Field Service Representative

Job Title: Regional Field Service Representative 

Servicing South Texas looking for someone in Houston. 

Job Summary: 

The Field Service Representative is responsible for supporting customers in support of Skyjack products, providing technical assistance and training and improving overall responsiveness and knowledge for the customers. 

Responsibility: 

• Provide technical assistance and training to customers in support of Skyjack products. 
• Provide appropriate training in customer service to improve overall responsiveness and knowledge. 
• Complete weekly reports in a timely manner. 
• Ability to read and understand a wide variety of manuals for set-up, calibration, operating, repair, maintenance, testing and quality. 
• Locate data in a variety of technical drawings. 
• Ability to understand electric and hydraulic circuits and schematics. 
• Ability to evaluate severity of equipment faults and anomalies considering all possible scenarios. 
• Ability to judge conditions of individual parts, devices and adequacy of repairs. 
• Judge suitability of parts, components, and modifications. 
• Ability to verbally discuss electric and hydraulic circuits and schematics. 
• Communicate effectively with customers to promote products, learn about equipment faults, and explain procedures, answer questions and address complaints. 
• Exchange diagnostic and troubleshooting information with appropriate department personnel. 
• Evaluate sets of data collected from trials and simulations to understand trouble shoot faults and equipment performance. 
• Schedule repair and maintenance tasks. 
• This job relies on us assisting our customers, so travel will be required. 

Academic/Educational Requirements: 

• Post-Secondary technical diploma and ongoing related organization training and maintenance experience. 

Required Skills/Experiences: 

• Minimum 3 years customer service experience; aerial work platform industry experience strongly preferred but not essential. 
• Home office should be located in the center of region (preferred) with high-speed Internet access 
• Management Experience preferred but not required 
• Proficient in Electrical and Hydraulic Repair with the ability to read schematics 
• Bilingual – Spanish and English (preferred) 
• Motivated Self Starter 
• Clean Driving Abstract 
• Valid Passport preferred 
• Comfortable with Public Speaking in a classroom Environment 
• Ability to work independently performing service and repair tasks as needed. 
• Possess strong system and hardware skills. 
• Ability to use communications software and possess above average computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, Office and PowerPoint. 
• Demonstrate motivation and continuous learning to update technical skills. 

What Linamar Has to Offer: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.  
• Opportunities for career advancement. 
• Sustainability Council 
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.  

About Us: 

Skyjack supplies construction rental companies globally with quality engineered, simple, and reliable access and telehandler equipment. Initially started as a scissor lift manufacturer in 1985 and has grown to become a world leader in the general Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) industry.   

As a dominant player in a consistently evolving industry, Skyjack employees thrive on absorbing new information and have a thirst for continuous improvement in their professional selves. In 2002 Skyjack became a part of the Linamar Corporation and has since been able to leverage strategic partnerships and use the guidance of their parent company to rapidly change the face of the access industry.