Application Engineer

$80,000 - $100,000/Yr

Samco Technologies - Buffalo, NY

Full-time

Buffalo, NY

11-50 employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Application Engineer at SAMCO Technologies is responsible for providing estimating services, managing proposal creation, and supporting purchasing and inventory control. This role focuses on enhancing current processes, systems, and standards within the Pure Water and Wastewater Industry.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial review and annotate customer specifications as part of Request for Proposal (RFP) evaluation
• Communicate with customers to ensure winning scope is selected
• Correspond with SAMCO Process Engineering to select materials of construction, instruments, valves, equipment, and controls during onboarding
• Evaluate bid specification packages against standards and develop a strategic winning scope with clarifications and deviations
• Compose P&IDs and run process projections using various software
• Size and select system components
• Review commercial conditions and provide management with summary review
• Track response time and resource requirements to complete an estimate
• Complete accurate estimates efficiently and develop new estimating templates
• Interact with Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to develop cost-effective estimates
• Review historic information to develop current actual costs and maintain a log for tracking performance
• Develop estimates for standard products and services
• Utilize SAGE100/Job Ops manufacturing system
• Develop process work tickets and templates
• Assist in the standardization of materials and vendors
• Participate in meetings and special projects as required

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering
• 2 years of experience with estimating and/or project management, focusing on chemical process treatment and system design

Nice-to-haves

• Job Estimating: 2 years (Preferred)
• Chemical engineering: 2 years (Preferred)

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance