Glass Industry Sales Engineer (US Remote Opportunity)

Description

• Identify and calculate the economic benefits of Air Products’ technologies regarding production increase, enhanced product quality, ability to use lower cost raw materials, fuel savings, and reduced emissions.
• Resolve customer technical challenges, helping customers improve their operations, efficiency, and safety. Involvement from the initial contact through startup and customer retention.
• Lead new business signings and technical sales of gases, technology and equipment to the glass and ceramic industries.
• Engage external partners to provide full solutions to the customer, as applicable.
• Audit prospects and customer processes to identify new or more efficient usage of industrial gases.
• Identify and develop new prospects for industrial gas usage and equipment / technology sales in the target industries. Focus on prospects operating in growth markets and with solid cost positions.
• Engage with marketing and lead generation to develop a broader opportunity pipeline. Develop the scope and support the execution of technology demonstrations in the field, proving the benefits of industrial gases in customer process of melting and inerting.
• Provide guidance to our applied research group for new offering development for our gases using your understanding of current and future industry processes, environmental issues and decarbonization efforts in these industries.
• Engage in trade associations, technical organizations, conferences, and local trade shows to present technical papers, promote technology, support marketing efforts, network, and lead committees.
• Work with customers and internal groups in applied research, computational modeling, and marketing to develop technical papers and marketing materials that showcase modeling or lab/field demonstration results.

Requirements

• BS/MS technical degree preferred – (preferably Engineering, an undergraduate business degree or MBA a plus)
• Ability to work efficiently across functions and levels, both internally and externally.
• Proven understanding of container, float, or fiber glass melting, knowledge of refractories, furnace design and combustion systems also a plus.
• Familiarity with industrial gases and oxy-fuel combustion is preferred.
• Experience in technical service, sales, or applications development a plus.
• Five years' experience in glass melting or glass/ ceramic operations.
• Good interpersonal skills and strong influencing skills.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance