Technical Service Representative - Automotive Coatings

PPG Industries, Inc
United States, South Carolina, Greer
1000 Robinson Road (Show on map)
Sep 04, 2025
As a Technical Service Representative - Automotive Coatings, you will represent PPG at customer facilities ensuring automotive coatings meet customer satisfaction by providing technical service on a wide range of products and application techniques. You will provide sales support to maintain and expand business at existing accounts and effective start-up of new products. You will provide paint application technical service/support for our Plasman account and sit on-site. Key Responsibilities Support the ongoing activities of onsite PPG customer team at automotive production facilities by communicating cross-functionally to understand customer concerns, collecting data, and taking appropriate actions to help resolve customer issues. Record weekly inventories and communicate status both externally and internally. Perform required tests for material and process systems, and prepare technical reports for customers Provide resolutions to customer inquiries, application process monitoring, inventory monitoring, material ordering, and hands-on support, generating reports as necessary. Participate in weekly meetings with technical experts to review site projects and activity. Engage daily with customers to provide feedback from collected data; answer questions and provide recommendations as needed Use PPG digital tools to capture critical data and facilitate problem solving. Support any special projects, as needed. Provide sales support to maintain and expand business, and ensure effective start-up of new products. Qualifications HS diploma or equivalent required. 3+ years of field experience with multiple industrial coating technologies including water-borne base coat/clear coat systems, OEM paint approval process, and specifications OR 3+ years in a technical setting or paint application environment and experience in Tier 1 automotive manufacturing, water-borne Paint mixing and adjustment experience. E-Coat experience, a plus Digital literacy, and technical report writing. Ability to work weekends or is necessary. Must have a valid US driver's license. Gehaltsstrukturen und Zusatzleistungen von PPG konnen je nach Standort unterschiedlich sein, sodass wir unsere Mitarbeiter in verschiedenen geografischen Markten wettbewerbsfahig entlohnen konnen. PPG berucksichtigt bei Vergutungsentscheidungen mehrere Faktoren, wie unter anderem Fertigkeiten, Erfahrung und Schulung, Qualifikation und Ausbildung, Lizenzen und Zertifizierungen sowie andere organisatorische Anforderungen. Es konnen andere Leistungsanreize Anwendung finden. Unsere Programme fur Sozialleistungen sind so konzipiert, dass sie die Gesundheit und das Wohlbefinden unserer Mitarbeiter unterstutzen. Jeder Versicherungsschutz und alle Leistungen richten sich nach den Bedingungen der jeweiligen Plane und den dazugehorigen mageblichen Plandokumenten. About us: Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday - everyday. PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter. The PPG Way Every single day at PPG: We partner with customers to create mutual value. We are "One PPG" to the world. We trust our people every day, in every way. We make it happen. We run it like we own it. We do better today than yesterday - everyday. PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com. PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday. Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.