Mastec Inc

Application Engineer Bonding and Gasketing

Mastec Inc$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in chemical, mechanical engineering, chemistry, or materials engineering
  • 3-5 years of application experience with adhesive technology in automotive settings
  • 2 years of project management experience preferred
  • Strong relationship-building and cross-collaboration skills
  • In-depth understanding of product applications and customer value delivery
  • Proven analytical thinking, mechanical aptitude, and effective troubleshooting skills
  • Requires on-site presence five days a week, with travel of up to 20-50%.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and leverage networks, meeting customers to identify new opportunities
  • Develop and manage innovation/application development programs and special projects
  • Lead recommendations and technical visits related to bonding and gasketing
  • Conduct manufacturing excellence surveys for cost-saving opportunities
  • Perform hands-on adhesive product applications and testing in a laboratory setting
  • Oversee technician laboratory work and support sales during trials at customer sites
  • Facilitate customer troubleshooting and problem-solving for strategic initiatives.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: ample paid time off and flexible/hybrid work options
  • Financial: 401k matching and annual performance bonuses
  • Family Support: generous parental leave and adoption reimbursement
  • Career Growth: access to numerous skills development courses and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Establishes and leverages external networks and partnerships (research/suppliers/OEM/boards/industry); communicates and meets with customers at their facilities to translate/identify new opportunities
  • Develops and manages key innovation/application development programs and special projects; understands latest technologies and impacts to Strategic Business Units and customers and conducts competitive benchmarking studies to assess ability to win and innovation opportunities
  • Leads bonding and gasketing recommendations, technical customer visits, internal and external demonstrations and trainings, customer trouble-shooting activities, problem solving for strategic initiatives, breakthrough technologies
  • Conducts manufacturing excellence surveys to identify cost savings and process improvement opportunities
  • Performs hands-on activities such as surface preparation and adhesive product application (manual and robotic), bonding and gasketing testing, oversees technician laboratory experimental work and studies, and writes reports; supports the sales engineers and Key account managers during trials and troubleshooting at customer site
  • Traveling of up to 20-50% is required for that role
What makes you a good fit
  • Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, material engineering or similar
  • 3-5 years of application experience in a laboratory setting with adhesive technology for automotive interiors and exteriors preferred.
  • 2 years of project management skills preferred
  • Ability to build strong relationships and work cross-collaboratively
  • Strong understanding of product, applications, customer knowledge to deliver/quantify value and run demos
  • Demonstrated strength in analytical thinking, mechanical aptitude, organization, and effective troubleshooting to resolve complex problems
  • This role is office based and requires the selected candidate to be on site in the office 5 days per week unless they are traveling to a customer site, a Henkel facility or at a trade show
Some benefits of joining Henkel
  • Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time offincluding sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybridwork policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
  • Financial: 401k matching,employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares,annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
  • Family Support: 12-week genderneutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertilitysupport, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderlycare, and scholarships
  • Career Growth: diverse nationaland international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary rangefor this role is $75,000.00 and $95,000.00. This range represents the good-faith minimumand maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at thetime of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligiblefor incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. TheCompany also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actualcompensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills,experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended tocomply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

About Mastec Inc

MasTec is an infrastructure engineering and construction company that serves the utility, communications, and government industries. The company is specialized in the engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of energy, utility, and communications infrastructure, including electrical utility transmission and distribution; power generation; natural gas and petroleum pipelines; wireless, wireline, and satellite communications; wind and solar farms; and water and sewer systems. MasTec was founded in 1994 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Size
27,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$322.8 million
Founded
1929
5 Year Trend
+9.1%
Revenue
$6.3 billion
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