Field Service Engineer - (Medical Instrumentation), Providence, RI

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.Field Service Engineer - (Medical Instrumentation), Providence, RIWorking at AbbottAt 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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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.

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.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.The Opportunity

This position is remote.

Must be able to travel up towards 50%.

Qualified candidates must live in the Providence, RI area .

What You’ll Work OnRepresent Abbott Diagnostic Division to its customer:

Responsible for providing on-site support to Abbott Diagnostic Division (ADD) customers.

Act as a trusted partner to existing customers.

Support District business objective and goals.

Provide direction and develop mentoring skills to mentor other FSRs.

Troubleshooting and resolving complaints reported by customers on complex medical instruments.

Understand and follow Quality System. This includes 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:

Superior technical competency.

Proactive Account Management.

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.

Must be able to influence other areas to achieve business goals.

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.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required.

Must be able to travel up towards 50%

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Medical Technology.

Practical experience of interfacing with customers.

Troubleshooting/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 (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)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 $31.55 – $63.15 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.An Equal Opportunity EmployerAbbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com