Customer Support Engineer

Customer Support Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 2 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting
• OR Associate degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 4 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting
• Ability to travel by air, vehicle and/or other means of transportation as business requires.

Responsibilities

• Install, maintain, validate and repair PerkinElmer and/or multivendor instrumentation at customer sites with best-in-class service
• Provide scheduled and unscheduled corrective maintenance for customers including warranty services within a prescribed time frame and established maintenance protocols
• Deliver customer familiarization for instrument operation and maintenance
• Communicate service offerings including training, support, software, laboratory services products and field upgrades
• Partner with our customers to understand their analytical workflow and applications
• Support the local instrument sales representative(s) to help secure new instrument orders
• Provide service that helps to drive the sale of new service agreements, service agreement upgrades and instrument add-ons to existing service contracts
• Display exceptional written and verbal communication skills and actively interface with peers and customers
• Develop organizational awareness of other functional groups and product lines
• Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to the installation, warranty, and service agreement documentation standards
• Contribute to account profitability through efficient execution and service delivery
• Perform timely uploads and downloads of required service data to ensure the integrity of service system(s)
• Maintain assigned assets including: Company vehicle, tools, test equipment (MTE), telecommunication equipment, assigned service parts inventory, etc.
• Proactively develop technical and soft skills to maintain and enhance PerkinElmer’s value proposition to the customer
• Enhance PerkinElmer’s product quality by proactively reporting improvement opportunities via the quality notification process
• Seek higher level certification through participation in company sponsored training & development offerings
• Complete all administrative tasks to include but not limited to time reporting, assigned training, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in GxP environments is a plus
• Two or more years in servicing/working on HPLCs
• Able to work on GC and GCMS systems is a plus
• Sound knowledge of or ability to service GC, LC, IR, UV, LCMS, IC and other various lab equipment a plus
• Will be required to use company software along with MS Office Suite, Excel
• Strong interpersonal skills; strong team player with customer satisfaction focus
• Knowledge of laboratory safety practices as defined by the Company and/or the customer’s site safety code
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions, read and understand technical bulletins and service manuals, work under time constraints, maintain alertness and concentration, work safely with potential electrical, chemical, radiologic, and biologic hazards using universal precautions
• Additionally, the ability to operate personal computer to enter data and generate reports, and communicate clearly and effectively with customers, peers, managers and other technical support professionals are critical to successful performance in this role
• Certification of company training on equipment in minimum of one major discipline (dependent upon geographic needs this may require – two major disciplines)