Project Engineer, Automation and IMM

KraussMaffei•Detroit, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide key internal and external sales support for the division to support increase in units sold. Responsible for capital equipment projects from quotation phase until hand-over to customer. This position has no supervisory responsibilities. This job operates in a professional office environment in our Florence facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines which create low-moderate noise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or similar field and 2 to 3 years’ related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Prior project experience in capital equipment and mechanical/electrical systems design, applications engineering
Communication
Engineering Concepts
Results Oriented
KM Operations & Product Knowledge
Initiative/Urgency
Customer Knowledge
Problem Solving
Technology
Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
Flexibility/Adaptability
Customer Focus
Innovation
Analytical Thinking

Nice To Haves

German language proficiency a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Technical, commercial verification of customer requests and orders
Clarification of technical items and feasibility studies
Cost evaluation and calculation for capital equipment, purchased system components, Engineering, Transportation, Assembly and Commissioning and Production support.
Ability to manage timeline of projects
Proposal preparation and order processing responsibility in conjunction with Sales department
Responsibility of correspondence and order documentation
Creation of internal Manufacturing orders
Generate layouts for the solutions proposed to the customer, as needed.
Must be able to manage special projects and follow-up with procedures and proper documentation.
Must be able to maintain good customer relations and communications.
Work closely with sales representatives as interface between the customer and the designers to provide technical support.