Coperion GmbH Confectionery Application Engineer (m/f/d)

Baker Perkins; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Perkins is seeking a Confectionery Application Engineer to provide sales support and technical expertise in confectionery equipment. This role involves defining machine scope, managing technical risks, and contributing to product development. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in confectionery production processes and a mechanical or electrical background.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in confectionery equipment and production processes.
• Skills in Controls Engineering.
• Ability to travel globally for several weeks per year.

Responsibilities

• Provide sales support and define machine scope.
• Manage technical risks during bid and engineering phases.
• Ensure equipment meets market requirements and solve technical issues.

Skills

Technical analysis

Creativity

Communication

Team spirit

Education

Mechanical or electrical background

Job description

Company description:

Baker Perkins, a technology brand of Coperion – owned by Hillenbrand, is a trusted technology provider in the food industry, operating from the UK and USA. We offer comprehensive solutions, from design to lifetime support, for leading brands worldwide. Our continuous innovation in equipment and processes, along with services leveraging the latest technology, ensures efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Join us at Baker Perkins, where we push boundaries in the food industry.

We are now hiring, for our site in Peterborough:

Confectionery Application Engineer (m/f/d)

Job description:

• Sales support and a trusted advisor
  • Supporting / defining machine scope
  • Proposing creative solutions to challenging opportunities
  • Visiting the customer with the Salesperson to establish their requirements to ensure the best technical fit
  • Technical expert for our customers
• Reduce technical risks
  • Determining the technical risks in the contract
  • Manage the main risks and the mitigating actions taken or required during the bid and engineering phases
• Overall technical responsibility for the confectionery equipment range
  • Define and agree with the Process Team Technical Solutions for each customer proposal
  • Ensuring our equipment is fit for purpose and meets market requirements
  • Understanding the process capabilities and the capabilities of the equipment, being the final arbiter in terms of problem solving
  • Technical support for our Design department but also for our Field Service teams, and After Sales teams as and when required
• Help the development
  • Determine the future direction of development within the confectionery product range. This includes new or additional machines, incremental development, major upgrades and redesigns of existing machines. We are planning to continue building our company expertise, thanks to this role.
  • Understanding the needs of the customers in the confectionery market (process trends, cost of ownership, throughput rates, etc.)
  • Understanding of market trends and competitors’ capabilities.

Required profile:

Your profile

• Significant experience in confectionery equipment and production processes deployed in this industry – experience in other liquid process industries can be transferable (soups, chocolate, dairy)
• Mechanical or electrical background, with some skills in Controls Engineering, to understand the different steps of the production at our customers’ sites
• Capability to undertake technical analysis in order to solve problems and steer developments
• Creativity and technical ideas
• Solution-driven and customer-orientated sensibility
• Good communication skills
• Team spirit and sense of commitment
• Ability to travel around the world for some weeks per year

What we offer:

We are able to teach you the different aspects of our expertise and integrate you quickly into our passionate team. Join us in “Shaping What Matters For Tomorrow”!