Senior Application Engineer

E496 Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc.; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays

401k with 6% match

Health plan

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Program

Paid parental leave

Gym reimbursement

Job summary

Sulzer is seeking a Sr. Application Engineer to develop technical proposals and tailor designs to customer needs. The role includes configuring design and costing tools, and working independently to respond to customers.

Essential functions include screening inquiries, liaising with sales, interpreting requirements, and negotiating technical revisions with clients. Travel is minimal; strong communication and organizational skills are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and relevant work experience.
• Experience designing biological wastewater treatment systems.
• Experience interpreting customer requirements for technical proposals.
• Ability to develop and negotiate technical responses with customers.
• Strong communication, planning and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical proposals/quotations with equipment specs.
• Screens inquiries to ensure required information for quotations.
• Liaises with sales to obtain missing information.
• Interprets customer data to define requirements for proposals.
• Reviews scope of supply and creates job files per Sulzer specs.
• Provides timely technical responses and support to customers.

Skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Planning & organization

Open to learning

Independent judgment

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation.

About the role

The Sr. Application Engineer develops technical proposals for projects including proposing modifications to the standard design and configures the using design and costing tools. Works independently and develops technical responses to the customer.

Essential Functions:

• Applies in-depth knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.
• Screens customer's inquiries to ensure they contain all information required to submit a quotation.
• Liaises with sales /customers to obtain any missing information.
• Collects, understands, and interprets customer’s requirements for new and/or operating data from customer’s existing systems.
• Development of the technical proposal/quotation, including equipment description and specifications, and reviews and negotiates necessary technical revisions with the customer.
• Responds to questions and inquiries from the customer regarding technical problems and issues that arise and provides related technical support or assistance, in a timely manner.
• Upon customer order, reviews/approves the scope of supply and creates job file per Sulzer specifications.
• Understands and provides solutions to large and/or complex problems
• Requires independent judgement, initiative and sound decision making

Secondary Functions:

• Meets with customers on-site, as required, to review specifications and requirements, present and discuss the company’s proposal, and participate in project initiation as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering
• 3+ years' experience in design of biological wastewater treatment systems
• 2+ years’ experience in technical sales work with an understanding of how to interpret customer’s technical requirements
• Basic understanding of unit operations and wastewater analysis
• Conceptual system aptitude
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated and takes initiatives
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Open to learning

Travel:

This position will not require regular business travel but may be required to visit customers onsite as needed for pilot studies.

What we offer you

• 15 days of paid time off and 12 company-paid holidays
• 401k plan with a 6% match
• Comprehensive health plan including medical, dental, vision, Life, short-term & long-term disability
• Motivating wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid paternal leave
• Gym re-imbursement

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. By supporting water and energy security, enabling the energy transition and driving the use of circular technologies, we help our customers build a better world. With more than 13’000 employees and 160 world-class production facilities and service centers across the globe, we are a globally diverse team.

We value the uniqueness of all our colleagues, and we appreciate the contributions that each of us makes to the company’s success.

We prioritize your health and safety and are committed to offering a work environment in which you can thrive.