Senior Application Engineer

SUMMARY:
A well-established company based in Centurion Gauteng, is seeking for four Senior Application Engineer to join their team.

In this role you will be responsible for facilitating growth, improvement, and leadership within the Application Engineering department.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements:

• 2-3 year of Application Engineering experience in the centrifugal slurry pump industry.
• 2-4 years managing a technical team.
• B.Eng Mechanical or Metallurgical Degree or Chemical or Process Engineering or BTec Mechanical or Chemical or Process Engineering or Metallurgical

• Validate and approved proposals on a daily basis.
• Manage all documents and trackers for all application engineering-related activities.
• Compile the induction/training plan for all new engineers within the Technical Sales Department – this includes the generation of documents and presentations for all technical and departmental training.
• Manage all departmental assets – this includes the procurement of tools and weekly/monthly checks on company vehicles.
• Provide 2 weekly feedback on all trials – this includes the writing of the trial report for management.
• Facilitate and take ownership of the warranty claim process – this includes the investigation with the appropriate application engineer.
• Join application engineers and sales reps on-site, 2-3 days a week to assist with problematic
• Applications and/or poor pump performance (CURVE, Battlemax and Black Widow).
• Guide and lead application engineers in all site activities.
• Facilitate and drive all improvements and improvement projects within application engineering.
• Report back to the Sales HOD on the status of current improvement projects or the initiation of possible new improvements to be made (process, equipment, resources, etc.).
• Shortlisting, interviewing and appointing of new application engineers.