What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Engineer position at M-Works Search?
Lift your mechanical engineering career to a new level with a growing privately held manufacturer that specializes in making engineered-to-order capital equipment used in industrial applications.
Our client seeks an experienced application engineer at their suburban Chicago headquarters to interface with engineering and manufacturing to provide proposals for their engineered-to-order capital equipment to an expanding customer base.
If you have a mechanical engineering background with applications engineering experience in an engineered-to-order environment, I'd love to connect with you to discuss how this opportunity could lift your engineering career to new heights.
Client Overview
- A growing, privately-held, multi-site manufacturer of engineered-to-order (ETO) capital equipment.
- Known as a proud and innovative US manufacturer that honors a tradition of family values and strength.
- A local company with an expanding manufacturing footprint to meet customer needs supplying a growing range of high-quality American made equipment to industrial and material handling industry customers.
Position Overview
- Review customer specifications and drawings to determine product design requirements.
- Use proprietary material selection tools and company design standards to generate estimates of the product sale price.
- Develop new tools and processes to streamline equipment pricing process. Improve the equipment pricing process to reduce quotation turn-around time to the sales team.
- Maintain proactive and collaborative communication with the sales and engineering teams to ensure proper information transfer so that equipment meets customer’s technical requirements.
- Communicate with sales staff to support large custom project quotations and create solutions for unique material handling applications.
- Meet urgent organizational needs while maintaining a strategic approach, improving processes, workflow, and data management practices.
Candidate Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- More than 5 years application engineering experience in an engineered-to-order capital equipment manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with Solidworks CAD software.
- Interest in learning the product line and being part of a growing organization in a fast paced team oriented environment.
Employee Benefits:
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield group medical with PPO and HMO options.
- Generous 401(K) plan with up to 4% company match.
- 11 annual paid holidays per year.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without restrictions.
Be assured that resumes will be kept strictly confidential until we speak about a specific opportunity and agree to send it to a client of ours. If your experience matches our client's requirements, we will contact you immediately.
