Applications Engineer: Design, Quoting & Projects

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

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance

Vision Insurance

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Company-paid Life Insurance & Long‑Trm

401K Matching

Profit Sharing

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a Detroit Lakes, MN manufacturing company to recruit an Applications Engineer. The role involves designing concepts, layouts, and quotes for processing, conveying, and packaging equipment, and coordinating with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to meet customer expectations.

Responsibilities include developing RFQ standards, preparing cost estimates, and traveling to client sites as needed.

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.
• Associates or Bachelor’s degrees strongly preferred.

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

Cross-functional collaboration

Estimating

Education

Associates or Bachelor's degree

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Excel

Job description

Doherty Staffing Solutions is partnering with a Detroit Lakes, MN manufacturing company to recruit an Applications Engineer. The role involves designing concepts, layouts, and quotes for processing, conveying, and packaging equipment, and coordinating with Sales, Engineering, and Operations to meet customer expectations.

Responsibilities include developing RFQ standards, preparing cost estimates, and traveling to client sites as needed.