Application Engineer

Voith; West Monroe (LA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith is seeking an Application Engineer for the South East Territory. You will optimize paper machine performance and support digital product installations. The role involves significant customer interaction and travel, requiring a strong foundation in material or computer science. Comprehensive benefits and a hybrid schedule are offered.

Benefits

Flexibility with Work/Life Balance

Hybrid Schedule

Great Compensation and Benefits Package

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities

Health and Wellness Benefits

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Willingness to travel up to 60%.

Responsibilities

• Provide solutions to improve paper machine performance.
• Present targeted information on roll cover products.
• Develop and execute strategic growth plans for identified accounts.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Customer Focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Material Science, Computer Science or a comparable field

Job description

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 21,000 employees, sales of € 4.9 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper- Fabric & Roll Systems is hiring for:

Application Engineer
South East Territory- US

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Reasons you’ll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Hybrid Schedule
• Dress for Your Day Dress Code
• Great Compensation and Benefits Package including 401K with up to 5% Match AND a 3% Company Contribution to Start
• Paid Time Off and 10 paid Holidays per Year
• Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities
• Health and Wellness Benefits

Summary –

Learn, develop and apply your knowledge/experience to paper machine optimization and the application of Voith roll cover technologies. You will work under the Director of Sales Applications and work among our Internal Sales, CSRs, local Sales, Product Management/R&D, and Operations teams. You will work to ensure the correct product for a customer application is selected and support our digital portfolio through installation and start-up support.

Instill confidence in both our sales force and customers through product and application knowledge. Understand customer (paper-maker) objectives and key measures, and relate these to our roll cover products. Grow the business by developing a thorough understanding of market conditions and customer expectations by travelling with and training our sales/service force on the roll cover product line. You will become the subject matter expert our customers and sales rely on for any roll cover questions .

Responsibilities -

• Providing value to customers by offering solutions to improve paper machine performance. Solutions should be focused on specific customer needs.
• Presenting well informed and targeted information on roll cover products/technologies, benchmarking and best practices or concepts to sales, service and customers.
• Developing and Executing (with other key Stakeholders) strategic growth plans for identified accounts. Take an active leadership role to yield annual order growth.
• Being actively involved in trial planning, customer proposals, trial evaluation and Continuous Improvement estimation and documentation.
• Lead root cause analysis for roll cover performance issues.
• Supporting trial coverage, assists with performance evaluation vs objectives

Establish and maintain a proficient Application Program:

• Maintain up to date necessary safety protocols
• Develop and maintain Application Best Practice Sheets based on performance analysis, Approve Products and Product Capability.
• Identify new application needs
• Monitor key machine performance parameters and update
• Communicate within relevant applications groups important experiences. Develop and distribute regular roll cover performance updates and success stories.

Qualifications –

• Bachelor’s degree in Material Science, Computer Science or a comparable field
• Overnight travel up to 60% of the time

About the company

The Voith Group is a manufacturer of machines for the pulp and paper industry, technical equipment for hydropower plants and drive and braking systems.

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