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July 24, 2025
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Field Service Engineer (Hoover, AL)

United States - Alabama - Hoover
Full-time
Remote
$31.60/hr - $63.20/hr
Entry, Mid Level
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Field Service Engineer will represent Abbott to customers, providing first-line support, managing account relationships, and ensuring customer satisfaction while driving value expansion and economic profitability.
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Responsibilities

  • Be the representative of Abbott and the Abbott Diagnostics Division (ADD) brand to the customer.
  • Act as trusted partner to existing customers.
  • Build promoters and achieve targeted retention rate.
  • Manage and drive development of accounts according to strategic account plan (value expansion; economic profitability).
  • Deliver first line support and technical troubleshooting & elevate Level 2+ issues to service specialist to minimize overall cost to serve.
  • Coordinate order; delivery; and billing.
  • Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
  • Ensure instrument analytical turnaround time (uptime/repair/maintenance).
  • Conduct customer business review (KPI reviews).
  • Manage customer relationship and thoroughly plan; prepare and follow up customer visits (pre-call plan; post-call notes).
  • Identify customer training requirements.
  • Coach customers and share knowledge (education).
  • Identify and resolve customer pain points (troubleshooting).
  • Replenish and control inventory.
  • Build image and brand in eyes of customer.
  • “Sell” or reinforce Abbott’s total solution value offering.
  • Collect and transmit VOC (Voice of Customer).
  • Menu expansion (utilization of existing products; new product launches).
  • Service sales.
  • Product promotion.
  • Value creation.
  • Order management.
  • Contract management.
  • Identify/open door for opportunity to expand offering into other departments (prospecting; not doing).
  • Customer consumables management.
  • New assay applications.
  • Price management.
  • Service sales.
  • Free of charge control.
  • Menu expansion.
  • Lifecycle management of product.
  • Service cost management.
  • CPR management.
  • Contract Life Cycle and Compliance.
  • NPS responsibility (hot sheets).
  • Management of inter-client relationships.
  • Assay availability and performance.
  • Instrument installation & commissioning.
  • First line level service/fixes.
  • TSBs – hardware & software upgrades.
  • Proactive monitoring and communication via Abbott Link.
  • Escalation & support.
  • Customer inventory.
  • CMS Next tickets (opening & closing).
  • Aforce use and maintenance (CRM).
  • Paris (reports).
  • Be the representative of Abbott and the ADD brand to the customer with emphasis on laboratory management.
  • Makes decision on reagent utilization on integrations and troubleshooting product replacement that impacts annual supply budget of approximately 3.0MM for US.
  • Critical contribution to the effectiveness of the CAPA system with responsibility for accurate documentation of customer complaints and the actions taken to resolve those concerns.
  • Exhibits high level of integrity; honesty; keeping commitments and presenting information completely and accurately to both internal and external customers.
  • Monitor and maintains customer satisfaction through direct contact.
  • Adheres to safety guidelines; policies; procedures.

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience required.
  • Two to four years’ experience relevant experience with instrumentation utilized in a laboratory environment, or directly in laboratory environment, field service, technical call center, for Abbott Diagnostics products
  • Experience providing technical product application and/or hardware support.
  • Experience interfacing with customers
  • Strong people management and communication skills
  • Trouble shooting/problem solving skills
  • Computer skills (word, excel, power point, internet savvy)
  • Shows ability to prioritize independently
  • Negotiation skills
  • Demonstrate sales skills
  • Commitment to customers
  • Service-minded

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in Bio Medical / Engineering / Electrical / Mechanical / Medical Technology or Commercial is preferred.

Benefits

  • Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
  • An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • The Freedom 2 Save student debt program
  • FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
Abbott is a healthcare company that is engaged in pharmaceuticals and manufacturing healthcare products.
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