Associate Field Service Engineer

Field
- Georgia
- Atlanta
- Atlanta, Georgia United States

Country

United States

Shift

1st

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors.

Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Our success comes from a specific focus in these rapidly evolving diagnostic areas, our commitment to customers, and our dedication to innovation and quality. We’re passionate about providing healthcare professionals the most valuable and complete solutions to improve hospital efficiency and enhance patient care.

Job Summary

The Associate Field Service Engineer builds and maintains relationships with customers to retain North American customer install base while performing thorough installations, repairs, preventative maintenance, and product enhancement activities on highly complex Werfen instrumentation and systems. Responsible to meet Service Delivery Key Performance Indicators while maintaining costs and achieving service revenue targets.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provides customer support with routine on-site visits to perform and complete installations, cost effective repairs, preventative maintenance, and product enhancement service activities on Werfen instruments and systems.
• Diagnoses, analyzes, troubleshoots, and fault isolates instrument symptoms and issues to determine failure and implement thorough corrective action.
• Escalates and communicates unresolved technical issues.
• Acts as company liaison with customers by demonstrating the highest level of professionalism, commitment, communication, and follow-up.
• Delivers a high level of customer service to build and maintain customer relationships to ensure customer retention.
• Advises customers regarding the proper orientation, maintenance and troubleshooting of Werfen instruments and systems.
• Collaborate and communicate with all Commercial Operations colleagues such as the Sales and Applications roles, sharing customer situations, product information and lead generations.
• Promotes service contracts and follows-up on service contract renewal through customer relationships.
• Ensures compliance with all Quality, Regulatory, Service & Support policies, procedures, work instructions and records. And responsible for documenting, professional, complete, and accurate service records, and activities in a customer facing service report in a timely manner.
• Responsible for the oversight, optimization and accuracy of assigned Service Inventory.
• Follows company travel/expenditure and time reporting guidelines, timely submission of expense and time reporting.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Reasonable accomodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilites to perform these essential functions.

Networking / Key Relationships

To be determined based on department needs, to include interactions such as:

• Client Services
• Strategic Business Unit:
  World Wide Service

Minimum Knowledge & Experience for the position:

Education: Associates degree in Electronics, Medical Technology, Biomedical Engineering or related industry training required. Equivalent experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.

Experience: Minimum of 1 year of experience in a technical/support role (industry, military and/or customer facing).

• Working knowledge of personal computers and Windows Operating systems; legacy up to current version.
  • Ability to participate in rotational on-call coverage to provide support as required.
  • Ability to work extended and flexible workdays to ensure customer interactions are resolved.
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 preferred.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Solid Organizational and Time Management Skills I Ability to Multi-Task I Work Under Pressure I Exercise Good Judgement
• Ability to communicate effectively to/with a variety of audiences: customers, peers, management.
• Technically and process oriented.
• Ability to work independently, managing assigned territory with moderate direction to achieve daily goals.
• Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate with colleagues to achieve Area(s) and National goals.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 90% travel to cover assigned territory. Variable based on assigned territory.
• Up to 30% of overnight travel Is required.
• Minimum of 70% overnight travel is required.
• Up to 30% of overnight travel is required.
• Transfusion:
  • Up to 30% of overnight travel is required.
• Valid driver's license required

The annual base salary range for this role is currently $35/hr. to $40/hr individual employee…