• Sr. PET Applications Engineer

    Insight Global (Williamsburg, OH)


    Job Description

    An employer is seeking a Sr. PET Applications Engineer in the Batavia, OH area. In this role, you will be responsible for sizing machines for new applications and collaborating with the sales teams and customers to ensure that the clients equipment complements and fits the customer’s desired application, thereby ensuring optimum cycle time and reliability. You will also work closely with sales engineers, product managers, customers, and other stakeholders to ensure success during customer mold trials, sales demo mold trials, and testing of injection molding machines.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Advise and support sales and customers in selecting the correct equipment for specific PET applications

    • Provide technical support and direction for new and existing product lines

    • Travel 20-30% of the time for customer training, presentations, machine/cycle optimization, field installations, and trade shows

    • Direct the work of process engineers and service engineers to collect data for machine sizing

    • Assist process engineers in installing customer molds for machine demonstrations and sales acceptance

    • Become a subject matter expert on all control systems

    • Design and perform testing for future sizing requirements and machine design criteria

    • Complete and document machine/processing testing

    • Provide technical reports to customers, engineering, and suppliers

    • Communicate professionally with the sales and engineering teams, customers, and the organization

     

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    Skills and Requirements

     

    - 5+ years of application engineering experience within PET (PET manufacturing = injection molding that creates beverage bottles or containers)

     

    - 3D CAD Modeling and analysis software

     

    - Strong mechanical aptitude with understanding of electrical, hydraulic, and thermodynamic systems

     

    - Bachelor's degree in Engineering field

     

    - Knowledge of injection molding processes and tooling - Sales background