Strategic Engineer

Fastenal; Minneapolis, Saint Paul (MN, MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fastenal in Minneapolis seeks a Full-Time Engineer - Strategic Accounts to apply technical knowledge with our sales and branch teams to develop, sell, and implement new fastener opportunities. You will be the primary engineering resource for your Strategic Accounts and manage a prescribed book of business.

You will work directly with customers and their product teams, providing expert support and leading design changes and new applications.

Qualifications

• Current full valid driver's license required.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent fastener industry experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly motivated, self-directed and customer-service oriented.
• Good math aptitude with attention to detail.
• Strong organization, planning, and prioritization abilities.
• Willingness to travel 50%+ with some overnights.
• Pass drug screen (US, Puerto Rico and Guam) and background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional technical support both internally and externally.
• Maintain relationships with customers' engineering/technical staff.
• Execute fastener optimization projects, onsite reviews and troubleshooting.
• Grow large OEM fastener opportunities by supporting design changes and new applications.
• Serve as the technical liaison between Fastenal sales and customer engineering/quality departments.
• Lead and assist in customer product training seminars.
• Identify opportunities for product changes or substitutions to improve function or reduce cost.

Skills

Driver's license

Strong communication

Math aptitude

Organization and planning

Customer service mindset

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Working as Full-Time Engineer - Strategic Accounts, you will use your technical knowledge to work directly with Fastenal's sales and branch teams to help develop, sell, and implement new fastener opportunities. You will be the primary engineering resource for your Strategic Accounts customers and a prescribed book of business. You will work directly with our customers and the products they produce.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Providing exceptional technical support both internally and externally
• Maintaining relationships with our customer's engineering/technical staff
• Executing fastener optimization projects, onsite application reviews and application troubleshooting
• Developing, implementing and growing large OEM fastener opportunities by supporting customer engineering design changes and new design applications
• Serving as the technical liaison between the Fastenal sales team and the customers engineering and quality departments
• Leading and assisting in customer product training seminars
• Identifying opportunities for product changes or substitutions that result in improved function and/or cost savings

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

The following skills and qualifications are required for this position:

• Possess a current full valid driver's license issued in the country where the job is located (including successful completion of any applicable graduated license program for your state or province) as well as the ability to meet our driving record requirements to use a company vehicle, as needed
• Possess or are working towards a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or a related education OR have previous work experience in the fastener industry
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly motivated, self directed and customer service oriented
• Demonstrate strong math aptitude, attention to detail and sense of urgency
• Demonstrate strong organization, planning and prioritizing abilities
• Comfortable making high level, group sales and product presentations
• Willingness to travel 50% or more with some overnights required
• Demonstrate our core values of ambition, innovation, integrity and teamwork
• Pass the required drug screen (applicable in the US, Puerto Rico and Guam ONLY)
• Pass a background check, required by a customer/contract serviced by this location

Job Link: https://jobs.fastenal.com/details/636105