The Applications Engineer will provide a service to the sales department and customers, involving selection and quotation of Altra brand products supported at the Twiflex Ltd facility in Bedford and communicating requirements between the customer and design team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Work from customer enquiry and translate technical requirements into selection of units by undertaking full calculations to meet the required specifications.
2. Prepare cost estimates for new assembly proposals through good understanding of key suppliers and the manufacturing costing system
3. Prepare quotations for presentation to customer whilst maintaining accepted levels of profitability.
4. Maintain department performance statistics and deliver to agreed targets.
5. Co ordinate between customer and design to manage the flow of information to ensure that the product fully meets the customer requirements. Track the progress of designs to ensure timely completion.
6. Collaborate with other departments as necessary e.g. production, operations and quality to ensure high level of customer service.
7. Co ordinate the submission of assembly drawings for customer approval and manage final submission of certified drawings and special documentation to customers requirements.
8. Provide on site support for all products worldwide. For example, maintenance, trouble shooting and commissioning of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.
9. Provide technical support to sales team, distributors and customers.
10. Create Instruction and Maintenance Manuals for products using Microsoft packages.
11. To carry out project work at the request of the Applications Manager.
Skills/Experience requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
12. Ability to work efficiently to deadlines
13. Good attention to detail
14. Flexible and hardworking
15. Ability to prioritise
16. Calm under pressure
17. A team player, with an efficient and proactive approach.
Minimum Requirements
In order to be considered for this role a candidate must be able to satisfy the following requirements
18. HNC in Mechanical Engineering – Essential
19. HND in Mechanical Engineering - Desired
About Regal Rexnord
Regal Rexnord Corporation (“Regal Rexnord”) is a leading manufacturer of electric motors, electrical motion controls, power generation and mechanical power transmission products and sub-systems, serving customers around the world in the general industrial, consumer, commercial construction, food & beverage, and alternative energy end markets, among others. Regal Rexnord sells its products and solutions to OEMs, through distributors, and directly to end-users. Regal Rexnord is a $7.2B company with 36,000 associates globally.
You may not know it, but Regal Rexnord impacts your life every day. The company’s products enable the fans in HVAC systems that keep us comfortable; the power source that keeps smart buildings running; the agricultural and food service equipment that keeps us fed; and the conveyer systems that keep e-commerce flowing, to name a few of the applications where our products are used.
Regal Rexnord’s business purpose is to create a better tomorrow by energy-efficiently converting power into motion. This means creating innovative solutions while focusing on both customer needs and the company’s commitment to sustainability. The company’s industrial powertrain and automation solutions offerings are an important part of the company's growth strategy. The company’s strategy includes leveraging 80/20 to prioritize all activities, including product excellence, operational excellence and commercial excellence (i) driving organic sales growth through the introduction of innovative new products, with a particular focus on improving energy efficiency, (ii) establishing and maintaining new customers, as well as developing new opportunities with existing customers, (iii) participating in higher growth end markets and geographies, and (iv) identifying and consummating strategic, value creating acquisitions.