Project Engineer, Automation and IMM

Summary

Provide key internal and external sales support for the division to support increase in units sold.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for capital equipment projects from quotation phase until hand-over to customer.
• Technical, commercial verification of customer requests and orders
• Clarification of technical items and feasibility studies
• Cost evaluation and calculation for capital equipment, purchased system components, Engineering, Transportation, Assembly and Commissioning and Production support.
• Ability to manage timeline of projects
• Proposal preparation and order processing responsibility in conjunction with Sales department
• Responsibility of correspondence and order documentation
• Creation of internal Manufacturing orders
• Generate layouts for the solutions proposed to the customer, as needed.
• Must be able to manage special projects and follow-up with procedures and proper documentation.
• Must be able to maintain good customer relations and communications.
• Work closely with sales representatives as interface between the customer and the designers to provide technical support.

Core Competencies

Job Specific Competencies

• Communication
• Engineering Concepts
• Results Oriented
• KM Operations & Product Knowledge
• Initiative/Urgency
• Customer Knowledge
• Problem Solving
• Technology
• Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Customer Focus
• Innovation
• Analytical Thinking

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment in our Florence facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines which create low-moderate noise.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach, stoop, and kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
• Light to moderate lifting is required.
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Expected Hours of Work

This is a salaried, exempt level, full-time position with standard working days/hours of Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm with overtime as necessary to complete required tasks. Actual working hours may vary.

Travel

Travel is moderate, and some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected. Travel to Germany or other international locations possible for training/conferences. Anticipated travel is 30%.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or similar field and 2 to 3 years’ related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior project experience in capital equipment and mechanical/electrical systems design, applications engineering

Preferred Education and Experience

• German language proficiency a strong plus.

*This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.