Manager of Applications Engineering at Filtration Group in Houston, TX

Overview

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group operates across a wide variety of attractive end markets and produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company’s revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer’s products or processes.

With revenues of $1.4 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 6,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.

Filtration Group is an affiliate of Madison Industries, one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. The team at Madison is committed to building something truly remarkable that long outlasts them while coaching others to reach their highest potential. Madison’s footprint spans across Europe, Asia and the Americas operating over 216 facilities in 45 countries, with over 12,000 engaged employees. Having successfully built market leaders in filtration, medical, safety, instruments, heat transfer, and indoor air quality, Madison generates revenue of $5 billion, with an enterprise value worth well over $7 billion.

Responsibilities

The Manager of Applications Engineering will be based in Houston, TX and will report to the Sales Director, Capital Equipment. In PTG our applications engineering team is responsible for technical sales and quoting activities while also working to optimize customer and sales team communication. The ideal candidate will be highly organized and focused on deliverables that help the organization close business faster. He or she will have experience within an energy and fuels market environment and specifically familiar with commercial and engineering practices and in working within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

The Manager of Applications Engineering will lead the applications engineering team to help develop and drive the technical selling activities within the PTG to achieve the growth goals for this segment.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Plans, leads and supervises the Applications Engineering team
• Customer interface and technical support for both capital equipment and aftermarket products
• Selection, sizing and equipment process design
• Creation of quotations, technical datasheets, and sales drawings
• Perform project commercial review process
• Perform review of project terms and conditions
• Perform technical negotiation with customer
• Technical support resource to sales organization
• Embraces Filtration Group’s values and culture. Passionate about making the world safer, healthier and more productive and about preserving an entrepreneurial culture and operating model.

Market Support:

• Primary customer engineering contact including recommendations and troubleshooting
• Supports customer service and production as needed related product technical details
• Act as a liaison to sales team, distributors, representatives, and end users

Communications:

• Manage Internal and External technical and commercial communications
• Produce necessary internal communications and content to report activities

Other Duties:

• Perform other duties as required by the Sales Director, Capital Equipment or other leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, science, or related field
• Filtration product specific experience preferred
• Experience with Stage Gate processes
• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to work collaboratively, across job functions
• Ability to think strategically and execute tactically
• High energy, teamwork focused attitude
• Demonstrated high level of written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to communicate information, ideas, procedures, and processes in a logical sequence
• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills with the proven ability to work on multiple projects at once.
• Should be able to prioritize, work independently, and solve problems, working comfortably under pressure