Residential Energy Services Consultant

Career finder•Town of Koshkonong, WI

1d•$29 - $48

About The Position

We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is seeking a Residential Energy Services Consultant in our Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin location. This position is represented by L2150.Job Summary As the primary customer contact, the RESC proactively and reactively responds to the sales and service needs ofresidential and small commercial customers including service delivery, outages, energy quality issues, new services(permanent and temporary), outdoor lighting, rewires, relocations, hold-off clearances, removals (permanent andtemporary), cut-offs, metering, client jobs, and billing inquiries for gas and electric customers.

Requirements

Applicant must have an associate degree (or equivalent education) in engineering, marketing, business administration, project management or finance.
In lieu of an associate degree, applicant must have four years of Wisconsin Field Operations experience including customer service and clerical support.
Applicant must have at least three years of customer contact experience.
Applicant must have a valid driver's license and meet the company's requirements for driving.

Responsibilities

Contact, establish, and maintain relationships with both new and current customers to discuss their energy service needs and requirements.
Work with homeowners, developers, contractors, consultants, engineering firms, municipalities to establish new/expanded service.
Consult with customers on service options and corresponding prices.
Create/cancel work requests, send applications and other correspondence to customers, builders, contractors.
Coordinate installation with internal and external resources, negotiate timelines and required-by dates.
Request plot surveys, boundary lines and other missing information on work request.
Manage customer contact and expectations for service delivery.
Proactively manage internal work requests by identifying/resolving potential issues to completion.
Provide notification for planned outage to affected customers.
Respond to rate evaluations, bill inquiries, various service functions.
Initiate customer referrals and promote participation in various company programs, energy efficiency, focus on energy, conservation measures.
Determine availability of service.
Apply standard cost guide information to give customer general cost for new service, rewire, relocation, deactivations/removal, etc.
Determine need for site visit and assign design/site visit to appropriate personnel.
Act on requests for site visits for central groups, customer contact centers, and customers to gather field information or determine if job is design/non-design.
Provide answers to technical questions from construction crews, customers, etc.
Identify options and alternatives to customer requests for service work.
Perform gas energy audits, apply economic models for gas sales/gas main estimates.
Share locations for potential new building, pool/deck sites, drain tile location, etc.
Process annexation orders and request addresses to be designated and assigned by municipalities for new premises.
Respond to meter requests/removals, prepare documents for Meter & Service.
Coordinate/schedule customer/company requested outages, hold-offs, including client jobs.
Report emergency or outage information for gas and electric facilities to the appropriate service department.
Respond to notification of customer equipment violations/hazards by composing, scanning into STORMS, distributing letters to customers/municipalities and follow-up for possible corrective actions.
Coordinate, conduct, participate, track site utility meetings for new residential/small commercial developments.
Manage/record customer expectations regarding project timelines.
Provide customers/developers/builders with appropriate contacts and applications/paperwork.
Monitor schedule and provide ongoing communication of job status to all parties involved.
Reconcile needs between customer, company, and municipalities to resolve conflicts regarding service needs.
Update/manage database information, e.g., managing work queues, documenting customer contacts, etc.
Respond to customers regarding outages and be available for emergency/storm duty roles. Investigate and resolve customer inquiries or complaints.
Perform We Care calls.
Provide back-up support to expediting and ESC staff.
Walk permits to ensure on-time delivery for small commercial/residential service.