Application Engineer - Wear Components

Kennametal • Pittsburgh, PA

21d • Onsite

About The Position

About Kennametal With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com . Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Requirements

• Associates degree required, bachelor’s preferred
• 5-8 years of relevant work experience required
• Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering.
• Technical/Professional knowledge & skills
• Creating demand through insight
• Influencing
• Planning & organizing
• Decision making
• Account planning
• Active learning
• Advancing sales discussions
• Building customer loyalty
• Building trusting relationships

Responsibilities

• Be an expert in the company’s products and applications across end-markets while being vigil of cost savings and expansion into untapped market applications.
• Understand the difference in the company’s products vs. competitor’s offerings and provide expert advice on the advantages of the company’s products in specific applications.
• Perform analysis of complex application needs and develop recommendations in support of customer balancing business needs.
• Conduct product and application testing.
• Prepare and present progress, status, and forecasting reports of assigned areas of responsibility.
• Maintain expert knowledge on industry trends, training opportunities, and forecasts.
• Support sales growth in using the company’s products/technology to design and execute cost savings initiatives with customers.
• Active collaboration with internal customers such as Product Marketing, Mfg., Technology, etc., to ensure information sharing and goal alignments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree