Paper Specialist, Vacuum Systems

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Job Title: Survey Specialist, Vacuum Systems
Location: Remote

About Us:

Founded in 1905, Nash remains a leading provider of critical vacuum solutions serving many industries, including pulp & paper, chemical, petroleum, power, environmental, food, and wastewater treatment. For well over one century, Nash has been trusted by customers for delivering quality, reliability, value, and performance. Acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 2004, our family of trusted brands include NASH, RUNTECH, GARO, and HOFFMAN & LAMSON, allowing us to provide a comprehensive range of standard and custom vacuum and blower solutions and accessories to a wide range of customers.

Runtech Systems , based in Finland and acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 2018, is a global provider of engineered systems tailored specifically to the pulp and paper industry. Runtech works with customers to better understand and control paper mills’ operational conditions to maximize machine efficiency and cost effectiveness. Runtech's patented solutions include energy efficient vacuum system and heat recovery optimization, runnability optimization, dewatering, doctoring and cleanliness optimization as well as ropeless tail threading.

Summary:

The Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technologies and Services business segment has an exciting opportunity for a remote-based Paper Specialist, Vacuum Systems position to support our fast-growing Nash Runtech pulp & paper business in the US and Canada. In this position, you will join an experienced team of pulp & paper industry professionals and be responsible for conducting on-site and ‘desktop’ paper machine surveys, focusing on vacuum and dewatering audits. Your important work will involve traveling to customer premises in the US and Canada, performing hands-on assessments by measuring necessary machine sections and reporting out on your findings and recommendations. Your ability to effectively communicate with customer stakeholders and decision-makers to ensure their operational needs are identified and understood is critical to the success of this role.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting surveys and creating reports and preliminary project plans, including dimensioning and calculations
• Providing technical and general support to the sales team
• Ensuring good operational and product quality
• Ensuring the implementation of a harmonized work process
• Actively participating in paper-making process-related troubleshooting activities, start-ups and optimization work on customers’ premises
• Ensuring good Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) culture and a safe working environment
Closely following the paper technology market, industry trends, and competition

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Minimum 5-8 years’ experience in engineering and/or production in the pulp & paper industry
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of the paper-making process and equipment
• Willingness to travel and perform hands-on work on-site and in collaboration with customers

Core Competencies:

• High degree of intellectual curiosity
• Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Strong process-driven and results-oriented mindset; manages business performance targets independently
• High level of commitment and a proactive approach to various situations
• Proven ability to convert customer needs and opportunities to future sales
• Customer-oriented mindset with the ability to quickly build relationships and achieve results individually and within a global network
Willingness to travel 120 or so days annually, typically 4-5 days per customer visit

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements:

This role requires approximately 120 days of travel annually. Some international travel should be expected for training and other business needs given that Runtech is headquartered in Finland.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40 respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.