Come join the Parker Team!

Parker Hannifin provides unmatched performance for both our customers and shareholders, built on a foundation of core company values. As a result, our business growth is impressive and consistent. Best of all, our team members share in the success resulting from that growth.

* We offer competitive vacation and 13 paid holidays
* 401(k) with a 5% matching contribution with immediate investing
* Competitive annual bonus incentive plan
* Health and dental options effective day 1!

The Application Engineer provides efficient and high-quality support to customers across the entire sales cycle, from the initial request to delivery. He/she supports the sales efforts in technical and administrative tasks, such as technical enquiries, quoting activity, order placement and various other customer interactions. He/she is a key contributor to the success of the sales team.
Job Core Responsibilities

* Supports the sales team from opportunity to post order support; to include, but not limited to: customer inquiries, requests, quotations activities, and opportunity management
* Work with Global Support Management and Sales to ensure that the entire sales process is conducted in accordance with all Parker defined processes to include all applicable ISO and internal QA procedures and Export Control rules.
* Work as part of a team, managing large projects - review specifications, provide solution & recommendations, generate proposals and manage thru completion
* Assist with market analysis specific to the future product development needs for the Energy market
* Further develop knowledge of applications and customers within Energy market allowing to promote benefits of Parker monitoring solution
* Provide excellent customer service to key accounts and potential customers
* Effectively communicate key issues to Management, Order Processing and Production.
* Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the processes to ensure efficiency of the workflow and integration with other services.

Job Specifications

Education: Bachelor degree in Engineering required, preferably in the field of mechanics or electronics
Experience: 0-2 years of experience in either a technical sales or engineering role; experience with vibration instrumentation a plus
Skills:
* Capability and motivation to learn; ability to problem solve
* Use of business tools, including SAP and Salesforce.com
* Good understanding and application of business processes
* Good knowledge of MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
* Ability to travel up to 15% to trade shows and sales meetings
* Team player, strong customer service focus
* Dynamic, motivated, easy learning, careful, reliable, flexible

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. This position is subject to meeting export compliance eligibility requirements.

("Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor")

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