Our ideal candidate will have a background/experience in custom automation engineering, concepting, and be able to research and quote concepts for our customers. Being a creative problem solver, have the ability to communicate with staff and customers on quoted concepts and dive into quoting concepts are a must.
Major Accountabilities:- Prepares estimates by projecting the costs associated with a project or machine, with an emphasis on accuracy and ensuring profitability of projects.
- Visits customers and provides technical support to sales to facilitate closing business.
- Provides documentation that will support the estimate.
- Provide an accurate description of quoted concepts and attend contract review and acceptance meetings, if appropriate.
- Generates or assists engineering with the conceptual design of a project or machine.
- Communicates with vendors and customers and all levels of staff.
- Maintains and make recommendations for improvements to estimating procedures and methods.
Basic Requirements:- Actual machine design experience in either custom machine building or the AUTOMATION industry minimum of 7 to 10 years
- Demonstrated ability to to interact with customers and verbally express themselves
- Demonstrate ability to write or at least desire to learn to write documents that are concise, readable, succinct, and informative
- Experience or demonstrated ability to interact with vendors to successfully procure equipment, quotes
- Experience with robotics and/or experience with ancillary equipment, such as bowl feeders, palletizers, stretch wrappers, cartoners and other bulk handling equipment