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Business/Location: I&A/Korea
Role: Korea MA Field Service Engineer
Reports to: Korea Assistant Service Manager
Direct Reports: None
Primary Purpose
- To install, provide on-going maintenance and customer training on all Nano Analysis products, particularly Raman Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, EDS, EBSD, Nano Indentation and Nanomanipulator products in Korea, establishing and maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction and confidence.
- To support the achievement of customer support revenue (support contracts and spares).
- To identify and develop influential relationships with significant current and potential customers, using this understanding of their needs to facilitate increased sales of current products and contribute to the development of future products.
Key Responsibilities
Installation and Maintenance
- Install and ensure the correct operation of assigned systems.
- Provide customers with basic on-site training on system operation, ensuring they understand correct methods to obtain specified function, analytical results and system care.
- Troubleshoot and repair assigned systems to the appropriate level, returning them to full operation within a cost-effective time frame for both Oxford Instruments and the customer.
- Perform instrument verification in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
- Assist in the promotion and sale of Oxford Instruments maintenance contracts and service products.
- Ensure that all allocated resources, e.g. tools and test equipment, are maintained in good condition.
Field Application Support
- Co-operate and communicate with the company's Sales department, agents and representatives, assisting with pre-sales demonstrations, seminars and other promotional activities.
- Maintain good customer and OEM relationships, developing self as the technical “go-to” person within the industry and projecting a professional, competent image of Oxford Instruments at all times.
- Perform equipment demonstrations and other post-sales support activities.
Customer Contact
- Communicate with customers in a timely manner on the status of installations, repairs and solutions to application issues.
- Organise and present OI seminars, user groups and workshops when required, and attend third-party events as needed.
- Ensure all visits are properly prepared, with correct tools and parts available to repair systems on the first visit wherever possible, liaising with microscope suppliers and OEMs as needed.
- Advise customers on available Oxford Instruments options, upgrades, support contracts and other service products, keeping them up to date with the latest product information.
Field Reporting
- Initiate field service reports for each customer visit/repair, documenting instrument and/or customer problems and their resolution.
- Provide data for installations, warranty and customer/instrument history.
- Submit reports on recurring or potential problems, and feedback information, suggestions or recommendations on instrumentation, policies and manuals.
General
- Maintain and develop knowledge of assigned products and their common applications, undertaking appropriate training where necessary.
- Provide technical reports (e.g. field installation/repair, incident review, corrective action requests) and administrative reports (e.g. time & expense) within agreed standards.
- Support marketing/sales by furnishing leads for system sales, upgrades, support contracts and other market intelligence gathered through customer contact.
- Assist in knowledge transfer by training customers and other employees when required.
- Maintain awareness of, and minimise where possible, expenses incurred in day-to-day support activities, in terms of both time and parts consumed.
- Perform work safely at all times, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of and compliance with health & safety legislation.
- Participate in training and development activities as required.
Main Working Relationships
- Works closely with sales representatives and management.
- Works closely with customers.
- Works with local Field Engineers, Technical Support and Product Support Specialists to resolve technical problems.
- Liaises with spares logistics personnel to ensure availability of parts for routine and emergency situations.
- Liaises with global support and management teams to facilitate knowledge transfer for existing and new product lines.
In addition to the duties described above, the post holder may be requested to perform other related tasks reasonably required and in line with the scope and level of responsibility of the role.
Person Specification – Essential requirements unless stated as Desirable
Education / Qualifications
Material Science or Engineering degree essential, Master’s or PhD qualification desirable.
Professional Skills / Abilities
- Experience with Raman Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy; SEM, EDS and EBSD experience will be a strong complement.
- Experience dealing with customers in the field, working with analytical instruments in a nanotech environment, in one or more of: test / repair / field service / applications.
- Has held a similar position and understands the field support working environment.
- English language skills (spoken and written); PC knowledge, both hardware and software.
- Clean driving licence; ability to travel at short notice, with no restrictions on overseas travel and length of stay.
- Commercial experience.
- Desirable: Commercially astute; able to demonstrate AFM / Raman / EDS / EBSD / WDS / Nanomanipulators / GIS.
- Self-motivated and able to work effectively with little supervision; a problem solver under pressure.
- Adaptable, able to flex to the needs of customers, team and the business.
- Proactive self-starter who completes activities with minimal support and initiates better ways of working.
- Resilient under uncertainty, anticipates and manages events, and supports others to do the same.
- Constructively challenges the way things are done, taking actions that improve personal and team outcomes.
- Customer-focused, building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships based on trust and respect, and adept at balancing OI and distributor demands to meet customer needs.
- “Can do” attitude – decisive, able to work around issues to deliver performance.
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills; organised, with solid administrative/reporting skills.
- Rounded in approach – sees the bigger picture as well as own priorities and needs.
- Full driving licence preferable; must be prepared to travel extensively (up to approximately 60% of time).
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