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Customer Service Representative

12/10/2025

The Customer Service Representative will communicate with drivers to assist with problem resolution and handle incoming service orders. They will also set up new accounts and maintain customer records.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

501-1,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Local Faces, Greener Places Capital Waste Services was founded in Columbia, South Carolina in 2015 with a goal to provide world-class service to our neighbors. Our customer base consists of 16,000 commercial and industrial customers and over 95,000 residential customers throughout our service footprint. While we're a fairly new company, our leadership team members are far from waste industry rookies. Their decades of experience have led to our company’s foundational belief - there’s a better way to do business and a better way to treat the businesses within our communities. We do not answer to Wall Street but rather we’re accountable to our guiding principles, employees, and customers. This approach has led to recognitions such as “TOP 25 Fastest Growing Companies in 2020, 2021, 2023, & 2024” and “SCBIZ Roaring Twenties Award in 2020 & 2021.” At Capital Waste Services, we are passionate about our customers, and we have a singular focus to provide superior and dependable waste and recycling services.
About the Role

Description

Do you have excellent Customer Service skills and Dispatch experience? If so, then we have the job for you!


CWS is a leading provider of waste management services throughout South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Florida. We are committed to providing superior customer service with our emphasis on integrity, reliability and cleanliness. Our exceptional customer service team helps deliver satisfaction to our clients throughout our footprint. If you are passionate about helping others and seeking a challenging and interesting position, apply today!


The Customer Service Rep will communicate back and forth with Drivers to assist with problem resolution while on route for residential, commercial and roll-off lines of business. Handles incoming service orders, directs drivers, and resolves service issues. In addition to setting up setting up new accounts from Service Agreements and maintaining proper flow of paperwork from sales to operations; file and maintain customer contracts and records in neat orderly fashion.


POSITION SUMMARY:

Respond to and resolve customer service inquiries, requests or complaints; work directly with sales personnel to maintain customer accounts as necessary.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education: High School Diploma, GED and/or equivalent work experience

Years of Experience: One year of customer service experience

Preferred: 12 months experience with company procedures, products and service, and experience working in a team environment

Language: Proficient in speaking English


PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

  • Respond effectively and courteously to customer service inquiries, requests or complaints. Return all customer calls in a timely manner
  • Notify the appropriate personnel to handle the customer's problems and concerns
  • Research and resolve issues in a timely manner
  • Review daily reports with the Customer Service Manager/Office Manager
  • Enter service and route data into computer for billing and route scheduling purposes
  • Service all Residential and/or Commercial accounts by setting up new accounts from Service Agreements and maintaining proper flow of paperwork from sales to operations; file and maintain customer contracts and records in neat orderly fashion
  • Route customers for recycling and trash pick-ups
  • Work closely with dispatch to ensure quality assurance
  • Assist with collections by reinstating customers, processing reinstatement paperwork and processing collections letters for mailing
  • Maintains customer records by updating account information, logging customer concerns
  • Identify, assess, and resolve customers’ needs to achieve satisfaction


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

  • Excellent customer services skills
  • Basic customer skills required for inputting and retrieving data
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks
  • Ability to work effectively with others in a team environment
  • Problem solving and conflict resolution


EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE USED:

  • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Company information systems applications


WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • Usual office environment
  • In person / Work On-site


TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • Ability to organize various office systems through adjusting, connecting, lifting, pulling, pushing, bending or folding for the purpose of proper records development and/or management
  • Ability to use a computer and related devices, such as keyboard or mouse or other related equipment, throughout the workday while seated at a desk or workstation
  • Possess speaking skills and hearing ability to interact with customers on the telephone

Requirements

Education: High School Diploma, GED and/or equivalent work experience

Years of Experience: One year of Dispatch and Customer Service experience

Preferred: 6-12 months experience with company procedures, products and service, and experience working in a team environment

Key Skills
Customer Service SkillsDispatch ExperienceProblem SolvingConflict ResolutionCommunication SkillsTeamworkData EntryTime Management
Categories
Customer Service & SupportAdministrativeLogisticsEnvironmental & Sustainability
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