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Form of workThe Application Engineer is responsible for preparing customer quotations and providing sales support for industrial automation customers.
Primary Duties:
• Support sales team as the product expert during customer emails, calls, or visits. Analyze customer applications and recommend solutions to their control system challenges based on our group’s product offering and core competencies.
• Meet with customers and conduct site surveys of industrial automation control systems to gain understanding of project opportunities. Gather information needed to work with project engineers/managers to develop solutions to address customer requirements.
• Use industry process knowledge and product application expertise to recommend solutions for customers.
• Prepare system configuration drawings, commercial and technical proposals by studying system schematics, specifications, plans and related customer documents, consulting with engineers, and other professional and technical personnel.
• Present technical/commercial proposals to customers. Follow-up with existing customers and foster new business relationships; supporting multiple locations as required.
• PLC products: Allen Bradley, GE, Siemens, Reliance Electric
Drive systems: ABB, Allen Bradley, GE, Siemens, Reliance Electric.
Qualifications:
• Engineering degree or equivalent experience in industrial automation.
• Experience working with PLC, AC & DC Drive systems, and HMI products.
• Metals processing knowledge is strongly preferred.
• Willingness and desire to participate in ongoing training to maintain technical competency in automation products, software and complimentary areas.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal.
Requirements:
• Must have self-motivation and time management qualities.
• An understanding of customer relationships and the interaction within the project
• Travel requirement is approximately 10-20% of the time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.
GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.
