Applications Engineer

Our client is a leading provider of technologies and solutions for water and wastewater treatment. They deliver proven, effective, and sustainable solutions for the disinfection and filtration of water.

The Application Engineer is responsible for preparing technical and commercial proposals in compliance with customers’ requirements/specifications, providing best application solutions to customers and managing the bidding process in collaboration with Regional Sales Managers.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Generating equipment technical scopes and commercial proposals and provides a coherent unitary bid package for customer review.
• Responsible for reviewing project/application specifications, equipment requirements, equipment selections, cost estimates and project schedules.
• Recommending and assisting Sales on technical application solutions based on specific customers’ requirements and challenges.
• Specifying size and selecting engineered systems and/or equipment in accordance with customer supplied specifications and/or performance requirements.
• Reviewing customer supplied Terms and Conditions with the legal team to ensure compliance with company’s contractual policies.
• Generating detailed cost analysis for custom engineered equipment and systems, including compilation of purchased subcomponent, labor, field service, and manufacturing cost by accessing archived records, outside vendors, and other sources as necessary.
• Generating equipment pricing from cost estimate, ensuring proper margins and commissions.
• Maintaining compliance with company required monetary level of approvals and signoffs.
• Maintaining and controlling the latest equipment price lists and validity including vendors’ price lists.
• Defining and supporting regulatory issues with sales or service projects.
• Working with Sales, Engineering and Operations in the review of project plans and specifications.
• Preparing handover material/documents of awarded projects to Project Management, Engineering and Operations.
• Generating equipment technical scopes and commercial proposals and providing a coherent unitary bid package for customer review.
• Responsible for the review of project/application specifications, equipment requirements, equipment selections, cost estimates and project schedules.
• Recommending and assisting sales on technical application solutions based on specific customers’ requirements and challenges.
• Specifies size and selects engineered systems and/or equipment in accordance with customer supplied specifications and/or performance requirements.
• Reviewing customer supplied Terms and Conditions with the legal team to ensure compliance to company’s contractual policies.
• Generating detailed cost analysis for custom engineered equipment and systems. Including compilation of purchased subcomponent, labor, field service, and manufacturing cost by accessing archived records, outside vendors, and other sources as necessary.
• Generating equipment pricing from cost estimate, ensuring proper margins and commissions.
• Maintaining compliance with company required monetary level of approvals and signoffs.
• Maintaining and controlling latest equipment price lists and validity including vendors’ price lists.
• Defining and supporting regulatory issue with sales or service projects.
• Working with Sales, Engineering and Operations in the review of project plans and specification
• Preparing handover material/documents of awarded projects to Project Management, Engineering and Operations.
• Attending technical meetings with customers during the tendering process.
• Understanding and adhering to all company health and safety procedures as they relate to essential job functions.

Qualifications for this position include:

• BS degree in Engineering and at least 5 - 15 years of experience in a related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• EIT or PE a plus.
• The ability to communicate technically and commercially with management, sales, legal, vendors, client’s engineers.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Familiar with SalesForce.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment.
• Self-motivated and proactive.

The salary for this position is $100 – 125K base, commensurate with experience, and full benefits.

Interested candidates should forward a resume (MS Word attachment preferred) plus a brief email describing your relevant experience and reasons for your interest to [email protected] or call (239)-475-2374 or (519) 270-3780 for more information. All inquiries will be held in strict confidence.

Jeff Smith & Associates is a technical recruiting firm that specializes in the placement of exceptional candidates in the Water and Wastewater Treatment industries. To view other opportunities on which we are currently working, go to our website at: www.jsmithassoc.com.