# Autonomous Vehicle - Emergency Response Specialist

**Company**: TaskUs
**Location**: Manchester
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £32k
**Category**: Customer Service
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Join the Future of Driving! Become an Autonomous Vehicle - Emergency Response Specialist! TaskUs is looking for dynamic individuals to support and enhance the journey of autonomous vehicles. As a Call Handler / Emergency Response Specialist, you will provide real-time guidance and support to autonomous vehicles (AVs) in complex driving scenarios.

**Responsibilities:**

- Navigational Assistance: Guide AVs through challenging situations, such as blocked streets, narrow lanes, and private driveways, ensuring efficient and safe navigation.

- Decision Making: Collaborate with AVs to optimise driving paths, considering factors like lane closures and traffic conditions.

- Safety Oversight: Monitor AV behaviour and intervene to prioritise safety and avoid potential hazards.

- Human-Machine Interaction: Maintain effective communication with AVs to ensure seamless cooperation and timely responses.

- Problem Solving: Adapt to dynamic road conditions and rapidly address unexpected challenges.

- Continuous Learning: Contribute to the improvement of AV technology by analysing past performance and identifying opportunities for optimization.

- Safety Compliance: Ensure adherence to all relevant safety regulations and certifications.

**Requirements:**

- Pass a background check, drug and alcohol test

- Full Valid UK drivers license with 3 years of driving experience and a clean driving record

**Nice to have:**

- 999/ Emergency Telecommunications experience or similar - minimum of 1 year

- Deescalation skills/experience

- Strong focus on safety and attention to detail

- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

- Strong customer service, de-escalation, communication and interpersonal skills with 2 years experience

- Adaptability to new technologies and processes

- Ability to self-correct and learn from previous mistakes

- Maintain safety compliance certifications

- Ability to stay focused and seated for multiple hours at a time

- Ability to multitask in dynamic situations

- Schedule flexibility to support a 24*7 operation including holidays

**Benefits:**

- Annual Salary: £32k

- Private Medical Insurance (PMI) through BUPA

- Dental Insurance through BUPA

- Life Insurance through Canada Life

- Income Protection Insurance through Canada Life

- Pension Insurance through Aviva

- Birthday Leave

- Referral Incentive Program

## Skills

### Required
- UK driving license
- Safety compliance
- Problem solving
- Communication

### Nice to have
- 999/Emergency Telecommunications experience
- Deescalation skills
- Customer service experience

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