Field Service Automation Engineer (Field based remote-Spokane, WA)

Abbott Laboratories; Spokane (WA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company seeks an Automation Support Professional based in Spokane, WA. This role entails providing technical assistance and improving customer experience through effective product support. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in laboratory instrumentation and a commitment to customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Health benefits including medical plan

Retirement savings plan

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant experience in laboratory instrumentation.
• Experience interfacing with customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level I and Level II technical support.
• Implement and maintain quality systems.
• Plan and prioritize customer visits.

Skills

Customer Service

Technical Support

Troubleshooting

Education

Associate's Degree

Job description

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

• This position is remote.

• Qualified candidates must currently live in the Spokane, WA area.

• Able to travel up to 75%

What You’ll Work On

The Automation Support Professional is the primary point of contact for automation accounts, covering both technical support and customer experience. The position provides ongoing proactive product support for assigned accounts. The customer experience aspect of this role will focus on increasing customer loyalty; securing retention, and driving value expansion at assigned accounts.

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

• Provides technical Level I and Level II phone and on-site support to proactively maintain productperformance or resolve customer complaints for hardware, software, and reagent issues.

• Level I support is defined to a specific set of error codes that could be repaired in less than1.5 hrs.

• Level II support is defined as any error code excluding Level I that would be resolved in more than 1.5 hrs.

• Performs proactive service support activities to maintain system performance.

• Applies standard troubleshooting tools or concepts to identify the real issue and its root cause.

• Determines the level of urgency of service support requests; develops recommendations and implements solutions that reflect customer and Abbott business needs.

• Record accurate and timely documentation of customer complaints and the action taken to resolve the concern.

• Plan and prioritize customer visits and activities to do in each account.

• Prepare, schedule, and execute training events with customers to improve customer self-sufficiency by developing the customer’s ability to troubleshoot/repair analyzers and increase knowledge of component replacement and assays.

• Coordinate order delivery and billing of products and/or services in assigned accounts. Monitor inventory and replenish accordingly.

• Partner with the Enterprise Account Manager and/or Sales Executive to develop account-specific lab

• strategy and execution throughout the commercial cycle and participate in customer business reviews.

• Understand the competitive landscape of assigned accounts or territory and leverage it to maximize

• business opportunities.

• Develop/preserve strong relationships to gain meaningful insights that will allow for value expansion opportunities.

• Responsible for achieving revenue generation goals in assigned accounts.

• Accountable for customer satisfaction, loyalty, and value expansion revenue in assigned accounts.

• Divides on parts utilization within the pre-approved budget range for the role. Parts utilization decisions outside of the pre-approved budget range require management approval. Accountable for on-hand trunk inventory accuracy.

• Critical contribution to the effectiveness of the CAPA system with responsibility for accurate documentation of customer complaints and the actions taken to resolve those concerns

Required Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or equivalent experience.

• Minimum Experience / Training Required.

• 2 years of relevant experience with instrumentation utilized in a laboratory environment.

• 2 years of experience interfacing with customers.

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $31.60 – $63.20 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.