Applications Engineer

Job Title: Applications Engineer

Job Description

The Applications Engineer supports the pre-order process by developing accurate proposals and budgets, entering and documenting orders, and launching projects to the execution team. This role owns the full quotation process, ensuring timely, precise, and well-documented quotations for customers and the sales organization while collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact during the quotation, order entry, and specification-gathering phases of projects.
• Create detailed and timely quotations for customers and regional sales managers, using internal and external resources to support the proposal process.
• Develop accurate cost and price models for parts, complex machinery projects, and engineered systems.
• Maintain clear, accurate, and organized records for each assigned quotation.
• Follow up on quotations with customers as directed, ensuring alignment and progressing opportunities.
• Manage sales administration activities, including reviewing sales orders, terms, and change orders for contractual requirements and consistency with quotations.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy in all data entries and maintain compliance with the data strategy to support future analysis of quotations and orders.
• Collaborate with the sales team to provide initial specifications and inputs at project kickoff meetings.
• Communicate directly with customers to clarify order requirements prior to hand-off to project managers.
• Initiate and formally kick off each assigned order with project management and project execution teams.
• Work closely with customers, the sales team, engineering, operations, and other stakeholders to define project scope, budgets, and objectives within the quotation.
• Ensure that the quoted scope, budget, and objectives are clearly understood by the project team at the kickoff meeting.
• Identify and communicate internal risks associated with each quotation from both process and financial perspectives.
• Prepare, maintain, and submit clear and concise activity and progress reports throughout the quotation, order, and specification-gathering phases.
• Apply lessons learned from recent orders and actively participate in after-action project reviews.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, product development efforts, product management activities, and marketing projects as assigned.

Essential Skills

• 2+ years of experience working with customers, sales managers, and vendors in an industrial or industrial machinery company.
• 2+ years of experience generating technical proposals with budgets and pricing for machinery or engineered products.
• AS / BS Degree in a business, financial, or technical field.
• Ability to review contracts and orders to ensure they match the quotations provided.
• Solid technical skills with an understanding of, and/or hands-on experience in, a manufacturing or technical environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Direct experience with plastic extruders, sheet lines, blow molding machinery, and auxiliary plastic machinery is a plus.
• Experience using Infor Visual ERP systems and Smartviews is a plus.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications is a plus.
• Experience participating in continuous improvement, product development, product management, or marketing activities is beneficial.

Work Environment

The role operates in a dynamic, fast-paced industrial and manufacturing-focused environment where priorities and project requirements may change frequently. You will collaborate closely with customers, sales, engineering, operations, and project management teams, using tools such as Microsoft Excel and Word and, where applicable, ERP platforms like Infor Visual and Smartviews. Work involves a mix of office-based tasks, data entry, documentation, and technical review of machinery-related projects, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, cross-functional communication, and structured project hand-offs.

This is a Permanent position based out of York, PA.

The pay range for this position is $70000.00 - $85000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. For - Extrusion Solutions Partners, LLC OAP HDHPQ Plan HDHPQ OAP Effective - 01/01/2026 Selection of a Primary Care Provider - your plan may require or allow the designation of a primary care provider. You have the right to designate any primary care provider who participates in the network and who is available to accept you or your family members. If your plan requires designation of a primary care provider, Cigna may designate one for you until you make this designation. For information on how to select a primary care provider, and for a list of the participating primary care providers, visit www.mycigna.com or contact customer service at the phone number listed on the back of your ID card. For children, you may designate a pediatrician as the primary care provider. Direct Access to Obstetricians and Gynecologists - You do not need prior authorization from the plan or from any other person (including a primary care provider) in order to obtain access to obstetrical or gynecological care from a health care professional in our network who specializes in obstetrics or gynecology. The health care professional, however, may be required to comply with certain procedures, including obtaining prior authorization for certain services, following a pre-approved treatment plan, or procedures for making referrals. For a list of participating health care professionals who specialize in obstetrics or gynecology, visit www.mycigna.com or contact customer service at the phone number listed on the back of your ID card. A notice for Texas residents per Tex. Ins. Code §1218.001 et.al.: This plan has purchased an optional rider to cover elective abortions. The enrollee has the right to exclude from their plan, and not pay for, coverage for elective abortions. Plan Highlights In-Network Out-of-Network Lifetime Maximum Unlimited Unlimited Plan Year Accumulation Your plan’s deductibles, out-of-pockets and benefit level limits accumulate on a calendar year basis unless otherwise stated. In addition, all plan maximums and service-specific maximums (dollar and occurrence) cross-accumulate between in- and out-of-network unless otherwise noted. Plan Coinsurance Plan pays 100% Plan pays 70% Maximum Reimbursable Charge Not Applicable 110%

This is a fully onsite position in York,PA.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 1, 2026.

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