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Customer Service Associate

Universal Balancing (now part of Burke Porter, an Ascential Technologies Company)
Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 11/20/2025 CLOSED ON 1/7/2026

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Description

Responsibilities:

  • Use the BAAN computer system to enter and manage orders for parts, field service, training, repairs, and preventative maintenance
  • Provide formal quotations on parts, service, training, and preventative maintenance inspections
  • Initiate billing for upgrades, parts and service calls
  • Generate spare parts lists, requisitions parts, tracks progress, expedites missing items
  • Support field service personnel on job site and generates service trip summaries for use in assuring accurate invoices and closing out orders quickly
  • Coordinate expediting and logistics of parts required after shipment and before final acceptance to satisfy customer needs on these projects
  • Evaluate the validity of warranty claims and develops and carries out cost-effective solutions
  • Coordinate parts being returned to BEP, and for ensuring these parts are returned to our suppliers in a timely fashion
  • Generate monthly report identifying high failure rate items to be used as feedback to Purchasing and/or Engineering to drive root cause analysis and resolution
  • Maintain sign-out system and Inventory for department tools and equipment used by Field Service Engineers and Engineers
  • Prepare parts and rework kits prior to shipment

Requirements

  • Bachelor‘s degree in business or engineering is preferred
  • Should have at least two years of customer service experience
  • Must have strong knowledge of Microsoft applications, especially Word and Excel
  • Good communication skills: written, verbal and listening, good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Dependable self-starter, exhibits leadership skills
  • Detail-oriented and organized
  • Good problem-solving skills

Strong mechanical and electrical background required

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