Customer Reliability Engineer Sales - John Crane - Pasadena

Smiths Group plc; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering company is hiring a Customer Reliability Engineer in Pasadena, California. The role involves on-site evaluations and recommendations concerning mechanical seals and related equipment. Candidates must have experience with mechanical seals and software knowledge, along with strong communication skills. The position requires travel to support assignments. Join a diverse and inclusive workplace focused on innovative engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with mechanical seals, rotating equipment and basic engineering principles.
• PC and software knowledge is essential.
• Must be willing and able to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Participate in customer activities to comply with partnership agreements.
• Make independent evaluations and recommendations for improvements.
• Communicate and provide training to customers on equipment and operations.
• Collect and analyze customer data for performance reporting.

Skills

Experience with mechanical seals

Knowledge of labor reporting

Participation in continuous improvement activities

Tools

QAD

MFG-PRO

SAP

Job description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries

Job Description

The Customer Reliability Engineer works on-site at a customer facility, participating in activities with the customer to comply with the partnership agreement. The Engineer makes independent seal and equipment evaluations, selections and recommends with oversight from the account manager and/or regional engineer. Also, they may lead one or more customer reliability personnel at a customer facility.

• Reviews customer applications proactively and makes specific recommendations for MTBR improvement with over site from the salesman and/or the regional engineer. Analyzes and evaluates specific customer applications. Then submits to salesman and/or regional engineer recommendations for improvement via the John Crane Application Data Information Sheet for approval. Directs the installation and commissioning of mechanical seals and their auxiliary support systems.
• Observes, collects, and evaluates customer data while working with the account manager and/or regional engineer. Then reports seal program’s results utilizing John Crane’s current reliability management software, e.g. ServiceMax.
• Maintains John Crane's equipment survey. Communicates orally and in writing with customers, company personnel, and vendors while providing counseling, recommendations, and technical assistance. May include making technical presentations to customers or management with over site from the account manager or the regional engineer.
• Provides customer training for maintenance and operations personnel as required. Assists customer with the Management of Change process. Collects new equipment data sheets from customer’s project engineers for review by the account manager and/or regional engineer.

The candidate must be willing and able to travel as needed to support assignments.

Qualifications

• Experience with mechanical seals, rotating equipment and basic engineering principles applied to perform work assignments in addition to PC and software knowledge.
• Knowledge of labor reporting, work order variances, QAD, MFG-PRO, SAP,or equivalent
• Previous participation in continuous improvement activities including but not limited to Kaizen, SMED, and Lean activities or equivalent..

Additional Information

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc )