Field Service Tech

Job Description

Job Description

Field Service Technician

About Markel Food Group

The Markel Food Group family of companies (www.markelfoodgroup.com) includes AMF Bakery Systems (www.amfbakery.com), Reading Bakery Systems (www.readingbakery.com), Tromp Group (www.trompgroup.nl), and Solbern (www.solbern.com). The companies serve as market leaders in the manufacturing and design of automated food processing equipment for the production of bread, bun, baked snacks, cakes, pizza, pastries, and other specialty baking products.

The Markel Food Group companies are subsidiaries under Markel Ventures, Inc., (www.markelventures.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Markel Corporation (NYSE : MKL).

Job Summary :

Field Service Technician to provide on-site service and installation support for bread & roll line equipment and serve as a key point of contact in building customer relationships. This position will also have an opportunity to service AMF Bakery Systems customers based in the USA.

Ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical experience, electrical and controls experience is a plus.

How you will impact AMF Aftermarket rebuilds and upgrades :

• Supervise mechanical and electrical installation of bread and roll line equipment;
• Service and maintenance of existing bread and roll line equipment;
• Ensure basic training of customer personnel in Maintenance, Sanitation & Operation of bread and roll line equipment;
• Review spare parts needs for customers, interface with Inside Sales Rep's to coordinate customer needs in parts;
• Act as a technical resource for the customer to operate bread and roll line equipment at maximum potential;
• Identify and communicate new equipment opportunities to the outside sales force;
• Phone troubleshooting for customer breakdowns;
• Conduct occasional trips to AMF locations to participate in equipment review, final assembly and checkout;
• Create weekly activity reports, detailed technical reports from each customer site visit and weekly expense reports;
• Provide feedback to engineering for technical problem solving.
• Promote parts, kits and service for all AMF serviced and installed equipment.

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