Regional Technical Support Specialist

Title: Regional Technical Support Specialist

Area: Cape Town (incl. WC Region)

Industry: Capital Equipment (Sales & Rental-Hire)

Ref No.: TRG 2342

Salary: Market related TBC (avail/neg)

Start Date: ASAP

Type: Permanent

An experienced REGIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST is required for permanent employment based in Cape Town (Western Cape region).

• To be the technical specialist for all types of machines and equipment across all machine types and brands in a designated region.
• To provide specialist technical mentorship, support, and assistance to customers, field service technicians and workshop staff in the region.
• To identify technical shortfalls in resource capability and report on these shortfalls to the operational management.
• To ensure that the quality of the machines, the work done by the technicians, and the processes followed are in line with company standards.
• To provide mentorship and practical experience to any apprentice allocated to the tech, and to keep record of all tasks completed required by the apprentice training program.
• Reports to the RGM with a dotted line to National Technical Manager
• Not assigned to do PDIs, breakdowns, or service and maintenance tasks

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Regional, on-site support

• Travel to sites within the region to support technicians with troubleshooting
• Travel to sites within the region to support customers & technicians with repair and quality assessments
• Travels to sites within the region to assist the local technician with difficult and challenging repairs on rental and customer units where necessary

Training and development

• Establish & maintain a safe work environment
• Transfer product knowledge and technical skills to the regional technicians
• Mentor technicians in resolving complicated faults

• Mentor technicians and cultivate positive attitudes to excel in the quality of their workmanship
• Create an environment in the region where the technicians are constantly learning and sharing their learnings and methodologies
• Compare the quality of work of each technician to the standard and report on the failing technicians for management to intervene
• Verify the quality of PDIs and paperwork submitted by the technicians, and provide mentorship where the standard is not maintained
• Identity technicians that are motivated to grow and learn, and report to the RGM and NTM
• Identify techn
  
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