Technical Rep, Expert

As an Onsite Technical Service Representative, you will be representing PPG at our customer location in Salina, Kansas ensuring the customer's satisfaction by providing outstanding customer service, resolving challenges, and supporting the customer's paint application process. You will provide additional services includes troubleshooting, process improvements, focusing on quality to their specifications, and ensuring the continued growth of the business. This is an individual contributor role and is a growth opening.

Specialized training provided. You will report to the local Technical Service Manager. PPG offers excellent and affordable benefits; Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick time; Disability and Life Insurance, outstanding matching 401K plus additional PPG provided Retirement Benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Support the ongoing activities onsite at the customer production facility as well as PPG activities at PPG facilities.

• Actively work with customer personal to understand customer concerns, collect data, take appropriate actions, and resolve problems within a timely manner.

• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the customer and coatings team.

• Effectively communicate with PPG Technical and Account management, direction of the PPG on site team activity, and to promote EH&S.

• Providing timely resolution to customer inquiries, application process monitoring, mix-room supervision, and hands-on support as needed; followed by a weekly trip report.

• Support sales to execute commercialization of new opportunities and product launches, process optimization, testing and troubleshooting, trial execution, and process improvement.

• Follow safe work practices and policies and wear appropriate PPE.

• Investigate and provide feedback for active process and product improvement.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma, GED, or Equivalent.

• 5+ years' experience in Industrial or manufacturing paint/coating mixing/application/troubleshooting.

• Ideal experience will include one or more of these: Electrocoat, Electrodeposition, wet paint, powder coating, electrostatic spray, or similar paint/coatings experience in industrial or manufacturing.

• Good computer skills and attention to detail.

• Effective communication and customer service skills.

• Troubleshooting, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work well alone and within a team environment to solve ever changing challenges.

• Willingness to travel weekly for training opportunities or to provide coverage for other team members on PTO or similar.

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With PPG, you will find meaning in your work every day, and engage in opportunities that will shape you, personally and professionally.

• Your personal strengths will empower you to succeed and make an impact from day one.

• You will be inspired to learn and grow, and to get the support you need to identify and achieve your boldest career aspirations.

• Your passion to excel will be fueled by your connection to world-class partners, industry experts, the best and brightest colleagues, and future forward technologies.

• Your contributions will not only meet the challenges of our global customers, but help theme propel their industries forward.

• You will be welcomed into a culture where everyone's ideas and contributions are valued and encouraged.

Just like you, we are driven to make a difference in our world.

PPG prides itself on the quality of its employees and as such, candidates who receive a job offer will be required to successfully pass a hair drug/toxins test and a background check.

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