What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Engineer position at ITW Food Equipment Group?
Job Description
Application Engineer, Field Support – Troy, OH
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces diversified products in global markets. Some of its products include welding equipment, automotive components, construction materials and commercial food equipment. The Food Equipment Group is one of seven ITW decentralized business segments. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Quality and Customer Support, the
Application Engineer works in the Warewash Division at its Troy, Ohio, facility located 20 minutes north of the Dayton. The Warewash Business Division produces Hobart, Stero and Somat branded commercial dishwashers, waste equipment and disposers used in hotels, retail, restaurants, cruise ships, schools, universities, and other environments. We are the industry leader and seeking to expand our growth in existing served markets as well as new markets. We are in search of an Application specializing in product quality and customer relations.
Summary Of What You Will Do
As an Application Engineer in The Warewash Division you will provide direct support to our customers by responding to escalated product quality concerns in the field and providing training for customers and service technicians. The successful candidate will meet customer needs through excellent support to maintain product uptime. This individual contributor position will be responsible for advising field service technicians, field/lab testing support and supporting customers to resolve quality concerns. This position works from the ITW Hobart Technology Center in partnership with the Design Engineering and Quality Teams to meet customer needs.
What You Will Do
ITW is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Compensation Information
$74,000- $90,000
ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Application Engineer, Field Support – Troy, OH
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces diversified products in global markets. Some of its products include welding equipment, automotive components, construction materials and commercial food equipment. The Food Equipment Group is one of seven ITW decentralized business segments. Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Quality and Customer Support, the
Application Engineer works in the Warewash Division at its Troy, Ohio, facility located 20 minutes north of the Dayton. The Warewash Business Division produces Hobart, Stero and Somat branded commercial dishwashers, waste equipment and disposers used in hotels, retail, restaurants, cruise ships, schools, universities, and other environments. We are the industry leader and seeking to expand our growth in existing served markets as well as new markets. We are in search of an Application specializing in product quality and customer relations.
Summary Of What You Will Do
As an Application Engineer in The Warewash Division you will provide direct support to our customers by responding to escalated product quality concerns in the field and providing training for customers and service technicians. The successful candidate will meet customer needs through excellent support to maintain product uptime. This individual contributor position will be responsible for advising field service technicians, field/lab testing support and supporting customers to resolve quality concerns. This position works from the ITW Hobart Technology Center in partnership with the Design Engineering and Quality Teams to meet customer needs.
What You Will Do
- Interact directly with customers and build relationships through issue resolution
- Provide support to service technicians to successfully repair products in the field
- Apply problem solving methodologies to determine root cause of quality issues
- Become a technical expert of Warewash products and features
- Administer maintenance training programs for key accounts and strategic partnerships
- Support lab life testing and part returns w/reports
- Support lab machine testing w/reports
- Work with the Technical Publications and Service Training teams to refine documentation
- Enthusiasm for interacting directly with customers or end-users
- Knowledge of engineering quality and testing practices
- Brings energy and drive to challenges while maintaining a positive, results-oriented mindset
- Technical understanding of commercial dishwashing equipment
- Ability to troubleshoot and repair warewashing equipment in the field
- Passion for continuous improvement through root cause analysis and problem-solving skills
- Experience with electrical and mechanical trades
- Experience with data collections through DAQ systems
- An individual to support the Quality Management Systems
- Availability to travel as needed for work (approximately 50% of the time)
- Flexibility for after hours support
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and 3 years of hands-on lab or field experience evaluating equipment quality issues
- Customer service experience
- MS Office application proficiency
- Experience reading drawings and technical documents
- Food equipment industry experience, preferred
- Warewash or similar product maintenance and repair experience, preferred
ITW is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Compensation Information
$74,000- $90,000
ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Salary : $74,000 - $90,000