Applications Manager

Osmoflo Water Management Pty Ltd; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Osmoflo Water Management Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Applications Manager to lead the Applications Team within our Pre-contracts group, guiding technical leadership across water treatment solutions and proposals for new projects and rental opportunities.

You will develop concept designs, cost estimates and manage bids, collaborate with sales, projects and engineering, and mentor multidisciplinary teams, including our Pune-based proposals colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Process or Chemical Engineering.
• 10+ years in process design, applications engineering and proposals.
• 5+ years in pre-contract management and tendering.
• 2+ years leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Extensive knowledge of water treatment and membrane filtration technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Applications Team, allocating priorities and driving performance.
• Provide technical leadership and support to Osmoflo's frontline sales activities.
• Develop concept designs, cost estimates and budgetary proposals.
• Lead and manage bids, including bid planning and timely proposal submissions.
• Review customer requirements, scopes of work and engineering specifications.
• Oversee conceptual design documentation including PFDs, P&IDs, layouts and BOMs.
• Work with Estimating, Projects, Engineering and Operations to develop accurate costs.
• Prepare and review technical proposals, specifications and schedules.
• Support customer presentations, clarifications and negotiations.
• Drive resource efficiency, productivity and continuous improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with Pune-based Proposals Team and other teams across the business.

Skills

Process design

Technical writing

Analytical skills

Time management

Team leadership

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor Degree in Process or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Osmoflo is seeking an experienced Applications Manager to lead our Applications Team and play a key role in developing competitive, technically sound and commercially focused water treatment solutions.

Based at Osmoflo's Burton location, this is a senior leadership role within our Pre-contracts team, reporting to the Head of Proposals. You'll lead a team comprising Senior Applications Engineers, Applications Engineers and Mechanical Design & Draftsperson capability, supporting frontline sales and the development of proposals for new project and rental opportunities.

If you're an experienced Process or Chemical Engineer with extensive water treatment expertise, strong proposals and tendering experience, and a track record of leading technical teams, this is an opportunity to bring those capabilities together in a highly influential role with Osmoflo.

The Opportunity

As Applications Manager at Osmoflo, you'll take responsibility for the performance and development of the Applications Team, ensuring our sales teams receive timely, commercially focused and customer-driven technical support.

You’ll work across Pre-contracts, Strategic Growth, Engineering, Projects, Operations and Innovations to help identify, develop and convert opportunities. You’ll provide technical leadership around specification interpretation, water treatment technologies, concept development and proposal preparation, while ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and competitive.

About the role

• Lead and develop the Applications Team, allocating priorities, coaching team members and driving performance and professional development.
• Provide technical leadership and support to Osmoflo's frontline sales activities.
• Develop concept designs, cost estimates and budgetary proposals.
• Lead and manage bids, including bid planning and timely proposal submissions.
• Review customer requirements, scopes of work, engineering specifications and technical documentation.
• Oversee conceptual design documentation including PFDs, P&IDs, layouts, preliminary Bills of Materials, electrical load lists and preliminary control lists.
• Work with Estimating, Projects, Engineering and Operations to develop accurate project, engineering and O&M costs.
• Prepare and review technical proposals, specifications and technical schedules.
• Support customer presentations, technical clarifications and negotiations.
• Drive resource efficiency, productivity and continuous improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with Osmoflo's Pune-based Proposals Team and other teams across the business.

What You’ll bring

This is a senior technical role, and we're looking for applicants who can demonstrate the following essential requirements:

Qualifications

• A Bachelor Degree in Process or Chemical Engineering.

Experience

• At least 10 years' experience in process design, applications engineering and proposal development with in water treatment.
• At least 5 years' demonstrated experience in proposal and pre-contract management, including leading tendering processes, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs, and managing cost estimation for water treatment projects.
• At least 2 years' experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and/or applications teams.
• Extensive knowledge of water treatment and membrane filtration technologies.
• Experience providing process/proposals support to Sales and/or Projects teams.
• Experience reviewing and applying engineering standards, particularly international standards.
• Experience providing proposals support to international offices or locations.

You’ll also bring

• Strong process design and technical problem-solving capability.
• Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills.
• A strong understanding of water chemistry.
• Strong analytical, organisational and time-management skills.
• The ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• A customer-focused and collaborative approach.
• The ability to work effectively with remote teams.
• A willingness to travel.

Why Osmoflo?

At Osmoflo, you'll be joining an environment centred on developing fit‑for‑purpose solutions for customers, innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement and quality. The role itself gives you the opportunity to influence both the technical and commercial development of water treatment solutions while developing the capability of a specialist technical team.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Lead technical capability within Osmoflo's Applications Team.
• Work across the lifecycle of an opportunity, from early concept and budget development through tendering, technical clarification and handover to Projects.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Operations, Projects, Innovations, Strategic Growth and international proposal resources.
• Apply extensive water treatment expertise to real customer challenges.
• Develop and mentor technical professionals.
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement in how Osmoflo develops solutions and proposals.

At Osmoflo, we believe in the impact each individual can have in our success, creativity and culture. We understand that diversity drives innovation and helps us build better solutions for the future. We invite individuals from all backgrounds and lived experience of diversity to join us on our mission to build a sustainable water future.

Ready to take the lead?

If you're an experienced Process or Chemical Engineer who combines deep water treatment knowledge with leadership, pre-contracts and proposal expertise, we'd like to hear from you.

For further information, please contact Ian Sparham, HR Advisor at [e-mail] for any questions or to get copy of position description.