Overview
Student Co-op Buckman – Somerset, ME Location: Somerset, ME Language: English Travel: up to 10% Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment. Position Summary This is a temporary UMaine P&P Student Co-Op for the Fall semester (Sept-Dec 24 hrs./week). Responsible for sample collecting, testing, data input, and data analysis on‑site technical service and support at the Skowhegan mill. This position ensures that all chemistry testing, system monitoring, are perfo
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Student Co-op
Buckman – Somerset, ME
Location: Somerset, ME
Language: English
Travel: up to 10%
Buckman is a privately held, global specialty chemical company with headquarters in Memphis, TN, USA, committed to safeguarding the environment, maintaining safety in the workplace, and promoting sustainable development. Buckman delivers exceptional service and innovative solutions to our customers globally in the pulp and paper, leather, and water treatment sectors to help boost productivity, reduce risk, improve product quality, and provide a measurable return on investment.
Position Summary
This is a temporary UMaine P&P Student Co-Op for the Fall semester (Sept-Dec 24 hrs./week). Responsible for sample collecting, testing, data input, and data analysis on‑site technical service and support at the Skowhegan mill. This position ensures that all chemistry testing, system monitoring, are performed consistently and safely to protect mill operations and treatment performance. By providing these daily service responsibilities, the Temp Student Co-op enables the Account Manager to focus on strategic growth, new customer development, and expanding business across the region.
Key Outcomes/Responsibilities
Customer Satisfaction
Provides necessary service and testing so account manager can deal with day to day operations of the account
Actions: chemical testing, process sample testing, service reports (customer requested subjects and frequency)
Continuous improvement
Customer Delivery Tech should support Sales Executive in the execution of savings projects to the customer to help improve their process (>10% of sales each year).
Actions: lab testing to provide supporting data, installation of new equipment, process sample testing
Account Growth
Customer Delivery Tech should reduce service workload for Sales Executive so that annual sales targets can be reached by increasing volumes or obtaining new applications
Actions: commercialing new applications, increasing volumes of existing applications to improve customer performance, working with sales manager to identify target applications
Reporting/Service
Servicing the account in a manner that keep the customer happy.
Actions: writing service reports, application testing and monitoring, responding to service calls, maintaining equipment
Basic Qualifications
- Education Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent
- Job Related Experience: 2-3 years
- Pipe fitting
- Chemical handling
- Chemical pumps
- Communication training
We appreciate the interest of recruitment partners, but we are not engaging external agencies for this role.
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