

Skills

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  • Business Solutionsunmatched
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  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Copying Machinesunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer Experienceunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systemsunmatched
  • Customer Service Systemsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
  • Documentationunmatched
  • Electricityunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • Follow Throughunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • High School Diplomaunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Maintenance Servicesunmatched
  • Medical Wasteunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • National Salesunmatched
  • Natural Gasunmatched
  • Office Equipmentunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Physical Demandsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Procedure Developmentunmatched
  • Process Developmentunmatched
  • Record Keepingunmatched
  • Recyclingunmatched
  • Research Skillsunmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
  • Sustainabilityunmatched
  • Systems Maintenanceunmatched
  • Telephone Skillsunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Track Customer Issuesunmatched
  • Typingunmatched
  • Vehicle Fleetsunmatched
  • Waste Managementunmatched
  • Waste/Garbage/Recycle Collectionunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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