Senior Application Engineer for Poultry Processing
Position: Application Engineer – Poultry Processing
Experience: 3-8 Years
Function: Application Engineering
Industry: Poultry Processing / Food Processing Equipment
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand customer processes, capacities, products, and application requirements.
- Develop suitable process and equipment solutions for poultry processing applications.
- Prepare process flows, conceptual layouts, equipment layouts, and 2D AutoCAD drawings.
- Select suitable equipment and define key technical specifications.
- Perform basic engineering calculations for capacity, product flow, equipment sizing, line speeds, etc.
- Prepare technical proposals, scope of supply, specifications, and costing.
- Conduct customer/site visits for application study, measurements, and technical discussions.
- Coordinate with Sales, Design, Engineering, Production, and Project teams.
- Ensure solutions consider hygiene, food safety, cleanability, operator safety, and maintenance accessibility.
- Support the Sales team during technical discussions and order finalization.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical/Food Processing/Production Engineering, or related field.
- 2–5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with a poultry processing plant and/or poultry processing machinery manufacturer is essential.
- Good understanding of poultry processing operations such as slaughtering, evisceration, chilling, cut-up, deboning, further processing, conveying, weighing, and packing.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD 2D & 3D-Solidworks and plant/equipment layouts.
- Ability to understand customer requirements and develop the right equipment and process solution.
- Experience in technical proposals, equipment specifications, and pricing.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites
You will be successful in the role, if you are:
- Excited to work in a start-up culture with very high degree of ownership and passion to build an organization.
- Passionate about supporting the team and helping them with their business objectives.
- Strong team player, self-managed and proactive, with a demonstrated sense of ownership.
- Natural communicator able to develop relationships and contacts at all levels.