Machine Technical Service Representative

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Caterpillar's Building Construction Products (BCP) division has an exciting opening for a Machine Technical Service Representative dedicated to supporting Ring Power and Thompson Tractor, traveling in territory within Georgia, Florida and Alabama. If traveling to dealer sites to be hands-on with Caterpillar machines in the field sounds appealing, apply today 

Role Summary: Working hands-on with construction equipment, customers, and dealers, this role consults on machine product problem management within an assigned territory for Caterpillar machines. This is a dealer and customer-facing assignment where technical aptitude partnered with strong decision making and customer service skills is the key to success.

What You Will Do:

• Drive and support Dealer Product Problem Management process; including in proactively identifying and resolving complex technical product issues, failure analysis, identifying interim technical solutions, communicating with engineering, and goodwill decisions to maximize customer experience.

• Regularly interface with dealers and customers to minimize the commercial impact of customer complaints, ensure customers receive fair value and promote additional customer touch points and future sales in concert with dealer personnel. 

• Provide technical guidance and counsel dealers on presentations designed to inform customers of service advantages. Mentor team members on communication, problem solving and sharing technical expertise. 

• Directing dealers in managing Product Improvement Programs cost-effectively and within designated timeframes.

• Collaborate internally with business partners to deliver product defect fixes for our end users in partnership with our dealers.

• Provide input to Service Operations Specialists for shop operations, service process improvements, and systems, to help dealers achieve higher service quality and improve profitability.

What You Have: 

• Problem Solving Skills – Extensive experience: can analyze and synthesize information and devise alternative resolution strategies. Can resolve critical or wide-impact customer problems.

• Service Excellence and Customer Focus: A bility to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Can anticipate customer needs and proactively satisfy. 

• Product Technical Knowledge – Extensive experience: provides effective solutions to moderate technical challenges through strong technical competence, effectively examining implications of events and issues. Construction equipment/heavy machinery experience (hands on or job in industry). 

• Effective Communications – Communicates well downward, upward, and outward; Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience and provide feedback and coaching to others' presentations.

Travel Requirement: 50-70% within territory

Top Candidates Will Also Have: 

• Related experience in product support, quality and/or engineering roles

• Prior field based or dealer facing experience

• Technical knowledge or experience troubleshooting construction equipment product issues

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and on complex technical assignments

• Knowledge and/or experience working with dealerships and dealer networks in service engineering capacity

• Project management and consulting skills

• Knowledge and understanding of how CAT machines operate

Location & Territory Details

• This role travels frequently to dealer locations (50-70%) in the following states: Florida and Alabama

• Location: Atlanta, GA is preferred location with potential for alternative location in territory. The selected candidate is required to reside within territory.

• A company vehicle and cell phone stipend are provided.

• This role covers two Caterpillar dealers: Ring Power and Thompson Tractor

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings