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Careers at BEK

We’re a fun group of people working in a great environment, and we’re serious about exceptional technical and customer service. We strive to surprise people with the kind of caring and respect they don’t rely on from companies anymore, but come to once they’ve worked with us. We treat each other the same way, always treating coworkers with dignity and working as a team.

If this sounds like you, and if you’re interested in working in a supportive, professional and enjoyable environment, please apply for one of the positions below.
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GENERAL SUMMARY:

This position requires a balance of team and individual responsibilities. The successful candidate must be able to learn new technologies and grow with the company. As a full-time member of our team, you will be responsible for providing customer service, professional technical and operational support in the implementation, and maintenance of BEK’s full line of Business products. This position will be responsible for providing customer service support training and technical support for BEK Enterprise products, administering accounts and services, providing sales support and tracking project workflow.

OPERATIONAL DUTIES:

  • Assist with on premise customer implementation of enterprise hardware devices and software applications.
  • Conduct on premise educational training sessions and facilitate change requests and customizations.
  • Responsible for assistance with gathering required provisioning information, accurately handling and tracking of service orders, trouble tickets and inventory items for new and existing installations.
  • Resolve product or service problems by working with customers to diagnose and troubleshoot hardware, software or service related issues. As necessary, and in a timely manner, escalate unresolved technical troubles to the appropriate staff.
  • Close trouble tickets and service orders, resolve service and billing matters
  • Dispatch and schedule technicians, monitor, track and document support activities.
  • Full compliance with company’s and customer’s safety program
  • Other duties as required or assigned by company management.


THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL:

  • Possess a combination of education and experience that encompasses all aspects of this position. Typically an Associate’s degree or equivalent in a computer-related, business or hospitality field; OR three (3) years of relevant work experience.
  • Actively participate in a team environment that fosters forward-thinking, innovation, and creativity in order to meet the needs of the company today and in the future.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, rapid growth and ever-changing work environment. Demonstrate the ability to manage multiple, competing priorites while maintaining strict attention to detail.
  • Resourceful, “can-do” attitude. The successful candidate must take the initiative to resolve problems, seek answers independently, and enthusiastically persist until a positive outcome is achieved.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations. The ideal candidate is personable, positive, professional, upbeat, and energetic with excellent listening, empathy, tact and diplomacy at every level with customers and colleagues.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work independently, be highly organized, detail oriented and resolute regarding documentation accuracy
  • Conduct themselves in a way that insures the customer relationship, from start to finish, is paramount to success. Investigate, educate, assist and resolve all technical, product and service issues

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Customer Support Representative (CSR) reporting out of BEK’s Valley City office location.

The Customer Support Representative responds to trouble calls and ensures identification and resolutions of customer issues. Highly motivated and customer-oriented, this position serves our customer base by providing training and technical support to both customers and BEK employees, along with the accurate handling and tracking of BEK’s service order process. The Customer Support team will interact with customers, vendors, Provisioning, Engineering, and Sales Team members daily. This position will work diligently to ensure the customer experience is positive and the services are functioning correctly.

Operational Duties:

  • Responsible for accurate handling and maintenance of service orders, installations, and trouble tickets.
  • Administer customer accounts and services.
  • Work full-time 5 days, Monday – Friday.
  • Understand installation, configuration, and troubleshooting processes for software, hardware, networking, and accessory equipment.
  • Using exceptional customer relationship-building skills, work with customers to promptly correct service-related problems
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot networks, phones, routers, and software applications.
  • Provide internal and external product training for new and existing users.
  • Handle calls from customers relating to their services and billing and promote internal products and services to fit customer's needs.
  • Other duties as required or assigned by company management.
  • Actively participate in a team environment that fosters forward-thinking, innovation, and creativity to meet the company's needs today and in the future.
  • Be highly organized, detail-oriented, and resolute regarding accuracy.
  • Demonstrate tact and diplomacy with colleagues at every level, and customers with varying degrees of technical understanding, to educate, assist and resolve all manner of technical, product, and service issues.


What You Need for This Position:

  • Associate degree or equivalent in a computer-related or technical certification, OR three (3) years of relevant customer call center work experience; OR a combination of education and experience that encompasses all aspects of this position.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Our ideal candidate is personable, positive, professional, upbeat, and energetic.
  • Communication skills are essential: must demonstrate excellent listening, empathy, tact, diplomacy, and successful two-way conversation.
  • We work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment; a demonstrated ability to juggle multiple issues, competing for tasks and demands with strict attention to detail is a must.
  • Resourceful, roll up the sleeves attitude. The successful candidate must take the initiative to resolve problems, seek answers independently, and enthusiastically persist until goals are achieved.


Foward Resume to: brendaw@bektel.coop

Job Opportunities

How to Apply

BEK offers competitive wages and an excellent benefits package.

Application for Employment.

Please send application and resume to:

BEK Communications

Attn: Human Resource Manager

PO Box 230, Steele, ND 58482

or email to: careers@bektel.coop

Benefits

BEK offers the traditional medical, dental, life, PTO, 401K and Flexible Spending benefits. But we think you'll like our perks even more. Here are just a few:
  • Live in our service area? No cost telephone, internet, TV offerings and Cloud product offerings
  • 8 company-paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Tickets to area high school, college and professional sporting events and more!

Equal Opportunity Employer

BEK Communications is a drug free workplace, conducting pre-employment and random drug testing.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.