Field Service Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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.
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
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 a remote position.
Relocation assistance is not authorized for this position.

Embrace the vision of becoming the leading diagnostic service provider by achieving customer loyalty and economic profitability through passion, partnership, and performance. Efficiently provide technical support solutions including installation, corrective, pre-emptive and proactive maintenance. Go above and beyond to respond to customer needs by partnering with sales; marketing and other functional areas while adhering to current compliance guidelines.

What You’ll Work On
Represent Abbott Diagnostic Division to its customer:
Responsible for providing on-site support to ADD customers
Support field personal and District business objective and goals
Provide direction and develop mentoring skills to mentor other FSRs
Troubleshooting and resolving complaints reported by customers on a minimum of five increasingly complex instruments as detailed in the Field Service Business Process database
Understand and follow Quality System by accurate and timely documentation of complaint resolution
Understand and practice regulatory and compliance procedures
Maintain a safe work environment following laboratory safety guidelines
Schedule and complete routine preventive maintenance, installations and other updates provided by Abbott.

Integrate effectively into the service team:
Work effectively within a diverse and dynamic team environment
Support on call rotation
Time, territory, and inventory management
Standby and after-hours responsibilities
Flexible working hours
Unpredictable Travel
Travel for support of other territories and training
Providing on-site critical account support inside and outside of district boundaries.

Responsible for IRL ownership to achieve organizational goals and customer satisfaction.
Responsible to work cross functionally to achieve customer satisfaction through direct communication within the local performance partnership teams (P2T).
Responsible to maintain ownership of customer issue until successful escalation or hand off takes place.

In addition to this position requires:
a) superior technical competency
b) Pro-Active Account Management
c) complete instrument training across geographical IRL.
Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
Provide superior customer service; through applying effective communication skills in order to build loyalty while proactively managing and resolving high-stress situations
Delight our customers by providing support including installation; Preventive Maintenance; Technical
Service Bulletins and repair by documenting; following-up; and closing calls as per Abbott Diagnostics quality system
Partner cross-functionally and internally while maintaining positive relationships and ensure issues are resolved efficiently and satisfactorily while exceeding customer needs
Successfully achieve the established business metrics including service sales, cost of service and key performance indicators for assigned customers/accounts
Champion utilization of remote support tools to proactively improve instrument up time
Proactively improve expertise through continuous learning and certifications
Scope of responsibility includes representing Abbott Diagnostics to assigned customers in a professional forthright and ethical manner.
The position reports to a Service Manager and is accountable for achieving individual and supporting team goals.
Must be able to influence other areas to achieve business goals

Required

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
Travel 20% to 30%.

Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors/Engineering

Degree in Bio

Medical/Electrical/Mechanical

or Medical Technology.
Practical experience of interfacing with customers.

Additional Skills:
Trouble shooting/problem solving; ability to succeed in team situations and excel independently, computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet, Remote Computing i.e VPN, remote troubleshooting etc.), effective communication skills and strongly demonstrated interpersonal skills.

* 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.
Connect with us at

www.abbott.com

, on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/Abbott

and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is
$22.15 – $44.25/hour

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:

Field Services

DIVISION:

HIAC Core Lab

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 75 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of

Minorities/Women/Individuals

with

Disabilities/Protected

Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English:

http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf EEO is the Law link - Espanol:

http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
About Us

Abbott

is about the power of health. For more than 135 years,

Abbott

has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.
The people of

Abbott

come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.
We invite you to explore opportunities at

Abbott

, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer,

Abbott

welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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