Mechanical Application Engineer - Municipal
Job Duties
- Provide Technical Engineering Support in determining equipment required, specifications, and other documents to support the Sales Team, Representatives and Customers.
- Process all aspects of a municipal engineering job, from order entry, material requirements planning (MRP) entry, Order Entry & Invoicing (OEI) and all other required paperwork to process the job.
- Maintain a friendly attitude toward both internal and external customers.
- Build collaborative and trusting relationships with customers, sales reps, manufacturing reps, and engineers.
- Provide quick and timely order processing, and keep communication moving between customer and S&L.
- Work closely with Customer, Representative, Engineering and CM&O groups on larger treatment projects as the job is processed in Engineering and Manufacturing so it meets required customer deadlines.
- Ensure Smith & Loveless receives a maximum price for its products by reviewing contractual and technical documents with reps and internal departments on a timely basis.
- Responsible for being well informed on the full line of Smith & Loveless products.
Qualifications
- Possess an Engineering, Construction Management or other technical bachelor’s degree preferred. 2+ years of technical work in relevant industry will be considered in absence of a degree.
- Ability to build trusting relationships and manage them smoothly.
- Ability to calculate various hydraulic conditions.
- Ability to cost up and price custom engineered equipment.
- Possess excellent phone, communication and customer service skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accountability.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Ability to take initiative and work quickly and very accurately.
- Strong MS Office application skills.
- Strong organizing skills.
Physical Requirements
- Required to sit, stand and walk.
- Use hands to finger, hand or feel objects, tools or controls.
- Frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing.
- Reach with hands and arms.
- Required to talk and hear consistently.
- Able to occasionally lift, carry and/or drag up to twenty-five (25) pounds if necessary.
- Specific vision abilities required by the role include the ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye.
- Able to ascend and descend two (2) flights of stairs.
About Us
For over 80 years, Smith & Loveless has provided innovative environmental engineering ingenuity and quality craftsmanship to the water industry by pioneering superior pre-engineered pumping, treatment and headworks systems to a global customer base. A true pioneer in the water and wastewater pumping industry, Smith & Loveless manufactures cost-effective, operator safe and efficient pump stations for municipalities, developments, industrial, governmental, and military facilities across the globe. Our energy-efficient and durable systems deliver unrivaled life-cycle cost savings. With tens of thousands of installations in more than 70 nations on all seven continents, our innovative wastewater/reuse engineered products allow us to maintain our market leadership in lift stations, grit removal systems and over a complete range of wastewater treatment systems.
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