About the Role
This position is responsible for providing support to United personnel and our customers with our Wirtgen roadbuilding products to ensure equipment issues are resolved in a timely manner. They utilize industry experience, machinery background, and customer service skills to engage problems proactively and communicate with internal staff.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with shop and field technicians in diagnosing complex or difficult product issues to determine root cause and corrective action needed.
- Provide assistance in performing equipment or component failure analysis to determine if warranty coverage is applicable.
- Works with UCFNE service writers to ensure proper and timely filing of warranty documentation.
- Act as the principal internal contact for Wirtgen Gup service personnel, engineers and/or product managers in resolving customer product issues.
- Evaluate technician capabilities and provide training and/or recommendations to management to improve technical skills and capabilities.
- Provide support to sales on any complex or new machine attachment installations to ensure equipment is installed in accordance with OEM guidelines to minimize application failures.
- Work with sales and product support to resolve machine application issues, particularly those caused by machine modifications, work tools and other attachments.
- Assists sales on high opportunity or new product demonstrations.
- Work with key customers to help them improve maintenance practices to increase machine performance, reliability, and uptime.
- Promote utilization of company CRM to ensure optimal internal customer issue/opportunity communications.
- Review branch service department’s equipment and tooling and provide recommendations to management for them to effectively service specific equipment in their territory.
- Maintain Factory Level Technical Certifications for Wirtgen Group product lines.
- Assist in technician recruiting initiatives and determining qualifications and capabilities during interviews with prospects.
- Assist Customer Support Advisors (CSA) team with training for winter inspections and quoting large or complex repair jobs.
- Assist in performing trade evaluations on multi-unit deals or high dollar value trades.
- Attend local industry Associations meetings as necessary.
- This role may require the employee to be engaged with customers outside of normal daily working hours.
- Specialist will work independently or with other UCFNE technicians to maintain maximum customer uptime and productivity.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience with Wirtgen equipment is preferred.
- 3 to 5 years of related field experience in road construction or heavy equipment service.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and diagnostic skills are essential.
- Effective communication and organizational abilities are required.
- A valid driver’s license and willingness to travel are necessary.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, type or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, and walk.
- The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Skills
- Customer service skills
- Machinery background
- Mechanical aptitude
- Diagnostic skills
- Communication abilities
- Organizational abilities
Location
- Northeast
Work Type
- Full Time
- Monday – Friday 1st shift – Saturdays as needed
Experience Level
- 3 to 5 years
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K Match
- Referral Bonus
- Earned PTO
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Company holidays
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Great Work/Life Balance
About the Company
- United Ag & Turf NE is a John Deere Dealership with multiple locations across the Northeast.
- We service customers in a variety of industries such as commercial, construction, agricultural, as well as consumers.
- United Ag & Turf strives for exceptional customer service throughout all our locations and departments including parts, sales, and service.
- United sees an incredible opportunity in the Northeast to continue to expand the John Deere brand.
- We will continue to invest heavily in the region, building new facilities, updating and upgrading operations and empowering the business to continue to bring on talented, hardworking people to the team.
- United Ag & Turf is a sister company to United Construction & Forestry, so the opportunities for our employees to leverage career growth and advancement are endless.
- We invite you to join us now, as this is just the beginning.
