Applications Engineer

$75,000 - $80,000/Yr

Wastequip - Winamac, IN

Full-time - Entry Level

Winamac, IN

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Applications Engineer at Wastequip serves as a crucial link between sales, marketing, and engineering, providing support for new orders and variations of existing products. This full-time role involves evaluating sales requests, ensuring customer specifications are met, and performing technical calculations to confirm product suitability. The position also includes maintaining an engineering database and participating in design reviews, making it essential for the successful execution of customer projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates activities to evaluate incoming sales requests generated by the Galbreath group sales team.
• Reviews incoming customer data/specifications for completeness of information.
• Communicates requests to inside and/or outside sales personnel for missing, necessary information that would prolong lead times.
• Creates truck layouts using provided truck specifications and desired product to confirm it meets minimum requirements and satisfies the customer's application requirements.
• Performs technical calculations to confirm finished product will satisfy customer requirements as needed, such as; weight distributions, bridge law calculations, uplift calculations, frame strength calculations, dump capacity calculations, etc.
• Confers with sales and marketing, quality control, and other department personnel to provide technical support.
• Assists sales team and customer with proper hydraulic PTO/pump selection as needed.
• Actively researches new truck body builder changes that impact product application and communicates changes to the sales team.
• Develop new product options and features to satisfy specific customer requirements as needed and approved by manager.
• Maintains engineering database of all requested truck/product configurations & calculations for future reference.
• Participates in initial conceptual design reviews and brainstorming sessions.
• Consults with product engineers to obtain specialized information.
• Provides guidance and work supervision for other engineering and technical personnel as required.
• Provides project status reports to the engineering manager.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering discipline
• Minimum (2) years AutoCAD 2-D experience
• Work experience as an Applications Engineer a plus.
• Strong communication ability to convey clear and concise instructions to others via written and electronic media.
• Experienced with use of mechanical drawing and design software and concept tools including two and three dimension drawing formats.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Plan and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to interpret and understand national codes and standards.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic math, algebra, and geometry.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with hydraulic systems and components.
• Familiarity with waste handling equipment and industry standards.

Benefits

• 2 Medical Plan Options - Base HSA (High Deductible) and Buy-Up
• Prescription (Rx) Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 2 Dental Plan Options - Base Dental and Buy-Up Dental Plans
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA's)
• Health Care FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Company Paid Base Life Insurance
• Company Paid Accident, Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Company Paid Business Travel Accident Insurance
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• Short-Term Disability (STD) and Base Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Voluntary Hospital, Accident & Critical Illness (Cancer) Insurance
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with 50% Company Match
• Voluntary Pet Insurance
• Vacation and Personal/Sick Time
• Paid Grandparent Leave
• Paid Bonding Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Education Assistance (Tuition Reimbursement)