Wet End Solutions Technical Sales, Applications, Service Technician

On occasion field service support may be needed. These tasks may include assisting in and or supervising the installation of wet end poly and ceramic blades and covers.

The Optimization and Application Specialist may have to startup Andritz equipment. Start-Up supervision, customer training, Formulating, and executing trial plans, creating reports are typically needed.

The optimization and application specialist must audit the wet end of the customers paper machine. Documenting and evaluating existing equipment as well as paper properties are routinely performed. Additionally gathering of engineering information such as installed vacuum systems, drive motors and gathering of equipment prints. Detailed sketches, equipment layouts and mechanical details are often required.

The applications specialist serves as technical support to the N.A. Sales Network. They will be a key person in mill site troubleshooting and problem identification and variances from global best practices, development of technical solutions for a given project including corresponding, technical marketing, case generation and methodology. They will assist inside sales with quote preparation, consult engineering and typically will justify and present for large or strategically important sales presentations.

Provide value add and ROI technical arguments to support customer proposals. Generation of technical marketing materials. Support general product line marketing efforts.

2) Quotation Preparation and Field Applications

Ideally the optimization and applications specialist should feel comfortable with mill data collection,storage systems as well as retrieval practices. The application specialist should have an elevated level offamiliarity with typical operational parameters as well as typical physical property measurement techniques.

Mechanical Engineering Degree or equivalent paper industry experience.• Excellent communication skills.• Ability to research supportive data as needed for technical marketing approach.• Ability to generate and present technical arguments and rational in presentation format. • Experience in wet end operations and process knowledge.• Familiar with Paper physical property test methods.• Mechanical aptitude.• Knowledge of wet end equipment design• Able to develop close business relationships from the machine floor to management.• AutoCAD knowledge desirable• Initiative-taker. This position will require the associate to recognize and generate projects through customer and market interaction.

While this is a N.A. position some international travel may be required to support Wet end Solutions global growth objectives.