What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Service Specialist position at WEG Holding GmbH?
Since 1913, Marathon Electric has been dedicated to providing customers with quality motors and generators for targeted applications. Marathon Electric became part of WEG Group in 2024. Founded in 1961, WEG is a global electric-electronic equipment company, operating mainly in the capital goods sector with solutions in electric machines, automation, and paints for several sectors, including infrastructure, steel, pulp and paper, oil and gas, and mining, among many others. WEG stands out in innovation by constantly developing solutions to meet the major trends in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and electric mobility. With manufacturing units in 12 countries and present in more than 135 countries, WEG has more than 40,000 employees worldwide.
About the role:
Marathon Electric has an excellent opportunity for a Technical Services Specialist. You will answer technical calls and emails dealing with post-sales troubleshooting, programming and wiring for Marathon generators.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provides technical support to customers and end users, by phone, email or CRM with technical questions, technical drawings, or product specifications on Industrial generators.
- Assists field support personnel via phone or email as needed by providing drawings and the use of available Marathon resources.
- Assists the parts department on identifying parts for customers.
- Track product failures for quality control purposes.
- Gain a deep understanding of the customer experience, identify and fill product gaps, and generate new ideas that will help grow market share, improve the customer experience by delivering customer centric solutions.
- Gather behavioral data and feedback from customers through multiple channels, including social media, customer service, customer interviews, and discover the features customers love and the roadblocks that make them frustrated.
- Act as a liaison between cross collaborative teams including Sales, Quoting, Engineering, Warehouses, and the Plants, as needed.
- Assists in developing standard policies and procedures, assist and support improvement initiatives and metrics with the customer in mind.
- Responsible for maintaining a high level of professionalism with clients and working to establish a positive rapport with every interaction.
- Responsible for daily planning and prioritizing of work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Participate in regular meetings with supervisor to offer constructive recommendations to problems, discuss opportunities and understand individual and department needs.
- Records details of calls and email in technical support database.
- Assists the parts department on identifying parts for customers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- High School/GED
- Associate degree in electrical or electronics or equivalent is preferred.
Knowledge / training:
- Department procedures.
- Robust product and troubleshooting knowledge, required.
- Knowledge of schematics, drawings and service manuals.
- Demonstrated competency in complex scenarios.
- Knowledge to handle all levels of service issues.
- Knowledge to communicate clearly and effectively.
Experience:
- 3 years of related experience.
Founded in 1961, WEG is a global electric-electronic equipment company, operating mainly in the capital goods sector with solutions in electric machines, automation and paints for several sectors, including infrastructure, steel, pulp and paper, oil and gas, mining, among many others.
WEG stands out in innovation by constantly developing solutions to meet the major trends in energy efficiency, renewable energy and electric mobility. With manufacturing units in 17 countries and present in more than 135 countries, the company has more than 45,000 employees worldwide.
WEG’s net revenue reached R$ 32.5 billion in 2023, 52.9% from outside Brazil.
Our business areas are divided as follows.
Industrial Electro-Electronic Equipment
This area includes electric motors, drives and industrial automation equipment and services, and maintenance services. Electric motors and other related equipment find applications in practically all industrial segments, in equipment such as compressors, pumps and fans, for example.
Energy Generation, Transmission and Distribution (GTD)
Products and services included in this area are electric generators for hydraulic and thermal power plants (biomass), hydro turbines (small hydroelectric plants or PCH, and hydroelectric generators or CGH)), wind turbines, transformers, substations, control panels and system integration services.
Commercial and Appliance Motors
In this business area, our focus is the market of single phase motors for durable consumer goods, such as washing machines, air conditioners, water pumps, among others.
Paints and Varnishes
In this area, which includes liquid paints, powder paints, and electro-insulating varnishes, we have a very clear focus on industrial applications in Brazil and are expanding to Latin America and other regions.