Field Service Specialist

Ta Instruments; Montrose (MA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

TA Instruments is seeking a Field Service Specialist to join the New England service territory (CT, RI, MA). You will provide on-site technical service, installation, calibration, and troubleshooting for our instrumentation and software across diverse laboratories.

Ideal candidates have 0–2 years of related experience, are customer-focused, and can communicate effectively with customers and internal teams. Travel within the territory is expected as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Biology, or other science field.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service, training, diagnoses and troubleshoots customer problems.
• Repairs, installs, calibrates instruments and uses supported models and accessories.
• Prepares service reports and maintains manuals, service notes and drawings.

Skills

Customer focus

Interpersonal savvy

Independent

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Associates degree in science

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

TA Instruments product suite (DSC, TGA, SDT, TMA, SA, DMA, DHR, HR, ARES, RSA)

Job description

Field Service Specialist

Req. # 29654

Job Family: FV - Field Service

Location: US-CT | US-RI | US-MA

Pay Range Minimum: USD $67,500.00

Pay Range Maximum: USD $112,500.00

Overview

Waters Materials Sciences Division's Field Service Organization is comprised of highly skilled, motivated and customer focused professionals that are technical experts on TA Instruments' product suite. As a Field Service Specialist working for an industry leader, you'll join a global team of specialists that are committed to ensuring TA Instruments' legendary service for our customers who use our scientific instrumentation and software. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to provide technical expertise on TA Instruments' innovative product suite for multiple customer laboratories spanning across the Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Chemical Materials, Clinical, Food, Environmental, Forensics, Academia and Government industries. Waters Materials Sciences Division is seeking a highly skilled, motivated and customer-focused professional to join our world-renowned Field Service Organization in the New England (CT, RI, MA) Service Territory.

Typical tasks of the position include, but are not limited to

• Provides customer service, training, diagnoses and troubleshoots customer problems, assists with parts management issues.
• Repairs, installs, and uses all currently supported instrument models and accessories; gains limited knowledge of applications software; calibrates instruments for efficient performance.
• Prepares a variety of reports, logs and documentation of service and repair activities; prepares service reports for input to the product reliability report; maintains up-to-date manuals, service notes, drawings, and other materials needed for efficiency.
• Prepares a variety of paperwork to document work in progress, completed work, and other vital tracking paperwork; submits required paperwork on a timely basis to department management.
• Establishes and maintains prompt professional communications with customers and internal resources.
• Provides information to customers regarding service products and offerings; effectively sells service products and contracts.

The successful candidate will have a combination of knowledge, skills, and experience that would include the following

Education

• Associates Degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Biology, or other science related field
• Bachelors Degree preferred

Experience

• 0-2 years experience with installation, performance maintenance, troubleshooting, support and/or end user utilization of scientific instrumentation, preference for previous TA Instruments product suite (DSC, TGA, SDT, TMA, SA, DMA, DHR, HR, ARES, and RSA)
• Ability to perform effective system level troubleshooting

Competencies

• Must possess a strong customer focus
• Interpersonal savvy, communicate with different expertise levels appropriately and change your approach to meet customers' needs
• Personal sense of integrity and trust; ethical practice
• Must be independent and able to make decisions
• Effective time management skills