
Support Specialist I
Mechanicsburg, PAFull-time$21/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Support Specialist / Technical Help Desk provides a single point of contact for users reporting problems and making inquiries to the IS Help Desk. The role answers calls, logs and assigns issues, and supports timely resolution and escalation. It reports to the Help Desk Manager and is an on-site position in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The employer will not sponsor work visas for this position.
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Full job description
Overview
Select Medical
Support Specialist / Technical Help Desk
Various Shifts
ON-SITE position in Mechanicsburg, PA
$21.00 - starting hourly rate
Employer will not sponsor work visas for this position now or in the future and is not interested in corp.-to-corp. business arrangements at this time.
Why work for Select?
We are committed to your growth and success!
-Career Advancement opportunities
-Competitive pay, benefits, and PTO
-Eligible for referral bonuses
-Thorough orientation program
-Team-oriented environment
-Hands-on training to help desk
The Support Specialist is responsible for delivering quality customer service by providing a single point of contact to report problems, make inquiries, and assist whenever possible in the resolution of problems reported to the IS Help Desk. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring that all calls are answered in a timely manner and that problems are logged and assigned to an available Help Desk staff member for resolution. The Support Specialist I reports to the Help Desk Manager. The Support Specialist I is challenged with handling the interaction with users and their problems in a courteous, patient, informative, and timely manner in order to ensure a superior level of customer service. It is important for the specialist to understand and engage the proper rules for problem resolution and escalation.
Responsibilities
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Ensure customer satisfaction by responding in a timely manner to all issues reported to the Help Desk. This support includes, but is not limited to, computer or peripheral hardware and software, network connectivity issues, as well as any systems in use.
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Ensure that all issues are logged promptly and accurately with detailed up-to-date information.
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Ensure timely escalation of customer problems by documenting the impact to the customer by assigning an appropriate priority and resolution target. Initiate escalation, as appropriate, to ensure management awareness of problems that are severe in nature or that are exceeding documented targets.
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Review outstanding issues on a daily basis to ensure that troubleshooting and resolutions are current.
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Recognize any problem, hardware or software, that may have ramifications enterprise-wide; strategize and define a remediation plan with the Help Desk Manager and execute accordingly.
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Participate in relevant information-sharing activities.
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Monitor and report on any security violations related to unwarranted access to corporate data.
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Ensure that all problems are resolved in a timely and efficient manner.
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Help build team spirit by assisting other staff members and promoting a positive workplace.
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Maintain awareness of the rapidly changing environment and recommend cost-efficient techniques.
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Recognize potential areas where policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion. Submit recommendations as appropriate.
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Support the mission and direction of Select Medical, both within the Information Services department and throughout the corporation.
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Complete any activities, tasks, and projects assigned.
Qualifications
Required:
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Associate's degree or actively enrolled in an associate's program
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Ability to work posted shift
Preferred:
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Superior customer service skills
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Computer Skills
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Understanding of operating systems such as Windows and OS X/iOS
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PC hardware and peripheral experience
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Good interpersonal skills including:face-to-face, verbal, electronic, and telephonic.
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Professional Skills:
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Accuracy and attention to Detail
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Personal sense of urgency
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Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills are essential.
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Organized
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Good time management skills in order to meet deadlines.
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Ability to multitask and adapt to changing business priorities
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Ability to work independently and as part of a team to reach mutually established goals.
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Flexible and open to change.
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Previous experience in a metrics-based role, where production/quality standards are upheld.
Additional Data
For more information, visit selectmedical.com or https://youtube.com/SelectMedicalTV .
Select Medical strives to provide our employees with a solid work-life balance, as we understand that happy employees have both fulfilling careers and fulfilling lives beyond our doors.
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An extensive and thorough paid orientation program.
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Paid Time Off (PTO) and Extended Illness Days (EID).
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Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Life insurance; Prescription coverage.
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A 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
“Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans.“
Location : Location US-PA-Mechanicsburg
Job ID 388473
Position Type Full Time
Experience (Years) 1
Category Information Systems
Company Select Medical
How this job compares
Set against the 456 open Help Desk jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21/hr
- US median$23–28/hr167 hourly ranges
This rate, $21/hr, is 17% below the US median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Help Desk hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Help Desk jobs in Pennsylvania and 456 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- TEKsystems46 open
- Robert Half Technology33 open
- ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company23 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Help Desk postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (314 postings).
- Education
- 23 of the 456 open Help Desk jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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