Metalworking Field Application Specialist

Fastenal•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

Working as a full-time Metalworking Field Application Specialist, you will manage projects focused on implementation, productivity improvement, supply chain efficiencies, and profit-dollar gains for Fastenal and existing end users. Your technical expertise will support end users with defined needs and expectations for testing processes, parts identification, and leveraging partnerships to ensure supply chain continuity. You will work closely with other metalworking team members on customer-site projects that have been vetted and require advanced technical support. The position location is flexible, with the option to work from a branch in Northern Texas. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with travel of 50% or more and overnight stays required. Fastenal is an industrial and construction supplies distributor that has grown from one branch to a Fortune 500 company with more than 3,000 servicing locations. The company describes its culture as entrepreneurial and focused on employee opportunity, training, promotion from within, and career growth. Full-time employees are offered a competitive benefits package that includes health, life, long-term disability, and dental insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and a 401(k) with an employer contribution.

Requirements

Possess a current, full, valid driver's license issued in the country where the job is located, including completion of any applicable graduated license program, and meet driving-record requirements to use a company vehicle as needed.
Have a degree, certificate, or diploma in CNC, machining, business, or an operations-related field of study, or at least 2 years of industry-related work experience.
Have excellent written and oral communication skills.
Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Demonstrate strong technical aptitude in machining and tooling.
Be highly motivated, self-directed, and customer-service oriented.
Be able to work independently and in a team environment.
Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and prioritizing abilities.
Be willing to travel 50% or more, including required overnight stays.
Demonstrate the core values of ambition, innovation, integrity, and teamwork.
Be able to lift, slide, carry, and lower packages typically weighing 25–50 lbs and possibly up to 75 lbs.
Pass the required drug screen, applicable in the US, Puerto Rico, and Guam only.

Nice To Haves

5 years of experience with metal cutting tooling.
5 years of experience with CNC programming.

Responsibilities

Support customer implementation programs, focusing on onsite locations, to increase speed to revenue.
Create supply chain efficiencies, reduce overall operating costs, and document cost savings.
Drive margin improvement through conversions, with a focus on increased profit dollars.
Work toward customer productivity-improvement goals, focusing on metal removal operations.