Applications Engineer

About the Role

As a member of the Airgas ALTEC Engineering Solutions Group, based in Cleveland, OH, this individual will play a key role in the growth of Airgas’s specialty gas, industrial, and bulk gas business through the design and installation of equipment systems supporting Airgas’s portfolio of gas applications to the various industries we serve. With a focus on safety, efficiency, and reliability, this position will provide Airgas customers with support and development of complete process solutions, including gases, technology, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the sales, specification, quotation, and successful installation of equipment systems for supporting specialty and process gas applications throughout Airgas’ regional markets.
• Act as a technical sales specialist for the Airgas sales team in the area of specialty and process gas solutions.
• Provide custom solutions using existing Airgas Engineered Solutions or through the design and development of custom engineered systems to meet customer requirements.
• Interact with customers and end users to ensure understanding of specialty and process gas equipment capabilities, safe use, and installation.
• Prepare and present technical proposals and presentations to Airgas prospects/customers focusing on Airgas’s ability to provide complete engineered solutions.
• Review customer requirements and develop complete, code-conforming, turn-key engineered solutions in gas delivery, gas monitoring, hazard analysis, and process safety.
• Assist in the commissioning and start-up of engineered systems.
• Coordinate and conduct equipment testing to ensure system operation and functionality.
• Summarize, present, and distribute information relating to successful equipment installations within the Airgas organization to uncover other potential opportunities.
• Work with the engineering team to generate layout and process flow drawings for use with potential customers (pre-sale) and contractors/installers (post-sale).
• Conduct customer training programs on custom supplied products and Engineered Solutions capabilities.
• Work with vendors to develop equipment offerings for custom Engineered Solutions at competitive price advantages.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• 5+ years of successful sales engineering experience in the specialty gas or process chemical industries.
• Experience with process chemicals (e.g., hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, ammonia) is a plus.
• Capable of traveling up to approximately 50% (including overnight as required).
• Capable of working weekends and/or holidays as needed to meet project schedules, equipment commissioning, and follow-up customer support.
• Well-versed in instrumentation and controls, with a firm understanding of fluid dynamics for compressible fluids.
• Familiar with applicable standard design and safety codes for equipment produced for metals and chemical industrial market sectors, such as CGA, ASME, and NFPA codes and standards.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience selling skid-mounted process equipment and high-pressure gas systems.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Short-term and long-term disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit.
• Up to 14-week paid childbirth benefits to support growing families.
• Parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty, and funeral/bereavement leave.
• Paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching funds.
• Tuition reimbursement and discounted college tuition for eligible employees’ dependents.
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Pay

Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000