Gearbox Application Engineer

Brightpath Associates LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightpath Associates LLC seeks a Technical Customer Liaison to act as the primary technical contact for industrial customers, assessing inquiries and guiding repair versus replace decisions during outages and planned maintenance.

You will analyze gear trains, RCFA, and inspections, prepare repair scopes and cost estimates, and collaborate with engineering on drawings and reverse engineering when OEM documents are missing.

Qualifications

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of AGMA gearing standards, precision measurement, bearing/lubrication failure mechanisms, rotating equipment, and machining/welding repair methodologies.
• Experience & Commercial Acumen: 5–10+ years in industrial power transmission or heavy equipment repair, combining strong technical problem-solving with cost estimating and cross‑functional coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main technical contact, evaluating inquiries and recommending repair vs. replace strategies for outages.
• Analyze gearbox components and RCFA from inspection/NDT reports and write detailed technical reports.
• Develop detailed repair scopes of work and prepare labor, material, and subcontracting cost estimates to generate competitive customer quotes aligning with AGMA standards.
• Collaborate with repair engineering to create repair drawings, work instructions, and execute reverse engineering solutions when original OEM drawings are missing.
• Coordinate repair projects from order entry to shipment, resolving technical machining/assembly issues and supporting final customer witness testing.

Skills

Technical Expertise & Gear Knowledge

Experience & Commercial Acumen

Job description

• Technical Customer Liaison: Serve as the main technical contact, evaluating customer inquiries, conducting site/equipment inspections, and recommending cost-effective "repair vs. replace" strategies for emergency breakdowns and planned outages.
• Evaluation & Root Cause Analysis: Analyze gearbox components (gears, bearings, shafts, housings, seals) alongside inspection/NDT reports to perform Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and write detailed technical reports.
• Proposal & Cost Estimating: Develop detailed repair scopes of work and prepare labor, material, and subcontracting cost estimates to generate competitive customer quotes aligning with AGMA standards.
• Engineering & Reverse Engineering: Collaborate with repair engineering to create repair drawings, work instructions, and execute reverse engineering solutions when original OEM drawings are missing.
• Project Execution & Quality Control: Coordinate repair projects from order entry to shipment, resolving technical machining/assembly issues and supporting final customer witness testing.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of AGMA gearing standards, precision measurement, bearing/lubrication failure mechanisms, rotating equipment, and machining/welding repair methodologies.
• Experience & Commercial Acumen: 5–10+ years in industrial power transmission or heavy equipment repair (steel, mining, cement, power gen), combining strong technical problem-solving with cost estimating and cross‑functional coordination skills.