At Agilent, we inspire and support discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic, and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications, and expertise. Our mission is to enable customers to gain the insights they seek – so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us.
The role
You will join a successful team of Technical Support Engineers providing first class support to our customers utilising a variety of remote diagnostic tools.
Your primary role will be troubleshooting and resolving software issues on customer’s Client/Server and Standalone PC configurations. This will require troubleshooting of PC network communication, instrument control, data analysis and database issues as well as using virtualization software to reproduce problems in-house.
You will occasionally be required to visit customer sites for installations, repairs and scheduled services. The candidate must be very customer focussed, confident, flexible and willing to go the extra mile to delight our customers.
What you’ll do
- You will be providing a high level of reactive and proactive technical services in support of Agilent's product portfolio, primarily software products
- You will be part a team of 15 remote technical engineers based in the head office in Cheadle
- You will be responsible for remote trouble shooting on software, hardware and applications
- You will be providing problem resolution in order to optimize the efficiency and uptime availability of customer systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Master or PhD in Chemistry or Life Science based area with demonstratable IT/software skills
- Experience with Agilent software (e.g. OpenLab, Chemstation or other instrument control software) is an advantage
- Experience in analytical techniques (e.g. chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectroscopy) along with practical experience, preferably in a laboratory environment
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Excellent remote troubleshooting skills
- A clearly demonstrated structured approach to work
- The ability to organise and prioritise your workload effectively
- A strong valuation of processes and the ability to follow them accordingly with strong attention to detail
- The ability to set customer expectations and balance customer requirements with Agilent's business needs
- Independent when working and excellent communication skills
What we offer
- Outstanding company culture and working environment.
- Career development opportunities.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Work-Life-Balance programs.
- Company pension scheme.
- Private health care.
- A position within an international organization, offering a multifaceted working environment with exciting challenges and opportunities.
We will make sure you get all the training and development opportunities you need to become the best in your field!
