Customer Service Advisor

The Customer Service Advisor role is central to our activities and provides an opportunity to use a range of relevant skills. The main responsibilities include dealing with customer queries via telephone, webchat & email, investigating and processing changes in occupancy and ensuring our records are correct and kept up to date.

The role will report to the Customer Services Team Leader in the Ayr office and will regularly collaborate with all other teams across the business.

Customer Service Advisors are the first point of contact for most customers and should therefore bring enthusiasm and confidence to the role. The role also requires a candidate who enjoys problem-solving and can work both as part of a team as well as under their own initiative.

This is a role for someone with confidence and initiative, as well as the maturity required to take responsibility, make decisions and to be confident in your own abilities and potential.

  • Deliver excellent customer service to our customers via phone, email or webchat, managing their expectations effectively and resolving issues at the first point of contact where possible.
  • Build rapport, identify customer needs quickly, efficiently, and proactively to maintain exceptional customer service standards.
  • Understand and review customer bills, taking ownership of customer queries and following them through to resolution.
  • Contribute towards the customer retention rate by onboarding new customers via change of tenancies and newly created supply points.
  • Identify the best solutions for both Castle Water and the customer.
  • Work collaboratively with team members to ensure more complex customer queries are investigated and resolved.
  • Assist and collaborate with all other area of the business when required, supporting them with queries.
  • Identify opportunities for automation and improvement of business processes.
  • Manage workload effectively ensuring all tasks are completed within given timescales.
  • You will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties.
  • Previous Customer Service experience in a similar role is desirable.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability and resilience to deal with challenge and ambiguity.
  • Competent in all Microsoft office packages including Excel, office 365.
  • Must be a strong team player, with the ability to work collaboratively across functions and departments.
  • Must have strong communication skills with the ability to communicated effectively both internally and externally.
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
  • Must have strong logical and analytical skills, an inherent problem solver.
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About Castle Water

Castle Water aims to deliver the best customer service in the sector. Creating positive interactions in the workplace and between our employees and our customers will help ensure our company continues to draw new and retain existing customers. 

Castle Water has a track record of providing excellent customer service, and of developing innovative approaches to utility supply. We have more 5-star reviews on Trustpilot than all other water retailers. We pride ourselves on being transparent and treating customers fairly.

Our head office is based in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, within easy commuting distance of both Perth and Dundee. We are embedded in the local community and participate in many local events and activities.

As a responsible employer, the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people is a top priority. Our employees are currently working on a hybrid model from home and in the office. Measures have been put in place in line with government guidelines to ensure a safe environment for those who are working in our offices.

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