Application Engineer

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Reporting into the Senior Application Engineer, you will play a key role within the sales team by providing innovative concept design solutions as part of the bid proposals process. You will support the team by producing 2D and 3D CAD models to depict the proposed concept designs as well as conducting analysis to determine the performance of the proposed solution.
As a member of our innovative team, you will already share our company values of being open, honest and direct. We have worked hard to earn a reputation for the robust reliability of our people and inventive solutions, of which you will be a shining example.
You will work with the sales team to produce compelling proposals that highlight the features and benefits of the offer, ensuring it is consistent with cost estimates and all customer requirements have been addressed.
The ideal candidate will have significant experience of Inventor / AutoCAD / SolidWorks and have a sound engineering background, preferably mechanical engineering with an understanding of controls and electrical aspects.
For this role, you will need to be highly organised, a team-player and have strong verbal and written communication skills. You should also be able to convey technical information and selling messages across a wide audience.
Key Skills • Experience in industrial automation systems. • Sound engineering background, preferably mechanical engineering with an understanding of controls and electrical aspects. • Strong written and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information and selling messages across a wide audience. • Ability to express non- or partial compliances to minimise potential for customer rejection of proposal. • Training in proposal writing would be an advantage. • Highly competent in using Microsoft computer packages, especially Word. • Highly competent in any suitable graphics illustration packages. • Experience of Inventor, AutoCAD CAD tools is preferred, SolidWorks is acceptable. • Strong team-player and ability to work on own initiative.
Qualifications • Minimum HNC qualified in relevant mechanical discipline • Inventor, AutoCAD, SolidWorks significant experience