Dispatcher at Howard Air in Austin, TX

Service Wizard is looking for a forward-thinking Dispatcher. The primary function of this position is to efficiently dispatch technicians to their respective calls. All Dispatchers utilize established procedures and guidelines to execute primary job functions. This entails coordinating all technicians to run all scheduled calls effectively each day. Key goals are confirming appointments and ensuring that technicians arrive on time. This is a full-time, non-exempt level position, reporting to the Dispatch Manager.  Key Responsibilities: • Proactively gain and maintain a full understanding of our portfolio of products and services • Effectively summarize and relay information • Achieve productivity standards and goals set by the company while maintaining high quality • Work well independently within guidelines and complete work without requiring follow-up • Analyze data from previous appointments, understand each technician's abilities, and apply this to new appointments, ensuring the appropriate technician is sent • Communicate opportunities that exist on appointments to encourage and motivate technicians, helping drive performance • Manage a geographical territory, producing the best outcomes possible from appointments within the assigned territory • Understand and communicate expectations, executing processes even if challenged by a technician or peer • Monitor and identify incorrect work-orders, correct mistakes, and partner with managers to resolve issues • Alert managers as processes or expectations fail to be met Qualifications: • High school diploma or equivalent; college preferred • Minimum of 2 years of versatile Dispatch experience • Minimum of 45 wpm, and manage multiple computer screens • Able to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced, deadline driven, multi-discipline environment • Able to make good decisions and resolve issues in a clear, calm, and diplomatic manner • Strong Phone and Interpersonal Skills • Computer literacy and Data Entry Skills • Ability to interpret city/county maps Benefits:  • Medical, Dental, Vision • 401K with Company Match • Life Insurance • Paid Vacation • Paid Holidays Work Conditions:  • Regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel and type • Speaking and hearing ability; heavy communication through talking and listening to employees and clients directly as well as through telephone conversations to resolve issues • Frequently required to reach with hands and arms • Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl • May lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus #WIZ Pay Range $21 - $21 USD Howard Air For more than 30 years, Howard Air has focused on providing the latest technology in superior comfort to meet our customers’ air conditioning and heating needs. When you join us, you will proudly be a part of an exclusive group of the highest trained and top earning professionals in the HVAC industry. Earn the most you’ve ever made in the HVAC industry while enjoying flexible work schedules for an unbeatable work/life balance, along with the best tools, equipment, vehicles, and facilities in the industry. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic outlined by federal, state, or local laws.