Applications Engineer

Application Engineer We are representing our business partner to find a superb candidate to join their experienced team of four product and applications engineers. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with working to deadlines, results-driven and with a deep interest in helping customers by providing High quality, technically optimised fluid power and mechanical solutions. While office-based, this is a customer interactive role, with significant time spent daily communicating with customers. Opportunities to visit customer sites as part of a technical & commercial team will become more common as the candidate’s experience and skills develop, as well as some opportunity for international travel to other sites for training and development. Key Responsibilities: Acting as a key technical liaison between manufacturer and customer accounts. Producing Technical Selections, quotations / sales proposals. Applications engineering – Reviewing a customer application and offering complete supply of fluid power & potentially mechanical products to a system utilising industry leading product range. Technical support to customers and end-users from enquiry stage through to delivery, installation & operation. Direct communication with Engineering and Purchasing teams within customer accounts. Contract reviews, Technical handover to Production & project kick-off meetings to ensure the specification is correct prior to supply. Real-time liaison & technical and commercial assessment of supply chain. Small modifications to standard product in order to replace competitor or obsolete products. Key Requirements: Comfortable with basic calculations & formulae (BODMAS). Degree or diploma in mechanical engineering or similar. Broad knowledge of hydraulic products & applications. Technical selection experience from application or product data. Experience in Understanding & Ideally drawing hydraulic circuits. Knowledge of ERP systems. Technical report writing. Excellent communication skills. Customer focus. An understanding of the commercial side of engineering. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89564178