Associate Application Engineer
Spirax-Sarco Ltd.•Cary, IL
•$55,500 - $83,000
About The Position
Under the supervision of the Manager of Application Engineering, the Associate Application Engineer analyzes heating applications and designs innovative, customer-focused solutions. The role develops cost-effective quotes for unique heating and temperature-control applications and provides technical support to the sales team. It partners with design engineering to support designs and orders across the organization.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of related experience; an appropriate technical degree or equivalent experience is required.
- Working experience with Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Solid organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills for varied audiences.
- Strong customer-service and time-management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineering.
Responsibilities
- Design and quote solutions for standard and customer-specific thermal applications.
- Coordinate quotation and order-entry activities with sales, estimation, engineering, and plant personnel, including sample orders and drawings for approval.
- Understand markets and competition to manage quotations for competitive designs.
- Review terms and conditions, customer drawings, and specification packages to identify customer requirements.
- Assist sales engineers in offering optimal thermal solutions for unique applications.
- Determine materials and related product-design costs in collaboration with engineering, estimation, and purchasing.
- Manage pricing and margin targets for key accounts and new opportunities.
- Become proficient in product design and pricing tools.
- Help customers and representatives troubleshoot common equipment or application problems.
- Partner with design engineering and sales on design and order support.
- Lead meetings with engineering, estimation, production, project management, finance, and sales for large order opportunities, communicating accurate dates to customers.
- Assist in documenting, analyzing, and improving processes.
- Support or facilitate process-improvement and strategic projects as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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