{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ef903f4ef291dbfa4bce71f7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ef903f4ef291dbfa4bce71f7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ef903f4ef291dbfa4bce71f7","title":"Applications Engineer","description":"About The Role\n\nSmith Pump Company is hiring an Application Engineer based in our Austin office. You will be the technical point of contact for consulting engineers, contractors, and utilities on municipal water and wastewater pumping projects across Texas and Oklahoma. You'll take a project from the first spec review through pump selection, quoting, and order, and then manage it through delivery. This is an office-based role in Austin with periodic travel to our Waco headquarters for training.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nReview plans and specifications and select pumps, motors, and related equipment to meet the application and the project requirements.\nPrepare estimates and quotations, and enter sales and project orders.\nServe as the technical advisor to our outside sales team and to customers, answering questions on equipment, hydraulics, and specification compliance.\nPurchase equipment and materials for your projects and coordinate submittals and information flow between customers, vendors, and our internal teams.\nManage your projects through delivery, keeping them on budget and on schedule and resolving technical issues as they come up.\nWork with sales, accounting, and operations to keep projects moving and customers informed.\n\nHow Success Is Measured\n\nQuotes are accurate and delivered on time.\nCustomer requests for technical information get prompt, correct answers.\nProjects come in on budget and ship on schedule.\nNon-conformances are rare and customer satisfaction is high.\nInternal teams in sales, accounting, and operations can count on you.\n\nOur Values\n\nDo The Right Thing: We do what is right for our customers, our company, and our peers, even when it's not the easiest path.\nDrive The Bus: We take ownership, lead by example, and are accountable for our responsibilities and actions.\nLearn and Teach: We continually improve our craft and share what we know with others.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nRequired\n\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.\nAbility to read and interpret construction plans and technical specifications.\nClear written and verbal communication with both engineers and non-technical customers.\nWillingness to travel to Waco for training as needed.\n\nPreferred\n\nExperience with pumps or other rotating equipment.\nExposure to municipal bid processes, specification review, or consulting engineering.\nCoursework or experience in fluid mechanics and hydraulics.\n\nNew graduates are encouraged to apply. New Application Engineers go through a structured training program covering pump selection, budgeting, and specification review.\n\nWhy Smith Pump\n\nSmith Pump is a family-owned company that has served municipal water and wastewater customers for more than 60 years. We distribute, manufacture, and service pumping equipment, so the people who quote a project sit down the hall from the people who build and repair it. Our team is small enough that you'll work directly with the engineer of record and the contractor on your projects, and you'll be trained by people who have done this work for decades. 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You will be the technical point of contact for consulting engineers, contractors, and utilities on municipal water and wastewater pumping projects across Texas and Oklahoma. You'll take a project from the first spec review through pump selection, quoting, and order, and then manage it through delivery. This is an office-based role in Austin with periodic travel to our Waco headquarters for training.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nReview plans and specifications and select pumps, motors, and related equipment to meet the application and the project requirements.\nPrepare estimates and quotations, and enter sales and project orders.\nServe as the technical advisor to our outside sales team and to customers, answering questions on equipment, hydraulics, and specification compliance.\nPurchase equipment and materials for your projects and coordinate submittals and information flow between customers, vendors, and our internal teams.\nManage your projects through delivery, keeping them on budget and on schedule and resolving technical issues as they come up.\nWork with sales, accounting, and operations to keep projects moving and customers informed.\n\nHow Success Is Measured\n\nQuotes are accurate and delivered on time.\nCustomer requests for technical information get prompt, correct answers.\nProjects come in on budget and ship on schedule.\nNon-conformances are rare and customer satisfaction is high.\nInternal teams in sales, accounting, and operations can count on you.\n\nOur Values\n\nDo The Right Thing: We do what is right for our customers, our company, and our peers, even when it's not the easiest path.\nDrive The Bus: We take ownership, lead by example, and are accountable for our responsibilities and actions.\nLearn and Teach: We continually improve our craft and share what we know with others.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n\nRequired\n\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.\nAbility to read and interpret construction plans and technical specifications.\nClear written and verbal communication with both engineers and non-technical customers.\nWillingness to travel to Waco for training as needed.\n\nPreferred\n\nExperience with pumps or other rotating equipment.\nExposure to municipal bid processes, specification review, or consulting engineering.\nCoursework or experience in fluid mechanics and hydraulics.\n\nNew graduates are encouraged to apply. 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