Engineer

Fastenal • Brooklyn Park, MN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Working as a full-time Engineer - Strategic Accounts, you will use your technical knowledge to work directly with Fastenal's sales and branch teams to help develop, sell, and implement new fastener opportunities. You will be the primary engineering resource for Strategic Accounts customers and a prescribed book of business, working directly with customers and the products they produce.

Requirements

• Possess a current, full, valid driver's license issued in the country where the job is located, including successful completion of any applicable graduated license program, and be able to meet driving record requirements to use a company vehicle as needed.
• Possess or be working toward a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field, or have previous work experience in the fastener industry.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite.
• Highly motivated, self-directed, and customer-service oriented.
• Strong math aptitude, attention to detail, and sense of urgency.
• Strong organization, planning, and prioritizing abilities.
• Comfortable making high-level group sales and product presentations.
• Willingness to travel 50% or more, including some overnight travel.
• Demonstrate the company's core values of ambition, innovation, integrity, and teamwork.
• Pass the required drug screen (applicable in the US, Puerto Rico, and Guam only).
• Pass a background check required by a customer/contract serviced by this location.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional technical support internally and externally.
• Maintain relationships with customers' engineering and technical staff.
• Execute fastener optimization projects, onsite application reviews, and application troubleshooting.
• Develop, implement, and grow large OEM fastener opportunities by supporting customer engineering design changes and new design applications.
• Serve as the technical liaison between the Fastenal sales team and customers' engineering and quality departments.
• Lead and assist in customer product training seminars.
• Identify opportunities for product changes or substitutions that improve function and/or provide cost savings.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) with an employer contribution
• Bonus and/or commission eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time