US Service (Warranty) Engineer - HydraForce

Company Description

HydraForce, a Bosch Rexroth company under the compact Hydralics offers one of the most comprehensive lines of high-quality hydraulic cartridge valves for the mobile and industrial equipment markets. We design and manufacture high performance valves that meet virtually any need encountered in machine design. HydraForce cartridge valves are designed to fit a wide range of industry-common valve cavities. Our employees enjoy a fast-paced and challenging work environment that provides them with daily opportunities to Power Forward their careers. For almost 35 years, HydraForce has been producing the most innovative electro-hydraulic control solutions for the mobile machinery and industrial equipment markets.

Bosch Rexroth is one of the world’s leading providers of drive and control technologies. Regardless of the motion task that customers face anywhere in the world, they will always find a Bosch Rexroth team with the local experience and the appropriate know-how from more than 30 industries and all drive and control technologies. Our associates take on their customers’ challenges with passion and persistence until the right solution is found. This is what makes Bosch Rexroth a strong, reliable partner for Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering and Factory Automation. As the Drive & Control Company, we develop, produce, and distribute our components and system solutions in over 80 countries.

Job Description

Ensure customer claims are resolved to guarantee customer satisfaction. To effectively manage and develop HydraForce business relationships with all customers across US locations.

Duties & responsibilities

• Ensure the RMA response targets are achieved (content and timing)
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with Manufacturing & Production Engineers, Supply Management personnel, Quality, Accounting departments
• Carry out regular communication and calls with customers to develop and maintain effective relationships 
• Carry out regular visits to customer production facilities for discussions with Manufacturing & Production engineers; provide prompt and effective resolution to recurring production issues.
• Actively support Problem Solving activities: assure the achievement of the different steps and providing suggestions to improve quality level
• Define priority of claims to be handled to satisfy customers in the best possible way
• Support PMI activities for Service (Warranty) harmonization
• To support Quality Engineers and act as facilitator for customer quality issues at both at customer and HydraForce by:
  • Understanding and communicating quality requirements in accordance with the customer supplier quality manual
  • Assist with returns and RGA reports to customer for line rejects, ensuring root cause analysis has been completed, using appropriate OEM problem solving techniques and/or HydraForce 8D process, to eliminate reoccurrences. Using customer portals when requested.
  • Work with internal departments to develop accurate, timely resolution and closure of quality issues identified by the customer.
  • Provide timely identification of claim trends and prioritise efforts into reducing claim costs
  • Participate in creating design solutions to address warranty issues 
• Works with both the Customers and HydraForce Sales departments in coordinating and supporting warranty agreements

Qualifications

Qualifications & experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline
• Comprehensive understanding of lean manufacturing and quality tools
• Computer literate, with sound knowledge of Microsoft packages, experienced in use of MRP and Quality Control systems
• Manage, coordinate and oversee effective implementation of the departmental quality, environmental, health & safety needs to ensure compliance to the documented management system

Skills

• Customer focused, able to build quality related relationships at senior levels
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to express ideas, share technical information and communicate at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• A high degree of self-motivation, commitment and the ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to tackle problems creatively and achieve desired outcome in an efficient and cost effective manner
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise a number of activities, be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Able to apply sound judgment and decision-making skills in dealing with a variety of routine and non-routine issues

Other

• Available for US and overseas travel to customer sites or