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Customer Service Engineer

PerkinElmer

  • Richmond, Virginia
  • 8 days ago
  • $75,000–$95,000 Per Year

Highlights

The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function. Our Customer Service Engineer delivers best-in-class installation, maintenance, and repair services for PerkinElmer and multivendor laboratory instrumentation at customer sites, serving as the face of the company while ensuring customer needs are met efficiently.

Numbers & Facts

LocationRichmond, Virginia
IndustryBiotechnology/Pharmaceuticals
Salary$75,000–$95,000 Per Year
Company Size5,000 to 9,999 employees
Websitehttp://www.perkinelmer.com/

Description

When joining PerkinElmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs.  With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.

Job Title

Customer Service Engineer

Location(s)

Customer Site - VA, GSK (Haleon) (Richmond) - Customer Site VA

Job Description

Our Customer Service Engineer delivers best-in-class installation, maintenance, and repair services for PerkinElmer and multivendor laboratory instrumentation at customer sites, serving as the face of the company while ensuring customer needs are met efficiently. Beyond technical service, the CSE partners with sales to support new instrument orders and service agreements and maintains compliance through accurate documentation in systems like ELN, Veeva, and EAMS. Success in this role requires strong troubleshooting skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, regulated lab environment

Job Responsibilities:

  • Install, maintain, validate and repair PerkinElmer and/or multivendor instrumentation at customer sites with bestin-class service
  • Provide scheduled and unscheduled corrective maintenance for customers including warranty services
  • within a prescribed time frame and established maintenance protocols
  • Deliver customer familiarization for instrument operation and maintenance
  • Communicate service offerings including training, support, software, laboratory services products and
  • field upgrades
  • Partner with our customers to understand their analytical workflow and applications
  • Support the local instrument sales representative(s) to help secure new instrument orders
  • Provide service that helps to drive the sale of new service agreements, service agreement upgrades and
  • instrument add-ons to existing service contracts
  • Display exceptional written and verbal communication skills and actively interface with peers and
  • customers
  • Develop organizational awareness of other functional groups and product lines
  • Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to the installation, warranty, and service agreement
  • documentation standards
  • Contribute to account profitability through efficient execution and service delivery
  • Perform timely uploads and downloads of required service data to ensure the integrity of service
  • system(s)
  • Maintain assigned assets including: Company vehicle, tools, test equipment (MTE), telecommunication
  • equipment, assigned service parts inventory, etc.
  • Proactively develop technical and soft skills to maintain and enhance PerkinElmer’s value proposition to
  • the customer
  • Enhance PerkinElmer’s product quality by proactively reporting improvement opportunities via the quality
  • notification process
  • Seek higher level certification through participation in company sponsored training & development
  • offerings
  • Position Description
  • Complete all administrative tasks to include but not limited to time reporting, assigned training, etc.
  • Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
  • Use the Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) to document service and qualification activities
  • Load the User/Operational Qualification (UOQ) documentation in Veeva
  • Request Work Orders (WO) in the platform and EAMS

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.

Critical Skills:

  • Strong technical troubleshooting and diagnostic skills across laboratory instrumentation (GC, LC, IR, UV, LCMS, IC, HPLC)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer service orientation
  • Working knowledge of GxP documentation standards and regulated laboratory quality systems
  • Proficiency with service and quality platforms including ELN, Veeva, and EAMS
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills to balance service schedules, documentation, and administrative reporting
  • Ability to work independently at customer sites while collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Quality, and Workplace Solutions teams

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 2 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting OR
  • Associate degree in Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related military experience and 4 plus years of experience in the ability to troubleshoot, repair, and provide qualification services in a laboratory setting
  • You must have the ability to travel by air, vehicle and/or other means of transportation as business requires. Travel will vary depending on territory requirements and/or customer base.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license. While performing the duties of this position you must always maintain safe motor vehicle operation

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in GxP environments is a plus the physical demands defined below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • Two or more years in servicing/working on HPLCs Able to work on GC and GCMS systems is a plus
  • Sound knowledge of or ability to service GC, LC, IR, UV, LCMS, IC and other various lab equipment a plus

Working Environment:

  • Must be able to work in a laboratory, controlled environments requiring personal protective equipment (e.g., lab coat, safety glasses, etc.) in laboratory. 
  • Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high. 
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time 
  • The person needs to occasionally move between labs, corridors, adjoining rooms, and buildings onsite Frequently operate on instruments, objects, tools or controls, which will require regularly bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.   
  • Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds). 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.   
  • Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. 
  • Employee may be required to handle hazardous waste according to local, state, and federal regulations.  Duties may include identifying, handling, generating, accumulating, storing and labeling hazardous waste. 
  • Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to extreme temperature, biological materials, and hazardous chemicals.
  • May be required to complete Medical Clearance, Respiratory Protection Training, and Fit Testing to wear a respirator as protection against hazards present in the laboratory environment.

The annual compensation range for this full-time position is $75,000 to $95,000. The final base pay offered to the successful candidate will be determined by factors including internal equity, work location, as well as individual qualifications, such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 

PerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. PerkinElmer is committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

About Company


A healthier future starts with the work we do today
At PerkinElmer, we design, manufacture and deliver advanced technology solutions that address the world's most critical health and safety concerns, including maternal and fetal health, clean water and air, and safe food and toys.

Our expertise combines science, innovation and a culture of operational excellence to offer our customers technology services and support that improve the quality of people's lives worldwide.

A Leader in Human Health
Whether it's testing newborns for life-threatening disorders, supporting scientists in finding better cures, or helping doctors treat disease, our focus on human health extends beyond the lab and into hospitals and homes. With our innovative screenings and treatments, and our ongoing development of advanced life science tools, we help generate earlier medical insights, more accurate results, and more effective therapies.

A Leader in Environmental Health
Our work in environmental health improves the quality and sustainability of our environment, and the security of people in the places where we live, work and play. This includes providing the analytical instrumentation, and services that ensure clean air and water; safe food and consumer products; and efficient, renewable energy - the essential components of a healthier, safer today and tomorrow.

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