Applications Engineer: CAD Design & Quoting in Manufacturing

Doherty Staffing Solutions; Detroit Lakes (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K Matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a Detroit Lakes, MN manufacturing company to hire an Applications Engineer. You will provide initial designs, layouts, and quotes for processing, conveying, and packaging equipment, coordinating with Sales and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include concept layout design with 2D AutoCAD, project coordination, RFQ processing, and cost estimations. Travel to client sites may be required; associates or bachelor’s degrees are preferred.

Qualifications

• Understanding manufacturing processes and job costing and/or estimating experience a plus.
• Must have mechanical aptitude and/or technical inclination.
• Knowledge of CAD required with AutoCAD and MS Excel a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with Executive management, Operations, Project management, Sales, and Controls on client projects, expectations, and deliveries.
• Maintains a working knowledge of new technologies to improve Applications design and quoting time.
• Maintaining quoting schedules to meet delivery deadlines.
• Follow RFQ processes.
• Assist in developing RFQ standards and procedures.
• Provide estimated cost of build for concept layouts.
• Work directly with Customers and Sales Team to gather project information.
• Designs initial concept layouts of new equipment and systems using 2D AutoCAD.
• Review concept layouts and designs with Customer and Sales team.
• Read through customer specifications to provide Sales with accurate solution and scope on projects.
• Assist in calculations to determine labor hours, material and outside services necessary to produce customers request for quote.
• Create complete project documentation for engineering to include drawings related to layout plans, elevation, data sheets and project specifications.
• Manages kick-off meetings with Engineering & Controls once a project is approved.
• Assist Sales on technical sales visits and project reviews.
• Ability to travel to client sites to evaluate project scopes with or without your team when necessary.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Associates or Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Excel

Job description

Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a Detroit Lakes, MN manufacturing company to hire an Applications Engineer. You will provide initial designs, layouts, and quotes for processing, conveying, and packaging equipment, coordinating with Sales and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include concept layout design with 2D AutoCAD, project coordination, RFQ processing, and cost estimations. Travel to client sites may be required; associates or bachelor’s degrees are preferred.