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Date: Feb 18, 2025
Location: Burnaby, CA
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }Company: AkzoNobel
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. AkzoNobel is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made. If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact CanadaHR@akzonobel.com. Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered. #LI-KT1
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Placement
This position involves travelling to customer sites mostly within in and around the Vancouver area. The ideal Candidate would live in or close to Vancouver. In this commercial role, the job holder will work remotely from a specified territory and are not required to report to a designated AkzoNobel site.
The Technical Service Representative (TSR) provides a differential marketing advantage for AkzoNobel by delivering technical services to all customers within an assigned area. They support the sales team by conducting technical reviews, product trials and providing consultative services to customers, distributors, and prospects. They also provide both technical analysis, process analysis, and recommendations where appropriate.
Annual base Salary of $80,000.00 to $95,000.00 15% Bonus based on personal and corporate performance. Vehicle Allowance of $800/monthly + KM reimbursement 3 weeks’ vacation + 5 personal/Sick days + 2 company determined floater days. Pension Plan Benefits including Drug, Medical, Life Insurance, Paramedical (including massage) an more. Employee Assistance Program Telemedicine Physical Fitness Reimbursement Key Accountabilities
Assist and monitor customers on best coating and painting application practices in accordance with company specifications. Troubleshoot customer application issues. When conditions are identified not within company specifications or application guidelines, advise the customer and or applicator and their immediate supervisor to acquire resolution. When conditions are not resolved to meet specification document accordingly with exception report. Generate and maintain accurate records and applications reports of company products. This includes day to day environmental conditions as well as surface preparation and relevant coating application information. Attends scheduled inspections; verify specification and standard adherence, perform quality checks of surface preparation, and the application steps in the painting process. Participates in the selling process by assisting with product trials. Job Requirements
Knows coating application, techniques, and parameters for Marine Coatings (5+ years preferred) English: read, spoken and written AMPP, NACE I, Frosio Inspector III or equivalent Must have previous experience working in a Shipyard (5+ years preferred) Good computer skills, well versed in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) and is computer literate enough to navigate user friendly web-based programs. Must be able to travel to the USA if required.
Physical Requirements
Ascending, Descending and/or Balancing: (ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms). Balancing – maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces). Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching and/or Crawling: (Stooping – bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist). (Kneeling – bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees). (Crouching – bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine). (Crawling – moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet). May need to crawl into/out of confined spaces. Reaching, Handling, Fingering, and/or Feeling: (Reaching – extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction). (Handling – seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands (fingering not involved)). (Fingering – picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily (rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling). (Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of receptors in skin, particularly those of fingertips). Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:
a. Acuity, far – clarity of vision at 20 feet or more.
b. Acuity, near – clarity of vision at 20 inches or less.
c. Depth Perception – three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are.
d. Field of Vision – area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.
e. Accommodation – adjustment of lens of eye to bring an object into sharp focus. This item is especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from eye.
f. Color Vision – ability to identify and distinguish colors.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. AkzoNobel is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made. If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact CanadaHR@akzonobel.com. Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered.
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
Requisition ID: 44955 #LI-KT1
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