Posted 4w ago

Application Engineer

@ Spirax Group
Canada or Canada
HybridFull Time
Responsibilities:evaluate applications, prepare quotations, provide support
Requirements Summary:10+ years experience in product/market areas; strong technical sales support; assess customer applications; provide pre-sales guidance; bilingual English and French preferred.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Microsoft Dynamics AX, Windows, Microsoft Office, Teams, Skype for Business
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Job Title: Application Engineer
Location: Canada
Location Type: Hybrid
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology
Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a
cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work,
and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full
potential. Visit our website to learn more.

This role will focus on:

The Application Engineer is a vital link
between our company and its clients, offering essential technical sales support
and application expertise on a daily basis. This dynamic role involves a
detailed assessment of customer applications and engineering specifications to
create tailored technical quotations and proposals. The Application Engineer
will play a crucial role in enhancing our sales team's capabilities by
providing them with comprehensive training, answering technical support
inquiries, and directly responding to customer calls. A combination of
technical acumen and customer service excellence, the Application Engineer will
contribute significantly to our sales process, ensuring our solutions meet the
precise needs of each client.

What you’ll be
doing

  • Specification and Application Review: Evaluate sales applications, prepare bid
    proposals and quotations for custom products, and provide pre-sales
    application engineering guidance for optimal WMFTS product selection.
  • Technical Support: Offer
    technical support, guiding on installation and troubleshooting issues.
    This includes reviewing specifications/drawings, liaising with factories
    on complex problems.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside sales, engineering, customer service, purchasing,
    production, shipping, and accounting teams to ensure smooth customer order
    management.
  • Documentation and Order Processing: Generate Bill of Materials and necessary
    documentation for production processing and order raising, collaborating
    with vendors on product specifications, maintaining Product Specification
    Records, and creating custom drawings or instructions.
  • Project Documentation: Prepare and manage submittal and other project-related documentation for
    customer review and approval before equipment release.
  • Customer and Team Interaction: Engage frequently with customers, the sales team, and factory
    personnel through phone and written communication, and conduct occasional
    visits for presentations, application assessments, value proposition
    education, or troubleshooting.
  • Record Keeping: Maintain
    accurate project, engineering, and technical records.
  • Continuous Improvement: Leverage experience to contribute to departmental continuous improvement
    projects.
  • Additional Responsibilities: Take on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Manager.

Who you’ll be working with

  • Sales Team: Collaborate closely with sales representatives and managers to
    support sales efforts, provide technical expertise, and assist in the
    preparation of bid proposals and quotations.
  • Engineering Department: Review customer specifications, develop custom
    solutions, and ensure technical feasibility and compliance with industry
    standards.
  • Customer Service Representatives: Partner with customer service to address
    technical queries, ensure customer satisfaction, and support post-sales
    activities.
  • Production and Purchasing Teams: Coordinate with production for manufacturing
    custom solutions and with purchasing on vendor specifications and
    procurement for project components.
  • Factory Personnel: Communicate regularly with factory staff
    regarding product specifications, troubleshooting, and customer feedback
    to improve product offerings and resolve issues.
  • Customers: Engage directly with customers for training, product
    demonstrations, field support, and troubleshooting, ensuring a positive
    experience and understanding of product value.
  • Engineering Services Manager: Report to and receive direction from the
    Engineering Manager, contributing to team goals and departmental projects.

This is what you’ll
need to be successful in this role

  • Experience and Education: We prioritize practical experience in related
    product and market areas, valuing 10+ years of direct involvement. We
    welcome candidates with diverse educational backgrounds who bring
    equivalent professional experience in similar roles.
  • Teamwork and Organization: Must be team-oriented, well-organized, and
    detail-focused, capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced
    environment.
  • Technical Expertise: Experience with troubleshooting peristaltic pump
    equipment and control systems is advantageous. A strong ability to
    independently resolve issues and execute timely decisions is required.
  • Communication Skills: Good oral and written communication abilities are
    essential for effective interactions with both internal teams and external
    partners. Bilingual in English and Frech is highly preferred. 
  • Tech Proficiency: Proficiency in Windows, Microsoft Office (Word,
    Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Teams, and Skype for Business. Experience
    with ERP software, especially Microsoft Dynamics AX, is beneficial.
  • Learning Agility: A quick learner with the capacity to achieve
    proficiency in new software applications as needed.
  • Adaptability: Flexible and adaptable, ready to meet the challenges of a dynamic
    work environment.
  • Physical Requirements: This role may require occasional travel, field
    visits, and on-site customer support, necessitating the ability to
    transport equipment and stand or walk for extended periods. Reasonable
    accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
    perform the essential functions.


At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

  •  A competitive salary
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • A generous holiday allowance
  • Three days’ paid volunteering leave
  • Comprehensive private healthcare
  • An enhanced retirement plan
  • Life assurance
  • Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include:

  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
  • Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
  • Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more.

Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Company
Overview
At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation
and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is
empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic
pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process
industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised
filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a
FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with
expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions,
peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our purpose is to create
sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient,
safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in
critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as
diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power
Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we
provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in
daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we
operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as
well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by
creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.



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