Job Details

Level: Entry

Job Location: Key Technology - Walla Walla, WA

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 2 Year Degree

Salary Range: $33.10 - $41.50 Hourly

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Skilled Labor - Trades

Description

About Key Technology

Key Technology has been providing innovative solutions to the food industry since 1948. We are a global leader in the design and manufacture of food processing technology. Our products range from conveying, digital sorting, and process automation technologies. Our ongoing innovations provide increased control, continuous processing, and longer machine life–in processed fruits and vegetables, nuts, dried fruit, fresh-cut produce and more. Corporate headquarters are in beautiful eastern Walla Walla, Washington. Here we continually strive to find and fulfill our customers’ growing needs.

Summary:

The Technical Support Specialist is the primary technical support person for Key Technology technicians and customers via email and phone for the installed customer base. Applying basic to advanced technical knowledge, documentation, and product experience the Technical Support Specialist will assist customers in troubleshooting steps to identify the root cause and provide corrective action either through change in process, replacement parts, or if the issue requires an onsite technician to resolve.

Essential Responsibilities:

Create, manage and close technical support cases in the case management system
Provides external customers with technical support in response to inquiries via phone and email; technical support includes remote equipment evaluation through customer feedback and remote connection tools; supplying troubleshooting steps; recommending parts replacement and/or an on-site visit by a field service technician; transferring tech support cases to part sales, scheduling, and/or technical sales for contract visit requests and equipment upgrades.
Coordinates response to customer issues by gathering input from internal experts in service, R&D, and engineering
Assist in the coordination of the field change activities
Perform field service activities as needed to support the field service team and gain additional practical experience. Write timely and accurate trip reports of all service activities.
Generate quotes, creates projects (sold service and warranty), and schedules jobs in Field Service Automation (FSA).
Provide equipment reliability feedback to quality engineering and collaborate on improvements through Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).
Attend training classes and technician meetings as required
Provide support in commissioning products; participate in start-up meetings with client and engineering
Comply to industry, company and customer safe working practices
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:
- Minimum of Associates degree in technical field, or equivalent experience. Three to five years of experience in a manufacturing environment required. Solid knowledge of manufacturing and engineering processes
VERBAL SKILLS
- Conveys ideas and facts orally using language the audience will best understand.\
- Customer service skills.
Additional Skills and Responsibilities
- Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings
- Working with PLC based controls a plus
- Technical writing experience a plus
- Willing to provide “after hour” support as part of a rotating pool
- Sense of urgency
- Detailed oriented
- Complex Problem solver - Resolves difficult and/or complicated challenges
- Teamwork - promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables.
- Self-Management - Manages own time, priorities, and resources to achieve goals
Travel
- Up to 20%

Why Join Key Technology?

Key Technology offers a competitive benefits package for all full-time employees, including the following:

Medical coverage through your choice of a high deductible health plan or a PPO plan. All plans include prescription drug coverage
Flexible spending accounts, when allowed by tax laws
Health Savings Accounts (HSA), when allowed by tax laws. Our HSA includes a 2x match, up to $1,000 annually
Dental and Vision Coverage
Paid life insurance and disability insurance, and options to purchase additional coverage
Paid Maternity Leave
Optional coverages include Long-term Care, Accident Insurance, and Critical Illness Insurance
401k plan with a 100% match on the first 3% of employee contributions, and 50% on the next 2% of contributions (4% match if you contribute 5% of pay)
Educational Assistance reimbursement
Accrued paid time off (PTO)
10 paid holidays annually

Qualifications