Applications Engineer at The Timken Company in Springfield, Missouri
Posted in Engineering 14 days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Job Description:
Your Career Begins at Timken.
If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Timken. Our associates make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion. Timken Belts, located in Springfield, MO, is searching for an Applications Engineer.
Description
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for role ensuring the proper use of our products and often leads directly to business won. They often have the ear of and relationships with key decision makers within our customer organizations and are an essential asset to our sales team. The incumbent ensures that this team is trained, effective, efficient and working on the right activity to maintain and grow our business in the markets essential to the success of the business.
Essential Job Duties:
- Assists Sales Department by interfacing with customers to provide belt drive solutions.
- Issues computerized belt specifications which dictate materials used, dimensions, tolerances, and inspection methods for the manufacture of all types of Carlisle belt products.
- Gathers and provides information on belt problem areas to Sales, Marketing, and Belt Development departments for immediate and future action.
- Assists Manufacturing with issues related to belt specifications.
- Assists customers through the use of in-house computer programs to provide belt life predictions, dimensions, materials required, and recommended belt types.
- Initiates engineering change requests (ECR's) for introduction of new belt specifications and changes to existing belt specifications in order to support customer changes and internal requirements.
- Interfaces with all research and development departments on materials requirements, dynamic and static belt testing, manufacturing issues and special analytical requirements such as chemical attack of belt compounds.
- Submits product to the test department and/or material science group for product performance and material analysis.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and/or Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering other related field
- 3 years of engineering experience
Technical/Functional Skills:
- Works well cross functionally and in a team environment
- Good engineering skills and understanding of products and their applications
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Must have excellent problem solving skills
Language Skills:Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and complete necessary production forms. Ability to speak effectively with fellow employees and/or customers.
Mathematical Skills:Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, rate, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability:Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, schedule, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables; problem solving ability.
Physical Demands:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, and use hands/arms. The employee is regularly required to talk, hear at conversational level, and smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift/move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift/move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds. Moving/lifting greater than 50 pounds requires assistance from another employee or a lifting device/hoist. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is may be frequently exposed to chemicals, hot/cold conditions, or noisy conditions.
Required Personal Protective Equipment: Employee is required to wear proper safety eyewear and steel-toed shoes at all times while on the plant floor.
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The Timken Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All associates and applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law. For additional information please visit our website: http://www.timken.com/careers/ .
The Timken Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All associates and applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law. For additional information please visit our website: http://www.timken.com/careers/ .
The Timken Company designs a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and industrial motion products that improve the reliability and efficiency of global machinery and equipment to move the world forward. Timken posted $4.5 billion in sales in 2022 and employs more than 20,000 people globally, operating from 46 countries.
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