Service Desk Technician

Company Overview

Performance Contracting Group is a national employee-owned specialty contractor that offers quality services and products to the commercial, industrial, and non-residential construction markets. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing employees from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences, as well as supporting a culture of safety and inclusiveness that allows you to contribute to your fullest potential. We place high value on training and professional development, encouraging you to broaden and strengthen your unique skill sets so you can fully realize your potential.

PCG is seeking an IT Service Desk Technician for its corporate operations based in Lenexa, Kansas. Focused on delivering excellent customer support and timely resolutions. We're looking for someone who already uses AI tools in a meaningful way, such as speeding up troubleshooting, drafting clearer communications, and improving documentation, and is excited to grow into additional capability supporting AI-enabled self-service over time using Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Field incoming support requests via phone and ServiceNow ITSM; triage, prioritize, troubleshoot, and resolve Tier 1/Tier 2 incidents and requests.
• Maintain excellent records of work completed, including troubleshooting steps, tests performed, and final outcomes; ensure tickets meet internal documentation standards.
• Engage and update assigned tickets within internal SLAs; communicate status and next steps clearly to customers.
• Escalate advanced issues to appropriate support teams/resolver groups, providing clear handoff notes and relevant evidence.
• Support device, identity, and collaboration tooling per environment standards, including Windows, Microsoft 365, Entra ID or Azure AD, Teams, VPN, and mobile devices.
• Assist with access provisioning, password and account issues, onboarding and offboarding tasks, and basic endpoint troubleshooting.
• Create and maintain knowledge articles, standard work instructions, and user-facing self-help content; produce written knowledge articles in ServiceNow Knowledge.
• Learn and progressively apply Copilot Studio or an equivalent platform to help maintain and improve end-user self-service, including updating knowledge sources, refining prompts and topics, and reviewing analytics, with guidance and training.
• Help identify high-volume or repetitive tickets and contribute ideas for improving self-service and deflection through knowledge articles, guided steps, light automation, and AI-assisted experiences where appropriate.
• Manage, execute, and document project work as assigned; contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Track and report service desk trends such as top ticket drivers, repeat issues, and knowledge gaps, and recommend improvements to processes, documentation, and self-service, including AI-enabled improvements as they mature.

Basic Requirements:

• 1-2 years of experience working support requests in an IT service desk or desktop support environment, or equivalent education and certifications.
• Exceptional customer service skills with strong written and verbal communication.
• Foundational understanding of Microsoft 365, including Office applications, and Windows operating systems.
• Foundational understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and equipment.
• Basic understanding of identity and access concepts, including Active Directory or Entra ID fundamentals and the server-client relationship.
• Basic hardware and software troubleshooting ability, including validating resolutions through appropriate testing.
• Basic experience supporting and configuring mobile devices.
• Ability to document work completed in a coherent and professional manner and write clear technical documentation for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated, practical use of AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar to improve productivity and quality of support work across troubleshooting, documentation, and communications, along with willingness to learn additional tools and apply them responsibly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting, configuring, or contributing to copilots in Microsoft Copilot Studio by working with knowledge sources, generative answers, topic tuning, and analytics, and strong interest in learning quickly.
• Exposure to Power Platform, including Power Automate, and interest in integrating light workflows and automation into support and self-service experiences.
• Understanding of ITIL concepts for incident, problem, and change management, along with common service desk metrics.
• Basic understanding of security and privacy considerations for AI, including data classification, least privilege, and safe knowledge sourcing.
• Relevant certifications are a plus, such as ITIL Foundation, CompTIA A+ or Network+, Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals, and Microsoft 365 Fundamentals.

Benefits

At Performance Contracting, our employees are our greatest asset. We put our people first and are proud to provide a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of our employees at every stage of life.

In our commitment to fostering an environment where everyone can thrive personally and professionally, we offer:

• Competitive pay
• Incentive bonus plan
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with match
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance plans with flexible spending account option
• Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Flexible paid time off policy and paid holidays

PCG provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

PCG is a background screening, drug-free workplace. In accordance with the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.), Title 50, Chapter 9, PCG's Drug-Free Workplace Program includes drug and alcohol testing as part of the hiring process and throughout employment, as applicable.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

NOTICE TO STAFFING FIRMS, AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT VENDORS:

Performance Contracting Group and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiters without a signed Fee Agreement in place AND a candidate has been submitted into our applicant tracking system (Dayforce). Vendor solicitation should be directed to the Corporate Recruitment Department directly; as such, firms that circumvent the required compliant process will be barred from submitting candidates. In the absence of a signed fee agreement AND proper resume submission, PCG does not recognize any claim on a candidate by a third party, will consider unsolicited resumes the property of the company and reserves the right to engage and hire those candidates without any financial responsibility to the third-party vendor.

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