Call-by-Call
CARLSBAD, CA
Full Time
Mid Level
Call-by-Call (CBC) Manager
John Stevenson Plumbing, Heating & Air | Carlsbad, CAJohn Stevenson Plumbing, Heating & Air is a family-owned, community-rooted company serving North County San Diego. We are known for professionalism, integrity, and delivering real solutions to homeowners.
We are seeking a hands-on Call-by-Call Manager to lead the daily execution of our plumbing and HVAC service calls. This is a real-time operational leadership role focused on technician support, dispatch effectiveness, customer care, process accountability, and profitable service outcomes.
Position Overview
The CBC Manager owns the flow of each service call from dispatch through final documentation and closeout. Working through Slack and ServiceTitan, this leader keeps technicians, dispatch, customer service, sales, and field supervisors aligned; anticipates problems; and ensures the right action happens at the right time. Success means consistent execution on every call, not simply monitoring messages or moving appointments.Key Responsibilities
- Monitor every active service call in real time; require timely technician check-ins, progress updates, clear next steps, and documented closeout in the designated Slack channels.
- Build and actively optimize the ServiceTitan dispatch board, including next-day preparation; match technicians to calls based on skill, location, availability, customer need, risk, and opportunity.
- Identify idle time, excessive gaps between Slack updates or job stages, travel delays, stalled calls, and missed handoffs; intervene promptly and document the resolution.
- Enforce the established five-star customer greeting, discovery, thorough diagnostics, clear explanation of findings, and presentation of appropriate repair and longer-term options without fear-based or high-pressure tactics.
- Confirm required trade-specific evaluations and documentation are completed, including HVAC airflow/static-pressure checks and plumbing water-pressure/water-quality checks when applicable.
- Provide live technician coaching on communication, process adherence, documentation, customer expectations, and professional presentation; correct missed steps while the technician is still in the home.
- Create, document, categorize, and stage pre-set leads for long-term solutions; prepare next-day opportunities and coordinate timely, well-informed technician-to-sales or field-supervisor handoffs.
- Partner with the Sales Manager on live opportunities, pricing questions, and escalation while maintaining clear ownership: CBC manages call execution and handoff; sales leadership owns sales coaching and closing decisions.
- Validate ServiceTitan job status, travel/start/stop times, timesheets, estimates, notes, photos, disposition, payment status, and closeout for accurate payroll, reporting, and customer follow-through.
- Coordinate with dispatch and CSRs on arrival windows, delays, rescheduling, callbacks, unresolved work, and escalated customer concerns.
- Review call outcomes, conversion, revenue per call, completion rate, technician productivity, callbacks, and customer satisfaction; report daily exceptions, coaching needs, and missed opportunities.
- Work with production leadership to ensure sold work is accurately handed off and required production certification is completed by the accountable production owner before scheduling or execution.
Qualifications
- Experience in HVAC, plumbing, or comparable home-services dispatch, field operations, service management, or sales support strongly preferred.
- Working proficiency with ServiceTitan and Slack, or demonstrated ability to master comparable systems quickly.
- Ability to make sound real-time decisions, prioritize multiple active calls, and maintain accurate documentation under pressure.
- Strong process discipline, analytical judgment, attention to detail, and comfort holding technicians and peers accountable.
- Clear, respectful communication and practical coaching skills; understanding of service-call economics and customer experience.
Compensation
- Competitive compensation based on experience and scope of responsibility.
- Performance incentives, if offered, will be tied to defined operational and customer-service results.
What We’re Looking For
We want a calm, organized, detail-oriented leader who can see the entire board while managing the details of an individual call. This person follows standards, spots risks early, communicates clearly, acts decisively, and builds technician confidence through consistent support and accountability.Why Join John Stevenson Plumbing, Heating & Air?
- Established and respected North County San Diego brand
- Family-owned culture built on craftsmanship, integrity, and teamwork
- Direct influence on customer experience, field performance, and company growth
- Opportunity to help build a disciplined, repeatable service operation
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