As the Director of P2 (Power of Two, which is a spin-off expansion of our P1-Power of One group) you are responsible for the daily collaboration of our P2 Technical Team. You will work in partnership with our sales force to bring technical expertise for the selection and design of equipment in the following categories: Valves and Actuation, Filtration, Steam, Lined Pipe, Instrumentation and Pumps. We support OEM and end market users, specify electric, pneumatic, and complete customer package solutions. This includes prepare and interpret schematics, test procedures, controller selection, size and select equipment, as well as trouble-shoot, recommend and specify components. You will provide critical training and development for not only the P2 team but also for FCx as a whole.

The P2 (Power of Two) engineering team is a versatile premier engineering team working on key accounts, complex systems and projects, premier technology and up and coming technology, and driving innovation at customers and within our company.

Essential Functions:

• Develop business relationships with customer engineers, programmers, designers, and other professional and technical personnel at commercial, industrial, and other establishments to create solutions that incorporate our products into their systems.
• Work in tandem with our Outside Sellers to target key customers and product areas of focus for strategic growth.
• Maintain professional working contact with key suppliers of products represented, supporting vendor products on applications, and support innovation/development of future vendor products.
• Design to learn, investigate products and technology, drive innovation on an ongoing basis, and understand how to integrate these technologies seamlessly, in vertical markets such as Power, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage, and Energy.

Additional responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively on projects with leadership, sales personnel, branch personnel, including sales and shop associates to support customers needs in the market.
• Travel to customer locations occasionally as needed to support growth initiatives and provide technical expertise and/or training.
• Mechanical hands-on assistance may be required on occasion.
• Content development for internal and external use.
• Key projects for the leadership team with a focus on process improvement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical Engineering preferred)
• Leadership experience
• Working knowledge of DesignCAD, AutoCAD, 3-D modeling software, or SolidWorks
• Ability to read / understand technical drawings

Preferred:

• schematic experience
• Industrial Distribution experience

Desired characteristics:

• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Listening, negotiating, and effective questioning skills.
• Ability and desire to quickly learn new processes and systems.
• Organization skills, detailed oriented and written communication skills.
• PC proficiency with Word, Excel and other Office applications
• Capable of handling multiple tasks simultaneously

FCX Performance, an Applied Industrial Technologies Company, is a leading process flow control company providing technical mission critical products and services to more than 15,000 end users, OEMs, and EPC firms across a broad range of industries and markets.

Founded in 1923, Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT) is a leading value-added distributor and technical solutions provider of industrial motion, fluid power, flow control, automation technologies, and related maintenance supplies. Our leading brands, specialized services, and comprehensive knowledge serve MRO and OEM end users in virtually all industrial markets through our multi-channel capabilities that provide choice, convenience, and expertise.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to hiring@applied.com or call 216-426-4389 to let us know the nature of your request.