Pelletron, part of the Piovan Group, is the global leading supplier for dust removal systems for plastic processors and plastics manufacturers. Besides the plastics industry, the dedusting technology is also used in the food, mineral and recycling industries. In 2003, the company began to expand into the pneumatic conveying field and developed a new pressure conveying process, trade named pellcon3®. Pelletron has a wide range of pneumatic conveying components such as rotary valves, diverter valves and shut-off valves, specially designed for conveying of pellets and powders. The Pellbow®, a special pipe elbow, another Pelletron invention, is used in the plastics industry to prevent dust and streamers in the conveying process. 

Role

The Applications Engineer is responsible for processing customer inquiries, inputs, and RFQs to create technical and commercial proposals. This position will report to the Director, Sales and is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This position supports the Director, Regional Sales Managers, and Sales Engineers as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Quickly and accurately interpret customer’s inquiries and develop appropriate technical and commercial proposals for pneumatic conveying systems and components.
• Generate process flow diagrams (AUTOCAD 2D) to illustrate concepts.
• As needed, generate quotations for Pellbows, Mini-DeDuster®, DeDuster® systems and other related pneumatic conveying components.
• Work closely with Process Engineering to ensure pneumatic calculations are complete and correct and then use them as a basis for proposal development.
• Understand PFDs and P&IDs, detailed engineering drawings, and project specification documents related to engineered systems.
• Obtain quotations from sub-vendors making certain the opportunity’s specifications are considered and fulfilled.
• Support Director, RSMs, and Sales Engineers in presenting proposals as needed.
• Attend kick off meetings to hand off pre-sale knowledge to Project Engineering.  
• Maintain price lists, cost calculation sheets, sales drawings, and templates under the direction of the Director, Sales & Marketing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Work Experience

• 4-year degree in mechanical engineering or other technical field and at least three years of related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and understand detailed customer specifications.
• Ability to write proposals and produce other general business correspondence like proposals and technical statements.
• Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrated, superior communication, teamwork and organization skills.
• Ability to use creativity to develop “out of the box” solutions for customers.  
• Ability to use AutoCAD 2017+ for 2D CAD.
• Working knowledge of all major Microsoft Office programs, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. 
• Familiar with Salesforce and SAP.
• Knowledge of pneumatic conveying technology equipment, bulk material handling equipment dust collection equipment and selling custom engineered systems is a plus.
• Travel up to 10%