Project Engineer, Automation and IMM

About the role

FLSA: Exempt • Updated: 08/08/2026 • Division: ALL • Reports To: Director, Quotation Engineering.

Provide key internal and external sales support for the division to support increase in units sold.

This job operates in a professional office environment in our Florence facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines which create low‑moderate noise. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, reach, stoop, and kneel. Specific vision abilities required include close vision due to computer work. Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time. Light to moderate lifting is required. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for capital equipment projects from quotation phase until hand‑over to customer.
• Technical, commercial verification of customer requests and orders.
• Clarification of technical items and feasibility studies.
• Cost evaluation and calculation for capital equipment, purchased system components, engineering, transportation, assembly and commissioning, and production support.
• Ability to manage timeline of projects.
• Proposal preparation and order processing responsibility in conjunction with Sales department.
• Responsibility of correspondence and order documentation.
• Creation of internal manufacturing orders.
• Generate layouts for the solutions proposed to the customer, as needed.
• Manage special projects and follow‑up with procedures and proper documentation.
• Maintain good customer relations and communications.
• Work closely with sales representatives as interface between the customer and the designers to provide technical support.
• Travel is moderate, with some out‑of‑the‑area and overnight travel expected; possible travel to Germany or other international locations for training/conferences (anticipated travel ≈30%).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or similar field.
• 2 to 3 years’ related experience or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior project experience in capital equipment and mechanical/electrical systems design, applications engineering.

Qualifications

• German language proficiency is a strong plus.

Skills

• Communication
• Engineering Concepts
• Results Oriented
• KM Operations & Product Knowledge
• Initiative/Urgency
• Customer Knowledge
• Problem Solving
• Technology
• Interpersonal Skills/Teamwork