Application Engineer

Purpose of Job: To design plant layouts and engineering solutions for the Sales department using 3D software (SolidWorks) and 2D software; To learn about and use 3D software and related applications inorder to improve the clarity and appeal of our Sales designs; To offer all reasonable design and technical support to the Sales,Marketing, Engineering, Projects and R&D departments within the Company when needed.Sales and Marketing Duties1. To create 3D layouts of MY CLIENT equipment for the Company’s Sales projects.2. To ensure our Sales designs and layouts are visually appealing, occupy a minimum footprint, follow the Company’s design rules, and offer a clear concept to our customers.3. To pick up a Sales enquiry and devise what is needed for the 3D layout. (This can follow with time but we need to reduce the current bottleneck of Salespeople having to coordinate all tasks on a project. The Applications Engineer should, with time, be able to understand an incoming enquiry and begin the technical tasks, particularly the drawing work, without waiting for instruction from others).4. In time, work alone to configure equipment and systems and set these out in 3D for the Sales department.5. To create a library of 3D, plug-and-play Sales models for all MY CLIENT products. These models are to be compatible with our end-product designs so that our Sales layouts contain accurate sizing’s and flows but are fast to create.6. To create low-res shells of the Engineering modules making up our standard products. These shells are to be accurate for use by both the Sales and the Engineering department in General Arrangement drawings.7. To produce designs and 3D views for the Company’s Marketing tools and OMIs.8. To follow the latest developments in 3D software, and in our sector, and use this knowledge in the Company’s design output to improve the Company’s strike-rate insales.This includes:a. Animating designs to show materials flowing over the system, access areas and maintenance tasks for operators, flybys and 360 degree views, all in minimised files sizesb. Linking our 3D designs to laser site scans to show new 3D designs in existing site locationsc. Producing First Person walkthroughs for the customer to controld. Creating a configurator of 3D blocks on our website to allow users to build up a Sales layout with our products for the Company to quotee. Linking 3D layout software to our project programmes in MS Project to show site build phases in 3D against the runtime of the programme in MS Projectf. Find other such combinations and possibilities to make our Sales designs inspiring to our customers, stakeholders, suppliers and those following us in the media.9. To create a database of all customer sites and list what MY CLIENT equipment is in use there with latest drawings and photos.10. To produce attractive flow diagrams to show in simple form what the 3D design is doing with the materials it is processing (in MS Visio or similar).11. To create mass balances of materials flowing and dividing over the 3D layout (this is rare requirement, but it would be very handy).12. To provide monthly reports detailing statistical information relating to sales, if required.13. To attend site as and when necessitated by the circumstances of a particular project.14. To assist members of the Sales team during tender submissions.15. To benchmark competitor marketing activity/techniques, as well as those used outside our sector to maximise the effectiveness of our Sales design output.General Engineering Duties1. To carry out engineering work for the Projects department in the form of Project Engineering tasks and/or detailed design to help release work to the factory, if needed.2. To take time to understand the design-to-manufacture process at MY CLIENT in order to suggest improvements based on your experience e.g. automated BOM creation from SolidWorks.3. To help write the Design Rules of MY CLIENT Engineering.4. To help create a Library of Machines containing all the pertinent information we collectively hold about every product integrated in our layouts.5. To work on the development of any standard or non-standard machines and applications.6. To work on the Company’s ongoing Product Standardisation programme and its improvements programme.7. To produce drawings for new products and to offer input on any R&D project occurring within the Company.General Duties1. To attend meetings called by the management.2. To bring to the attention of the Technical Director any factor affecting satisfactory and timely completion of a given task and/or any information that may be of significant use to the Company in general.3. To offer suggestions aimed at improving any application or process within the Company.4. To follow the procedures set out in the Company’s Quality System.5. To follow the policies set out in the Company’s Handbook6. To observe at all times the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974; to follow the safety procedures set out in the Company’s Health & Safety System; to maintain generally safe and clean working areas.7. To ensure that work carried out by the job-holder is inspected during execution and upon completion to ensure that it is defect-free before onward transmission.8. To work reasonable overtime when requested, as required by the pattern of work.9. To carry out any other duties within the job-holder’s capability, including transferring to other work, as and when required.